Questions
A _________ of guides surrounded me, all offering their services to _______ me around the ancient temple.
- flock, tour
- gaggle, escort
- bundle, guide
- multitude, chase
- huddle, follow
As a staunch __________ of our right to leisure time, Ken had few ________.
- proponent, friends
- proponent, pleaders
- proselyte, antagonists
- defender, equals
- opponent, duties
For his diligent work in astronomy, Professor Lara was _______ at the banquet as the ______ of the year.
- greeted, administrator
- honored, astrologer
- lauded, scientist
- esteemed, teacher
- extolled, solicitor
Manufactures use ________ on their product labels and asks buyers to verify the product's ______.
- monograms, quality
- hexagrams, veracity
- holograms, authenticity
- programs, ingenuity
Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled (1) through (5). Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The _________ of the early morning light _______ the room, making it larger and cozier at once.
- brilliance, pulverize
- harshness, transfigured
- warmth, extirpated
- glare, annihilated
- softness, transformed
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
As it was combined with visits to warehouses to check _______ of cotton, it was a ______ task indeed.
- builders, jaded
- packets, competent
- bales, tedious
- heaps, jolly
- shreds, cautious
He was impelled by ______ of the situation to disown, without any ________, the statement attributed to him.
- force, mores
- exigency, compunction
- rectitude, retribution
- mayhem, effusion
- circumstance, regret
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.
For the French, India was up for grabs and the only _________ block was the English who also ________ imperial ambitions.
- impending, promoted
- irrefutable, encouraged
- stumbling, fostered
- hobbling, nurtured
- mature, having
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.
Much love and _______ had gone into ________ one of the most undignified diseases known to man.
- devotion, submerging
- care, enduring
- sympathy, overpowering
- discipline, defeating
- dedication, tackling
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
The young man had become ___________ of the mystical writing of a great saint.
- suspicious
- adverse
- introspective
- enamored
- contaminated
In the _________ downpour, the women managed to __________ us and disappear.
Directions for questions:
Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Example:
After having a _________ journey, we had a ___________ food.
(A) persistent, musty (B) frightful, terrific
(C) congenial, palatable (D) tiresome, common
(E) expedition, brisk
Answer: (C)
- incessant, pervade
- uncouth, escape
- torrential, provoke
- ensuing, evade
- insipid, avoid
He is a person who has been ________ by society and is fighting to be ________ accepted into mainstream society.
Directions for the question:
The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled (A) through (E). Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Example:
After having a _________ journey, we had a ___________ food.
(A) persistent, musty (B) frightful, terrific
(C) congenial, palatable (D) tiresome, common
(E) expedition, brisk
Answer: (C)
- stabbed, hopefully
- marginalized, legitimately
- vandalized, curiously
- immersed, confidently
- reviewed, favorably
Over the _________ of the sirens, you could still hear the hoarse ______ of his voice.
Directions for questions:
Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Example:
After having a _________ journey, we had a ___________ food.
(A) persistent, musty (B) frightful, terrific
(C) congenial, palatable (D) tiresome, common
(E) expedition, brisk
- babble, roar
- drone, power
- wail, sound
- growing, whisper
- gibbering, cries
If we all _______ on the problem, the solution will not be far to _________.
Directions for the question:
The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled (A) through (E). Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Example:
After having a _________ journey, we had a ___________ food.
(A) persistent, musty (B) frightful, terrific
(C) congenial, palatable (D) tiresome, common
(E) expedition, brisk
Answer: (C)
- hesitate, promote
- cerebrate, seek
- probate, find
- cogitate, commend
- ponder, question