Q1. A fresh fall of snow soon ______________ the animals’ track.
(a) wither
(b) fissured
(c) evaded
(d) wiped away
Q2. If your young guide had made one false step, we would have plunged into the ____________ matters.
(a) descry
(b) erroneous
(c) abyss
(d) daunt
Q3. My father taught me to ______________ between right and wrong at a very early age.
(a) collect
(b) discriminate
(c) recall
(d) usurp
Q4. Normally an individual thunderstorm lasts about 45 minutes but under certain conditions the storm may ______________ causing even more severe for as long as four hours.
(a) wane
(b) moderate
(c) persist
(d) vacillate
Q5. Perhaps because something in us instinctively distrusts such displays of natural fluency, some readers approach John Updike’s fiction with ______________.
(a) indifference
(b) suspicion
(c) vehemence
(d) recklessness
Q6. We lost confidence in him because he never ______________ the grandiose promises he had made.
(a) forgot about
(b) reneged on
(c) tired of
(d) delivered on
Q7. We were amazed that a man who had been here the most ______________ of public speakers could in a single speech electrify an audience and bring them cheering to the feet.
(a) tawdry
(b) accomplished
(c) pedestrian
(d) auspicious
Q8. Despite the mixture’s ______________ nature we found that by lowering its temperature in the laboratory we could dramatically reduce its tendency to vaporize.
(a) resilient
(b) volatile
(c) homogeneous
(d) insipid
Q9. The boy was so spoiled by his indulgent parents that he had become ______________ when he did not receive all of their attention.
(a) dominated
(b) suspicious
(c) elated
(d) sullen
Q10. The logic in this editorial is so ______________ that we cannot see how anyone can be deceived by it.
(a) coherent
(b) astute
(c) cogent
(d) specious
Q11. Modern architecture has discarded the ______________ training on building and has concentrated on an almost Greek simplicity of lives.
(a) flamboyant
(b) austere
(c) inconspicuous
(d) derivative
Q12. Best friends have a deep ____________ which is often inexplicable to others.
(a) camaraderie
(b) bland
(c) veneer
(d) facade
Q13. After receiving a windfall, the foolish man showed his ____________ by spending every dime on frivolous purchases.
(a) liturgy
(b) fatuity
(c) sagacity
(d) custom
Q14. The new comer was quickly promoted when his employers saw how ______________ he was.
(a) indigent
(b) indifferent
(c) assiduous
(d) lethargic
Q15. She did it ______________ her will.
(a) beyond
(b) against
(c) contrary
(d) oppose
SOLUTIONS
1.D
2.B
3.B
4.C
5.B
6.B
7.B
8.B
9.D
10.D
11.D
12.A
13.B
14.C
15.B