Vocabulary and Synonyms

In the second sentence 'Order' means a group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit. Therefore, the verb should be awarded. Crowned means enthrone. Hence, (2) is the answer.

Option (1): The word in (1) should be 'rift', not 'drift'. Hence (1) is answer. 

For option (1) the expression implies to give money, especially generously. For option (3), the expression used is 'to conceal or hold back the feeling'. For option (4), the expression implied is 'to be too dependent on each other'. For option (2) 'pocket all the lines given to you' is grammatically correct, but we pocket physical things like cash, money, etc. and not abstract quantities. Thus option (2) is incorrect usage of the term pocket.

'Species' is one particular group of organisms whose population is referred to in totality like human being, elephants, tigers, etc. Race, community, fraternity and society refer to groups of individuals belonging to a certain species but they all are sub categories which can be classified under the main category 'species'. Therefore 'species is odd one out.

'Lassitude' is state or feeling of being tired. Languor' is a lack of vitality and weakness as is enervation. 'Fatigue' is also physical and mental exhaustion. “Inertia' represents tendency to remain in a fixed condition without change. Thus it can be easily seen that 'Inertia' is quite different than other three terms, hence option (4) is correct answer.

Drab, humdrum, discursive and prosaic all refer to commonplace, dull or unfocussed items. But skittish means lively or playful in a frivolous manner. This marks option (4) as correct.

 Patient and tolerant are traits indicating calm nature of a person. So, they are a pair of synonyms and an antonym pair is required to answer the question. Fuss refers to a state of excessive nervousness and calmness is just the opposite to fuss. 

Certitude is a feeling of absolute sureness and dilemma is a state of uncertainty (antonyms). So a synonym pair is required for answer. Show and evince are somewhat synonymous.

To terrify (scare) a person is to shock a person; so both of them are synonyms. An antonym pair is required to answer the question. To start an activity is perfectly opposite to stop an activity.

(synonyms) Intentional: willful represents synonymous relationship, whereas superabundance (surplus):  paucity (insufficiency) represents antonymous relationship. This marks option (5) as correct answer 

(Noun: related adjective) Blowhard is a boastful person. . But a highbrow is a snob, not embarrassed. The pair does not exhibit similar relation. Thus is the odd one and our answer. 

Both determinate and established mean 'fixed' or 'definite'. So the relation or bridge that can be applied here is synonym. An antonym pair is required for answer. Unsteadfast is not fixed and staunch is fixed, so an antonym pair as required by us for our answer. 

'Spring up' for the last blank is the easiest clue. 'Phoneyness' matches with 'and all the deceivers '. 'Interest in … experience' can be 'transcending'.

‘March’ of the human race is the best fit And the march is always ‘towards’ a goal or objective. 

Option (2): The filler must be the one that stimulates learning because of great handicaps or deprivation. “Whet” meaning 'stimulate', fits in with appetite.