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SELECTING WORDS IN ENGLISH
1. My mother upset the kettle of boiling water and ____ her right hand badly.
(a) wounded
(b) sizzled
(c) scorched
(d) scalded
2. Please do not ____ an offer made by the Chairman.
(a) refrain
(b) refute
(c) refuse
(d) refuge
3. The government is confident that the standard of living will begin to ____ again soon.
(a) revive
(b) lift
(c) flourish
(d) rise
4. Sharing heavy responsibilities with colleagues does not involve loss of prestige, or ____ of the authority of an institute’s Head.
(a) deterioration
(b) decrease
(c) diminution
(d) loss
5. The problem of proliferation of nuclear arms is never going to be solved unless the two super powers agree to _____.
(a) a solution
(b) understand each other
(c) sit together
(d) meet half-way
6. Your case is so unique that I am not getting any _____ to support it.
(a) reason
(b) help
(c) happing
(d) precedent
7. Take possession of the records immediately lest they should be ______ with.
(a) tampered
(b) destroyed
(c) manhandled
(d) mishandled
8. Let us take him upon his word. I see no room for any ____ in the matter.
(a) duplicity
(b) deviation
(c) cynicism
(d) difference
9. The ____ arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.
(a) intemperate
(b) spurious
(c) specious
(d) convincing
10. Director, he said, would ____ the matter at once.
(a) invigilate
(b) explore
(c) investigate
(d) survey
ANSWERS:
- d
- c
- d
- c
- d
- d
- a
- a
- c
- c