Advanced Vocabulary: Sentence Completion
Test your vocabulary skills by filling in blanks in sentences with the most appropriate words. This quiz covers a variety of contexts including legal, business, political, and everyday language.
Questions
Directions: Choose the option that fills up the blanks most correctly.
The appointed day has come, and India stands ________ again, after long ________ and struggle, awake, vital free and independent.
- free, ecstasy
- forward, bliss
- forth, slumber
- here, reduction
Directions: Fill in the blank with correct word.
No one listened to the poor woman's _______ requests for medical aid for her dying husband.
- harassing
- importunate
- arrogant
- aggressive
Directions: Fill in the blank with correct word.
The defendant's _______ was broken by the new evidence.
- alibi
- plea
- charge
- reason
Directions: Fill in the blanks (i) and (ii).
The central government needs to develop a ______(i) and ______(ii) power policy in order to gain acceptance of the masses.
- (i) fanciful, (ii) brittle
- (i) pied, (ii) bilious
- (i) coherent, (ii) germane
- (i) furtive, (ii) wonky
Directions: Fill in the blanks:
He makes his writing easily comprehensible by using a very _______ language. But at times his writings seem very ______.
- uncomplicated, pedestrian
- amorous, prodigal
- chimerical, putative
- pensive, obsolescent
Directions: Fill in the blanks:
The major problems _______ because of the _______ nature of the job.
- emanated, grueling
- bestowed, extenuating
- emanated, deadpan
- bestowed, slothing
Directions: Fill in the blanks:
Khushwant Singh has been titled as an ____________ writer. But, critics at times, criticised him for writing in a ___________ manner.
- sapient, compunction
- mercenary, excursive
- amorous, carnal
- consummate, extricate
Directions: Fill in the blanks:
The investors do not put all their _______ in one basket, while purchasing shares.
- balls
- <font face="Arial">pebbles</font>
- eggs
- marbles
Directions: Fill in the blanks.
Higher management usually ______ at people who have the habit of ______ around.
- scorns, dawdling
- supplant, brewing
- dawdle, scorning
- defiant, skulk
Directions: Fill in the blanks:
Azim Premji's excellent __________ on goal setting and achievement rose a/an __________ in every youth present to make every endeavour a successful one.
- evocation, effigy
- oration, zeal
- valor, insatiable
- oration, perdition
Directions: Fill in the blanks:
His excessive narration of his ______ at times leads to ______.
- schema, tempest
- fables, ennui
- fables, trapes
- schema, biliousness
Directions: Fill in the blanks:
The politicians by their mean acts are trying to _______ the _______ minds of today's youth.
- debase, fecund
- evade, suave
- bestow, doughty
- extirpate, crumble
Directions: Fill in the blank.
As the rain got worse, the commuter's safety became ________________.
- assiduous
- precarious
- obnoxious
- imperiled
Directions: Fill in the blank.
Working late nights in the call centre created a problem of _________ in the young employees.
- insomnia
- anxiety
- anxiousness
- anorexia
Directions: Fill in the blank.
A small ___________ turned ugly as scores of people died in the fight.
- squabble
- fight
- scuffle
- tiff
Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (9) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- humble
- rowdy
- philistine
- blighted
Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (6) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- blaze
- diminution
- devolvement
- enormity
Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (10) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- fudge
- disabuse
- failure
- chagrin
Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (1) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- reward
- chide
- revile
- chatter
Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (8) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- galvanizing
- parochial
- timorous
- boggling
Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (3) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- scuffle
- confusion
- pathos
- clamour
Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (5) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- conjectured
- clogged
- entrapped
- gleaned
Fill up the blank (4) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- jealous
- resentful
- clumsy
- contemplative
Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (2) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- a gypsy
- a trammeling
- an imperfect
- a dolorous
Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (7) with the most appropriate option.
Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.
Parents usually (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.
- crucial
- fateful
- trifling
- futile