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Contextual Clues - 4 (News Items)

Description: Gap Sentences (Hard)
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: Gap Sentences (Hard) Sentence Completion (Gap Fills) Vocabulary Synonyms / Word Meanings Letter F
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Directions: Choose the most appropriate word from the given options and complete the sentence.

He is ____ dancer.

  1. a dextrous

  2. an adept

  3. an adapt

  4. an adopt


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 An adept person is a skilled person in a field.

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

When I asked them about who had broken the window, the children __________ ignorance.

  1. feigned

  2. effected

  3. distorted

  4. acted


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The sentence implies that the students pretended to be ignorant. Hence, the word 'feigned' is the most appropriate word to be used.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word.

Mrs. Jones resented the _______ that she is not a lady of a warm nature.

  1. elusions

  2. innuendo

  3. allegation

  4. retort


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'Innuendo' means an indirect intimation about a person or a thing especially in a derogatory nature. It is the most appropriate word to be used in this context.

Directions: Select the most appropriate word from the options offered and fill in the blank.

Despite the unsavoury conditions in which he lived, he remained _____ in his personal habits.

  1. fatuous

  2. fastidious

  3. fallacious

  4. facetious


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word or phrase and complete the sentence. Even at the risk of economic loss, he ________ refused to take the beaten track.

  1. repeatedly

  2. steadfastly

  3. continuously

  4. regularly


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Whenever we face a challenge, we opt for the most promising option. 'Steadfast' means firm, fixed, settled, or established; not changing, fickle, or wavering; constant. So, adverb 'steadfastly' fits the requirement.  

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

Even in today's modern society, people _______ God to bring rain.

  1. evoke

  2. provoke

  3. propitiate

  4. appeal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

People used to call forth the Rain God by chanting magical words. 'Evoke' means 'to call forth or summon (a spirit, demon, etc.) as by chanting magical words; conjure up'.    

Directions: Choose the appropriate word or phrase and complete the sentence. She did not quite anticipate the _________ of protest.

  1. hoax

  2. account

  3. ignonimity

  4. stockpile


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Haox means 'a trick or fraud'. It perfectly fits the meaning of the sentence.  

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

She ________ in the court to save her husband from conviction.

  1. entangled

  2. scrubbed

  3. adjusted

  4. perjured


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Perjure' means 'breaking of any oath or formal promise'. In the sentence, if fitted, it implies that the lady broke her oath in order to save her husband from conviction.  

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

This article tries to ______ us with problems of poor nations so that we help them more effectively.

  1. enable

  2. allow

  3. convince

  4. acquaint


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

We can help out something only when we are aware of it. 'To acquaint' means 'to let know; give knowledge to; make aware; inform'.

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

Man power is the _______ means of converting other resources to mankind's use and benefit.

  1. inimitable

  2. insuperable

  3. indivisible

  4. indispensable


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Indispensable means 'something that is absolutely necessary or required'; and it fits to all the requirements of the blank.  

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

Every one should _____ themselves against illness since medical care has now become expensive.

  1. insure

  2. vaccinate

  3. ensure

  4. brace


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Insure against' is an idiomatic usage.

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

Abhay has been ________ with trafficking in drugs and has to appear in court tomorrow.

  1. charged

  2. accused

  3. condemned

  4. convicted


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Charge with' is an idiomatic usage that means 'to place criminal charges against someone'.

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

Since one cannot read every book, one should be content with making a ________ selection.

  1. judicious

  2. standard

  3. moderate

  4. sample


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The adjective 'judicious' means 'having, applying or showing sound judgement; wise and careful'.  

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

He made a slight __________ of judgement for which he had to repent later.

  1. mistake

  2. slip

  3. error

  4. blunder


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Error of judgement' is the perfect usage. It means 'the state of believing what is untrue, incorrect or wrong'.  

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

A sanguine outlook is associated with a/an _______.

  1. rationalist

  2. socialist

  3. philanthropist

  4. optimist


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Sanguine' means optimistic. Only option (4) fits in the given sentence.

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