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This ________ balance of payment must be seen along with an equally ________ problem of deficits in the government's own budget.
- expanding, puny
- deteriorating, indisposed
- harrowing, understood
- adverse, serious
- pronounced, exuberant
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The product of a ___________ religious home, he often found _________ in prayer.
- conscientious, befuddlement
- devoutly, solace
- vigorously, comfort
- fervidly, reassurance
- pious, answers
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).
Unruly people may become _________ because they are treated with _______ by those around them.
- angry, kindness
- placated, obeisance
- peaceful, abuse
- riveted, change
- dangerous, love
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There are several theories which try to ________ the functional ________ for the stripes found in Zebras, though none of them is fully ________.
- predict, aspect, grasped
- forecast, aspect, non–serious
- explain, cause, amusing
- explain, reason, convincing
- find, role, justified
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With the current wave of crime, tourists are _____ to make sure their passports are secure; otherwise they should be ready for the ________ consequences.
- required, best
- urged, worst
- exhorted, offensive
- invited, repressible
- permitted, deplorable
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).
After completing her usual morning chores, Linda found herself _____ tired and wanted that somebody should __________ her breakfast.
- unceasingly, eat
- forcibly, finish
- buoyantly, cook
- surprisingly, prepare
- erratically, hot
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.
Before 1975, when the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was approved, handicapped children were routinely _______ by public schools unwilling to provide the accommodation they needed and help taking notes in class.
- turned away
- kept busy
- engaged
- called
- turned out
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With the discovery of a/an ________ alternative fuel source, oil prices dropped significantly _______ thereby increasing the chances of competition.
- inexpensive, worldwide
- variant, everywhere
- possible, globally
- feasible, universally
- potential, ubiquitously
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Tempers ran high among the old timers, who ________ the young mayor and his _______ city council.
- despised, bewitching
- applauded, elite
- resented, revolutionary
- forgave, activist
- feared, indolent
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He demanded __________ obedience from us, and told that we must be ______ subjects.
- qualified, obsequious
- downright, inane
- formal, rigorous
- complete, compliant
- marginal, loyal
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That they are endowed by their creator with _______ right to life, liberty and the _______ of happiness.
- impeccable, road
- nonpartisan, adequacy
- inalienable, pursuit
- legitimate, bountiful
- creative, pursuit
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South Asians have a special _______ for teachers, which translates into _______ academic performance.
- dictum, average
- venerability, punctilious
- reverence, sterling
- attachment, pleasant
- liking, lopsided
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).
According to the survey about 14 million people in India are affected by ________ mental ______ at any point of time.
- serious, disorder
- strong, dislocation
- fatal, involvement
- dangerous, perturbation
- acute, abstraction
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.
A compact crowd, ________ but orderly, was held in place by a lone policeman.
- anomalous
- clamorous
- embryonic
- veracious
- lumpy
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A careful __________ of the house revealed no clues, hence investigators were left __________.
- prodding, inconclusive
- incineration, abandoned
- autopsy, unattended
- examination, perplexed
- appraisal, unresolved
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.
The player was ________ by his teammates.
- yielded
- endorsed
- ostracized
- counteracted
- countermanded
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From Johnson's _________ manner, we could all tell that he was of ___________ birth.
- courteous, illegitimate
- refined, common
- aristocratic, humble
- boorish, noble
- regal, royal
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Our _________ objections finally got us thrown out of the stadium and the match was _______ to our opponents.
- loquacious, accorded
- vociferous, granted
- outspoken, conferred
- malleable, presented
- springy, donated
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As I was working ________ under the pressure of time, I couldn't notice my __________ mistake.
- perennially, supernumerary
- sporadically, simple
- precipitately, slapdash
- hysterically, ineluctable
- leisurely, stupid
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.
Crime frequently increases during periods of social ________.
- ruin
- havoc
- trends
- upheaval
- calumny
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A pungent smell ________ the auditorium.
- stormed
- rampaged
- insinuated
- permeated
- percolated
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The ______ young man is too keen to ______ the dubious scheme without a second thought.
- impetuous, implement
- excited, imprecate
- impervious, impregnate
- fecund, impersonate
- smart, reject
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We no longer suffer from a _______ of information about diet and exercise; we are rather _____ such information as a routine.
- deluge, deprived of
- plethora, showered with
- glut, served
- dearth, inundated with
- misdirection, given
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The presence of armed guards _______ us from doing anything disruptive; hence we did not _______.
- defeated, upbraid
- excited, chide
- irritated, reprimand
- prevented, retaliate
- encouraged, castigate
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There was a time in history when lepers were ______ as they were considered a ______ to the family and the civilized society.
- ostracized, stigma
- vandalized, curse
- baptized, burden
- immunized, contagion
- shunned, slur
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And it was Clive who was given the job of __________ the __________ that was known as the black hole of Kolkata.
- avenging, tragedy
- revenging, incidence
- placating, doom
- punishing, hooligans
- managing, comedy
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.
To ________ a fossil creature from a few bone fragments seems like an impossible task.
- array
- contrive
- reconstruct
- create
- build
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.
The origin of this ________ of pottery cannot be identified.
- sliver
- example
- shard
- amount
- marvel
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The early colonists ________ many hardships.
- bore
- exposed
- allowed
- struggled
- faced through
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Letters to the editor should be ________ in style and quite ________.
- low, high
- florid, torrid
- lucid, objective
- absolute, perfect
- formal, concise