Vocabulary in Context - 3 (Text Completion)

Practice completing sentences with advanced vocabulary words to test understanding of word meanings in context

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

It is difficult to believe that charging 30 % on an outstanding credit card balance, is it not _____?

  1. novice
  2. usury
  3. preeminent
  4. kaleidoscopic
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

It is much less clear how the more _____ among British South Asians are likely to respond.

  1. votive
  2. usury
  3. nullified
  4. obdurate
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

Any ______ of injunction would amount to a criminal offence punishable with up to three years of imprisonment.

  1. maudlin
  2. malevolence
  3. breach
  4. fetid
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

Manju unknowingly _____ the robber by holding open the door of the house.

  1. coerced
  2. abetted
  3. solicited
  4. reprimanded
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

In the modern era, the wedding celebration often includes the exchange of _______ rings to symbolise the couple’s promise to each other.

  1. plaintive
  2. votive
  3. illustrative
  4. supplicant
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

It is ______ on the board to set up a qualified and professional working force.

  1. ostentatious
  2. senile
  3. incumbent
  4. insurgent
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

His _____ display of tears in the police station did not impress police officers.

  1. plausible
  2. naïve
  3. maudlin
  4. nefarious
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

The rape victims are often cut off from their families and ______ by their local communities in all manner of ways, including physical intimidation.

  1. ordeal
  2. ostracised
  3. scintillate
  4. predigested
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

With a _____ grin the boy quickly slipped few sweets into his pockets without his father’s knowledge.

  1. nefarious
  2. ostentatious
  3. ominous
  4. ecstatic
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

He reached the ____ of his career with his fifth novel, which won the booker prize.

  1. fawning
  2. apogee
  3. travesty
  4. harbinger
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

I had a _____ experience of sitting next to a loquacious passenger on my flight home from Atlanta.

  1. extol
  2. upbraid
  3. galling
  4. recombinant
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

John is a _____ writer.

  1. avid
  2. gregarious
  3. ravenous
  4. prolific
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

Prince Charles had to choose: marry the girl he loved ____ his right to throne, or marry Lady Pamela and inherit the throne.

  1. abdicate
  2. ductile
  3. clandestine
  4. fastidious
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

Frank’s _____ tone endeared him to his comical friends, but vexed his serious mother.

  1. hone
  2. aloof
  3. jesting
  4. daunted
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:

The NSG soldiers received a military ______ to inspect all the vehicles coming down the road.

  1. antebellum
  2. apocryphal
  3. mandate
  4. apogee