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451.

He earns enough to satisfy his wants.

A. esires
B. ims
C. leasures
D. eeds
Answer» E.
452.

In the absence of the chief guest, the host himself acted as his surrogate and presided over the function.

A. ounterpart
B. lliance
C. ssistant
D. ubstitute
Answer» E.
453.

The house cannot accommodate more people.

A. old
B. llow
C. ide
D. ssociate
Answer» B. llow
454.

His physician has proscribed non-vegetarian diet.

A. ecommended
B. llowed
C. ncreased
D. orbidden
Answer» E.
455.

The number of aboriginal inhabitants in Australia is considerable.

A. rimitive
B. odern
C. noriginal
D. rrational
Answer» B. odern
456.

He is averse to the idea of holding elections now.

A. onvinced
B. ngry
C. pposed
D. ndifferent
Answer» D. ndifferent
457.

Speaking in a tremulous tone, he took everybody to task.

A. onfident
B. ngry
C. eeble
D. rembling
Answer» E.
458.

The teacher felt nettled at the rowdiness of the boys.

A. leased
B. nnoyed
C. isgusted
D. erplexed
Answer» C. isgusted
459.

My uncle was so chagrined that he avoided mentioning the incident.

A. leased
B. nnoyed
C. appy
D. ired
Answer» C. appy
460.

A pervading sense of ennui grips Gaurav.

A. nger
B. nxiety
C. eariness
D. elancholy
Answer» D. elancholy
461.

The young leader was reluctant to shoulder the responsibilities of the ministerial office.

A. ager
B. nxious
C. nwilling
D. anting
Answer» D. anting
462.

That young man is quite sanguine about the result of his competitive examination.

A. ptimistic
B. nxious
C. epressed
D. essimistic
Answer» B. nxious
463.

Ashish did not admit his mistake in the beginning.

A. ommit
B. pologize
C. ccept
D. ealise
Answer» D. ealise
464.

That was the time when there was a hunger for foreign knowledge and foreign thought

A. ish
B. ppetite
C. ndesired
D. enerosity
Answer» C. ndesired
465.

The notice said that the meeting would begin precisely at 9.00 a.m.

A. oncisely
B. pproximately
C. xactly
D. naccurately
Answer» D. naccurately
466.

He was the most disputatious student I ever had.

A. candalous
B. rgumentative
C. ncertain
D. pinionated
Answer» C. ncertain
467.

Nobody has yet seen the peregrination of heavenly beings on earth.

A. isit
B. rrival
C. ravelling
D. asting
Answer» D. asting
468.

Of all the indignities man has suffered at the hands of man, slavery is perhaps the most degrading.

A. nsult
B. trocities
C. vils
D. angers
Answer» B. trocities
469.

An issue of the highest sensitivity, which required the greatest finesse and delicacy, was handled in the most slapdash manner.

A. arefulness
B. ttention
C. act
D. ction
Answer» D. ction
470.

He was reasonable enough to behave according to the circumstances.

A. eaceful
B. ttentive
C. ensible
D. etermined
Answer» D. etermined
471.

He was enticed into entering into this deal.

A. empted
B. epel
C. eased
D. ebuked
Answer» B. epel
472.

He had the nerve to suggest that I was cheating.

A. ourage
B. udacity
C. apacity
D. trength
Answer» C. apacity
473.

He had a strange quirk of hitting his sister every now and then.

A. ondness
B. version
C. abit
D. iversion
Answer» D. iversion
474.

The prisoner has been languishing in the jail forn the last many years.

A. njoying
B. voiding
C. uffering
D. onvicted
Answer» D. onvicted
475.

His craven behaviour makes him an object of mockery

A. ndecent
B. owardly
C. ean
D. illy
Answer» C. ean
476.

The only way to subvert the money power and let truth triumph is by enhancing the perks or income of the individuals.

A. educe
B. bolish
C. verthrow
D. ubdue
Answer» D. ubdue
477.

The boy was incorrigible and a constant source of trouble to his mother.

A. ruant
B. nveterate
C. ash
D. ishonest
Answer» C. ash
478.

I was shocked to see my friend lying at the edge of the road.

A. ide
B. ank
C. orner
D. order
Answer» E.
479.

The rapacious plunderers did not spare even the people living in the slums.

A. arlike
B. arbarous
C. varicious
D. omadic
Answer» D. omadic
480.

The man had transformed the courtyard into a junkyard, all he ever planted in it was trash.

A. gly
B. aseless
C. plendid
D. onsense
Answer» C. plendid
481.

Lost in his own revery, he forgot that vicissitudes can change the course of man's life.

A. ifficulties
B. hange
C. mpediments
D. nfortunate
Answer» C. mpediments
482.

He is considered by every one as a man of integrity.

A. ower
B. haracter
C. ealth
D. nfluence
Answer» E.
483.

She is really a fantastic girl.

A. onderful
B. harming
C. eautiful
D. ntelligent
Answer» B. harming
484.

Some people enjoy hobnobbing with the rich and famous.

A. ssociating
B. hatting
C. onspiring
D. iving
Answer» B. hatting
485.

The Japanese have introduced a nippy little car for joy riders.

A. unny
B. heap
C. uick
D. xpensive
Answer» D. xpensive
486.

The host looked quite jaded by the time the party was over.

A. iserable
B. heerful
C. nspiring
D. xhausted
Answer» E.
487.

There must be lively discussion of Indian authors if we are to foster our national literature.

A. romote
B. herish
C. ourish
D. urture
Answer» B. herish
488.

Every body laughed at the puerility of his statement

A. naccuracy
B. hildishness
C. nsincerity
D. alsehood
Answer» C. nsincerity
489.

Nowadays, pollution is rampant in all major urban centres.

A. ashionable
B. hronic
C. eep-rooted
D. idespread
Answer» E.
490.

Courtesy does not cost one anything.

A. entility
B. ivility
C. miability
D. rbanity
Answer» C. miability
491.

The courage shown by the soldiers at this moment of crisis is exemplary.

A. dmirable
B. lear
C. lementary
D. uitable
Answer» B. lear
492.

The old man asserted that the whole art of medicine lay in judicious poisoning.

A. ise
B. lever
C. autious
D. areful
Answer» B. lever
493.

As they whispered, I felt awkward in their company.

A. nconvenient
B. lumsy
C. roud
D. mbarrassed
Answer» E.
494.

He tried to cajole her, but it was in vain.

A. njoin
B. oax
C. ejoice
D. nspire
Answer» C. ejoice
495.

To the mother's surprise, the soup had gone completely mouldy.

A. inished
B. old
C. tale
D. our
Answer» D. our
496.

The police arrested the thief but his accomplice escaped.

A. riend
B. olleague
C. ompanion
D. artner
Answer» E.
497.

Shobha painted some delightful pictures of children.

A. unny
B. olurful
C. harming
D. appy
Answer» D. appy
498.

Some of the discoveries of modern science are simply marvellous.

A. raiseworthy
B. ommendable
C. mazing
D. dmirable
Answer» D. dmirable
499.

He would have been his close associate had he not been disloyal.

A. mployee
B. ompetitor
C. olleague
D. xecutive
Answer» D. xecutive
500.

He is known for his compliant nature.

A. ivid
B. omplaining
C. damant
D. ielding
Answer» E.