Verbal Ability :: Fill In The Blanks
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He reached an agreement with the union through negotiations and thus was able to _____ a possible strike.(A) prevent(B) avert(C) deflect(D) oppose(E) confront(F) revert
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Most adults think that children who have behavioural problems can be disciplined with _____ punishment.(A) corporal(B) physical(C) corporeal(D) verbal(E) psychological(F) mild
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Human nature is full of contradictions: there is so much pose in the sincere, baseness in the noble and goodness in the _____.(A) reprobate(B) incorrigible(C) primitive(D) superficial(E) unoriginal(F) Inactive
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The desire for _____ is one of the most deeply related instincts of a civilized man.(A) revilement(B) euphoria(C) euphony(D) approval(E) approbation(F) umbrage
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Communities should be self-reliant but this self-reliance does not mean _____ because the need to trade results in the interdependence of communities.(A) secrecy(B) isolation(C) lankiness(D) barrenness(E) seclusion(F) solitude
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Secularism on the one hand, can be seen as a positive freedom to hold any or no religious faith and on the other hand, it imposes _____ that prohibits the state from taking certain legal actions.(A) anathema(B) taboo(C) maledictions(D) limitations(E) restrictions(F) censure
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One is always considered a/an _____ in any foreign country, irrespective of the number of years he has lived there.(A) amateur(B) threat(C) alien(D) menace(E) outsider(F) ally
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Some writers believe that poetry can bring about _____ changes in a person's way of thinking and behaviour as does a well-reasoned social or political treatise.(A) radical(B) extrimsic(C) moderate(D) acquired(E) fundamental(F) natural
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She went ahead with dogged determination, _____by the adversities which came her way and ultimately emerged successful.(A) over-awed(B) unintimidated(C) dismayed(D) undaunted(E) unalarmed(F) incapacitated
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Jane was a hard core feminist and a/an _____ campaigner for women's issues.(A) indefatigable(B) relentless(C) irregular(D) indifferent(E) sluggish(F) fallacious