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Vocabulary Test 14

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which best represents the given meaning.

Shell covering the back of a turtle

  1. Carapace
  2. Flake
  3. Brood
  4. Frost
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which best represents the given meaning.

To laugh loudly

  1. Staid
  2. Guffaw
  3. Stalwart
  4. Gait
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which best represents the given meaning.

To aggravate

  1. Sinuous
  2. Flocculent
  3. Stricture
  4. Enrage
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which best represents the given meaning.

To leave for prosperity

  1. Cult
  2. Bequeath
  3. Pertinacious
  4. Ensconce
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which best represents the given meaning.

A highly respected senior man sometimes in a ruling position

  1. Callow
  2. Patriarch
  3. Credulous
  4. Sinecure
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill in the 12th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. evinced
  2. defeatist
  3. debased
  4. beckon
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 8th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. solidarity
  2. turmoil
  3. uproar
  4. frigidity
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 11th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. beneficent
  2. philanthropist
  3. defiant
  4. sophisticated
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 9th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. germane
  2. fanciful
  3. eloquent
  4. brittle
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 10th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. supplant
  2. cogent
  3. dint
  4. flagellate
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 14th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. facilitate
  2. dote
  3. percolate
  4. brittle
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 7th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. consigned
  2. furtive
  3. behooved
  4. evinced
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 15th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. ennui
  2. engaging
  3. comely
  4. personable
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 16th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. sluggard
  2. fanciful
  3. flippant
  4. energize
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 13th blank with the most appropriate option.

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

  1. skulk
  2. clobber
  3. brew
  4. extant
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 19th blank with the most appropriate option.

The entire (17) ____ of the party gave a very (18) ____ look. A very light music was played at the back and people were dancing with their partners with their masks on their faces to (19) ____ their identity. There were some at the bar corner who were (20) ____ away to glory. Sumptuous meal was well laid at one corner of the hall. We actually had (21) ____ food with us. But when it comes to food, I am a big (22) ____. By the time it was 11:30, everybody was (23) ____ but it was (24) ____ towards the end. Everybody’s mood was made (25) ____ by a young man, who narrated a canto from Browning’s ‘My Last Dutches’.

  1. throttle
  2. breach
  3. dissemble
  4. brazen
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 21st blank with the most appropriate option.

The entire (17) ____ of the party gave a very (18) ____ look. A very light music was played at the back and people were dancing with their partners with their masks on their faces to (19) ____ their identity. There were some at the bar corner who were (20) ____ away to glory. Sumptuous meal was well laid at one corner of the hall. We actually had (21) ____ food with us. But when it comes to food, I am a big (22) ____. By the time it was 11:30, everybody was (23) ____ but it was (24) ____ towards the end. Everybody’s mood was made (25) ____ by a young man, who narrated a canto from Browning’s ‘My Last Dutches’.

  1. coherent
  2. cognoscente
  3. fustian
  4. sanguinary
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 17th blank with the most appropriate option.

The entire (17) ____ of the party gave a very (18) ____ look. A very light music was played at the back and people were dancing with their partners with their masks on their faces to (19) ____ their identity. There were some at the bar corner who were (20) ____ away to glory. Sumptuous meal was well laid at one corner of the hall. We actually had (21) ____ food with us. But when it comes to food, I am a big (22) ____. By the time it was 11:30, everybody was (23) ____ but it was (24) ____ towards the end. Everybody’s mood was made (25) ____ by a young man, who narrated a canto from Browning’s ‘My Last Dutches’.

  1. Flurry
  2. Panorama
  3. Trepidation
  4. Epilogue
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 24th blank with the most appropriate option.

The entire (17) ____ of the party gave a very (18) ____ look. A very light music was played at the back and people were dancing with their partners with their masks on their faces to (19) ____ their identity. There were some at the bar corner who were (20) ____ away to glory. Sumptuous meal was well laid at one corner of the hall. We actually had (21) ____ food with us. But when it comes to food, I am a big (22) ____. By the time it was 11:30, everybody was (23) ____ but it was (24) ____ towards the end. Everybody’s mood was made (25) ____ by a young man, who narrated a canto from Browning’s ‘My Last Dutches’.

