Vocabulary in Context - 3 (Text Completion)
Practice completing sentences with advanced vocabulary words to test understanding of word meanings in context
Questions
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 _____?
- novice
- usury
- preeminent
- kaleidoscopic
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.
- votive
- usury
- nullified
- obdurate
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.
- maudlin
- malevolence
- breach
- fetid
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.
- coerced
- abetted
- solicited
- reprimanded
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.
- plaintive
- votive
- illustrative
- supplicant
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.
- ostentatious
- senile
- incumbent
- insurgent
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.
- plausible
- naïve
- maudlin
- nefarious
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.
- ordeal
- ostracised
- scintillate
- predigested
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.
- nefarious
- ostentatious
- ominous
- ecstatic
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.
- fawning
- apogee
- travesty
- harbinger
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.
- extol
- upbraid
- galling
- recombinant
Directions: Complete the given sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below:
John is a _____ writer.
- avid
- gregarious
- ravenous
- prolific
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.
- abdicate
- ductile
- clandestine
- fastidious
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.
- hone
- aloof
- jesting
- daunted
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.
- antebellum
- apocryphal
- mandate
- apogee