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751.

Foolhardiness is the result of constant strains.

A. xhaustion
B. bstinacy
C. ickness
D. oolishness
Answer» E.
752.

We cherish the tradition of bravery.

A. evive
B. earn
C. dore
D. mitate
Answer» D. mitate
753.

The man did not relish his nearness to the tigress.

A. njoy
B. ike
C. uess
D. isk
Answer» B. ike
754.

He enjoys vicarious authority.

A. enuous
B. imited
C. elegated
D. ide
Answer» D. ide
755.

Ganpat finds it difficult to rear his family with the present income.

A. upport
B. ive
C. ontrol
D. upply
Answer» B. ive
756.

After the acrimonious debate in the Lok Sabha, some memberas walked out.

A. itter
B. ively
C. isgusting
D. hort
Answer» B. ively
757.

Everybody in the Assembly shouted and there was a pandemonium in the hall.

A. rowd
B. oise
C. isorderly scene
D. aughter
Answer» D. aughter
758.

A million cinemas a year bring the same stale balderdash.

A. dventure
B. onsense
C. hriller
D. omance
Answer» C. hriller
759.

All the streets looked just the same.

A. ecisively
B. ormally
C. xactly
D. imply
Answer» D. imply
760.

Jawaharlal Nehru was an outstanding personality.

A. nteresting
B. otorious
C. dmirable
D. rominent
Answer» E.
761.

The state finds itself in a bind in this matter as on many other issues.

A. onflict
B. uisance
C. roblem
D. epression
Answer» C. roblem
762.

At the yesterday's meeting, he adopted a recalcitrant attitude.

A. onciliatory
B. bstinate
C. ympathetic
D. ourteous
Answer» C. ympathetic
763.

Prashant likes his friend, Rishabh inspite of his little frailties.

A. eaknesses
B. ddities
C. imidness
D. ailures
Answer» D. ailures
764.

During his meeting with the owners of the company he had a number of overtures.

A. bservations
B. ffers
C. greements
D. romises
Answer» C. greements
765.

The man lived in a dilapidated house made of mud and bricks.

A. rumbling
B. ld
C. hatched
D. rashing
Answer» B. ld
766.

As the jockey tried to ride the horse, it suddenly went berserk.

A. roke
B. alloping
C. ild
D. egan
Answer» D. egan
767.

The traditional methods of doing things have now become obsolescent.

A. armful
B. bsolete
C. nrewarding
D. npopular
Answer» C. nrewarding
768.

He did not make any attempt to placate her.

A. lease
B. acify
C. erve
D. atisfy
Answer» C. erve
769.

He murdered the man without any qualms of conscience.

A. esitation
B. ang
C. xcitement
D. uriosity
Answer» B. ang
770.

At the Hardy house there was great consternation when Aunt Gertrude saw Joe helping Frank up the stairs.

A. urprise
B. anic
C. aity
D. atisfaction
Answer» B. anic
771.

He is just dabbling in politics to promote his business interests.

A. ncluding
B. articipating
C. elping
D. nterfering
Answer» C. elping
772.

Due to the long lapse of time, I could not recognise my old friend.

A. elay
B. assage
C. uration
D. ovement
Answer» C. uration
773.

We should abstain from casting aspersions on the character of our colleagues.

A. racking
B. landerous
C. ritical
D. hrow
Answer» E.
774.

Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines.

A. sperity
B. assion
C. age
D. crimony
Answer» D. crimony
775.

Sanjay is going to pay the bill for the repairs.

A. wn
B. ay
C. ear
D. tand
Answer» C. ear
776.

Instead of being arraigned in public, the child should be quietly interviewed in public.

A. unished
B. penly
C. colded
D. ndict
Answer» E.
777.

Those who man government-run shops also have their palm greased.

A. ontrol
B. perate
C. dminister
D. ule
Answer» C. dminister
778.

He has won great admiration amongst his students because of his verdant outlook.

A. ide
B. ptimistic
C. resh
D. ogical
Answer» D. ogical
779.

It was on the behest of the officer that he made those improvements.

A. uggestion
B. rders
C. ecommendation
D. equest
Answer» C. ecommendation
780.

It is not for lay readers to evaluate a great poet.

A. earned
B. rdinary
C. dle
D. xpert
Answer» C. dle
781.

The arguments of the lawyer of the accused were so persuasive that the judge aquitted him.

A. lever
B. ogical
C. loquent
D. onvincing
Answer» E.
782.

Ever since the death of his mother, my friend is utterly forlorn and wretched.

A. rustrated
B. onely
C. earful
D. loomy
Answer» C. earful
783.

The raucous shouts of the audience forced the management to call off the show.

A. npleasant
B. oud
C. arsh
D. armful
Answer» D. armful
784.

Sagacity increases with age.

A. isdom
B. ove
C. aturity
D. fficiency
Answer» B. ove
785.

Forgetting their old enmity, they joined hands with a spirit of camaraderie.

A. nimosity
B. ove
C. riendliness
D. rust
Answer» D. rust
786.

The tendency to act becomes ingrained in us only in proportion to the frequency with which such actions actually occur.

A. ixed
B. arked
C. estined
D. esired
Answer» B. arked
787.

He did his job with scrupulous care.

A. xact
B. arvellous
C. reat
D. ttentive
Answer» E.
788.

I don't mean to be flippant but there is no nice way to kill somebody in a war.

A. rivolous
B. ean
C. esperate
D. aughty
Answer» B. ean
789.

He failed to savvy the full implications of the agreement that he had signed.

A. emember
B. emorise
C. nderstand
D. aste
Answer» D. aste
790.

The defendant was grateful for the judge's clemency.

A. atience
B. ercy
C. elaxed attitude
D. oliteness
Answer» C. elaxed attitude
791.

Ramlal is quite parsimonious by nature.

A. ruel
B. iserly
C. rodigal
D. aughty
Answer» C. rodigal
792.

He was a vulpine person and so avoided by his neighbours.

A. ndolent
B. iserly
C. aughty
D. rafty
Answer» E.
793.

If you want the quality of your writings to improve, then avoid redundant words.

A. nwilling
B. istaken
C. rong
D. nnecessary
Answer» E.
794.

Many people feel queasy while travelling on a bus on hilly roads.

A. neasy
B. obile
C. rowsy
D. ynamic
Answer» B. obile
795.

He had been living his life according to set pattern.

A. erformance
B. odel
C. onduct
D. ehaviour
Answer» C. onduct
796.

The new government decided to rescind most of the decisions of its predecessor.

A. ectify
B. odify
C. evoke
D. econsider
Answer» D. econsider
797.

A bone got stuck in his gullet.

A. tomach
B. olars
C. hest
D. hroat
Answer» E.
798.

It is the Prime Minister's prerogative to appoint or dismiss a minister.

A. unction
B. onopoly
C. uthority
D. rivilege
Answer» E.
799.

The benevolence of the God of Rain has seen a very successful monsoon this year too.

A. ision
B. orbidity
C. indness
D. ll-will
Answer» D. ll-will
800.

Without science and the scientific spirit, we shall just drift along.

A. ently
B. ander
C. autiously
D. eacefully
Answer» C. autiously