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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

The ______ family had nothing to eat, nothing to spend and ______ nothing to wear.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. sumptuous; practically

  2. opulent; almost

  3. affluent; implicitly

  4. indigent; virtually

  5. well-off; essentially

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is obvious that option (4) has to be correct as ‘indigent’ means 'poor'. All the other options are antonymous to poor.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in western society during the current decade is ________ critical.

  1. perennially

  2. disturbingly

  3. uniquely

  4. archetypal

  5. captiously
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Uniquely refers to "existing as the only one or as the sole example." Here the opening lines refer to 'struggle of generations....obvious constants..." So the struggle is an ongoing one and cannot be unique.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

Politeness is not a _________ attribute of human behaviors, but rather a central virtue, one whose very existence is increasingly being ____________ by the faddish requirement to “speak one’s mind.”

  1. superficial, threatened

  2. pervasive, undercut

  3. worthless, forestalled

  4. precious, repudiated

  5. trivial, affected
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Superficial refers to insignificant. Note the word faddish it means temporary fashion, notion etc…

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

It is to the novelist’s credit that all of the episodes in her novel are presented realistically; without any fanciful or playful __________ tricks.

  1. elucidation

  2. discrimination

  3. artlessness

  4. authenticity

  5. supernatural
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The word should be opposite of real and thus, supernatural, which refers to not real/natural, is correct.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blanks.

While Parker is very outspoken on issues she cares about, she is not ____; she concedes the ___ of opposing arguments when they expose weaknesses inherent in her own.

  1. fickle, validity

  2. arrogant, restraint

  3. fanatical, strength

  4. precipitate, incompatibility

  5. unyielding, speciousness
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

While Parker is very outspoken on issues she cares about, she is not fanatica'; she concedes the strength of opposing arguments when they expose weaknesses inherent in her own.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Some customs travel well often, however, behavior that is considered the epitome of ________ at home is perceived as impossibly rude or, at the least, harmlessly bizarre abroad.

  1. novelty

  2. eccentricity

  3. urbanity

  4. coarseness
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Note the word “epitome” which refers to high degree. Thus “urbanity”-which refers to refined courtesy or politeness.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The influence of the Timaeus among early philosophical thinkers was ______, if only because it was the sole dialogue ______ in Europe for almost 1000 years.

  1. pervasive, available

  2. inestimable, suppressed

  3. unnoteworthy, abridged

  4. underestimated, studied

  5. circumscribed, translated
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 pervasive- refers to spread throughout as that was the only dialogue available for 100 years.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

Nature’s energy efficiency often _________ human technology: despite the intensity of the light fire-flies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency _______ the firefly’s system.

  1. engenders, manipulates

  2. reflects, simulates

  3. outstrips, rivals

  4. inhibits, matches

  5. determines, reproduces
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Note the word 'despite' is a thought reverser and thus, option (3) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

The modern age is a permissive one in which things can be said explicitly, but the old tradition of _______________ dies hard.

  1. garrulousness

  2. exaggeration

  3. excoriation

  4. bombast

  5. euphemism
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

 Euphemism – means mock modesty, prudishness/affected refinement. It is in direct contrast to the permissive age of today where one can speak clearly and bluntly.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

While not completely nonplussed by the unusually caustic responses from members of the audience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly _________ by their lively criticism.

  1. humiliated

  2. discomfited

  3. deluded

  4. disgraced
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

note the word “lively criticism” discomfited- “confuse and concert”

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The powers and satisfactions of primeval people, though few and meager, were __________ their few and simple desires.

  1. simultaneous with

  2. commensurate with

  3. substantiated by

  4. circumscribed by

  5. ruined by
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 Commensurate- equal measure, equal to their few and simple desire.