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ST-11 (Vocabulary-Confusing Words)
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases that are italicized and highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.
(A) The (A) plaited / (B) pleated skirts are not quite out of fashion even today.
(B) The (A) ingenuous / (B) ingenious act is bound to bring laurels for him and for the institution.
(C) The convulsions of the accident victim sent shivers down the spine of the (A) empathic / (B) sympathetic passerby.
(D) To me it doesn't seem to be a left-handed (A) complement / (B) compliment.
Plait is a braid; pleat is double folded, as in a garment.Ingenuous is simple hearted; ingenious is skillful.Mark the words 'shivers down the spine' (as if he were experiencing the suffering). The feeling will then be empathy (fellow feeling). Complement is for completion; compliment for praise.