  1. dour
  2. glut
  3. teeter
  4. Buoyant
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 22nd blank with the most appropriate option.

The entire (17) ____ of the party gave a very (18) ____ look. A very light music was played at the back and people were dancing with their partners with their masks on their faces to (19) ____ their identity. There were some at the bar corner who were (20) ____ away to glory. Sumptuous meal was well laid at one corner of the hall. We actually had (21) ____ food with us. But when it comes to food, I am a big (22) ____. By the time it was 11:30, everybody was (23) ____ but it was (24) ____ towards the end. Everybody’s mood was made (25) ____ by a young man, who narrated a canto from Browning’s ‘My Last Dutches’.

  1. contemplative
  2. desecrated
  3. drooling
  4. dour
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 18th blank with the most appropriate option.

The entire (17) ____ of the party gave a very (18) ____ look. A very light music was played at the back and people were dancing with their partners with their masks on their faces to (19) ____ their identity. There were some at the bar corner who were (20) ____ away to glory. Sumptuous meal was well laid at one corner of the hall. We actually had (21) ____ food with us. But when it comes to food, I am a big (22) ____. By the time it was 11:30, everybody was (23) ____ but it was (24) ____ towards the end. Everybody’s mood was made (25) ____ by a young man, who narrated a canto from Browning’s ‘My Last Dutches’.

  1. Florid
  2. Fustian
  3. Dangling
  4. conjugal
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 20th blank with the most appropriate option.

The entire (17) ____ of the party gave a very (18) ____ look. A very light music was played at the back and people were dancing with their partners with their masks on their faces to (19) ____ their identity. There were some at the bar corner who were (20) ____ away to glory. Sumptuous meal was well laid at one corner of the hall. We actually had (21) ____ food with us. But when it comes to food, I am a big (22) ____. By the time it was 11:30, everybody was (23) ____ but it was (24) ____ towards the end. Everybody’s mood was made (25) ____ by a young man, who narrated a canto from Browning’s ‘My Last Dutches’.

  1. squelching
  2. boozing
  3. dithering
  4. berating
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 23rd blank with the most appropriate option.

The entire (17) ____ of the party gave a very (18) ____ look. A very light music was played at the back and people were dancing with their partners with their masks on their faces to (19) ____ their identity. There were some at the bar corner who were (20) ____ away to glory. Sumptuous meal was well laid at one corner of the hall. We actually had (21) ____ food with us. But when it comes to food, I am a big (22) ____. By the time it was 11:30, everybody was (23) ____ but it was (24) ____ towards the end. Everybody’s mood was made (25) ____ by a young man, who narrated a canto from Browning’s ‘My Last Dutches’.

  1. vertigo
  2. pall
  3. dithering
  4. fluctuating
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 6th blank with the most appropriate option.

 

In order to excel in the work place it is very important for a person to remain devoted and focused. His (6) ______ can help him in excelling. He should be able to deliver his best in performing the duties which have been (7) ______ to him. His real test lies in seeing how well he conducts himself during the period of (8) ______. A good businessman should not possess a (9) ______ ego. He should never give a chance to (10) ______ him because of his (11) ______ behaviour. He should (12)______ by his work that he has the capability to (13) ______ any obstacle that comes in his way of success. He should be able to (14) ______ the same attitude among his other staff members. His work should not make them (15) ______ but rather should (16) ______ them.

 

  1. tempest
  2. vehemence
  3. perseverance
  4. truculence
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the 25th blank with the most appropriate option.

The entire (17) ____ of the party gave a very (18) ____ look. A very light music was played at the back and people were dancing with their partners with their masks on their faces to (19) ____ their identity. There were some at the bar corner who were (20) ____ away to glory. Sumptuous meal was well laid at one corner of the hall. We actually had (21) ____ food with us. But when it comes to food, I am a big (22) ____. By the time it was 11:30, everybody was (23) ____ but it was (24) ____ towards the end. Everybody’s mood was made (25) ____ by a young man, who narrated a canto from Browning’s ‘My Last Dutches’.

  1. canto
  2. cosset
  3. bullion
  4. dialectic
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