3. Choose the word most nearly the SAME in meaning as “CANTANKEROUS”:
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8%
A. Amiable
66%
B. Irritable
23%
C. Generous
4%
D. Submissive
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4. Choose the word most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to “LUGUBRIOUS”:
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16%
A. Mournful
28%
B. Gloomy
51%
C. Jubilant
5%
D. Melancholic
5 . Choose the word most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to “PERFUNCTORY”:
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22%
A. Superficial
39%
B. Careless
20%
C. Mechanical
19%
D. Thorough
1. Not until the results were declared __ the magnitude of his mistake.
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30%
A. he realized
36%
B. did he realize
13%
C. he did realize
21%
D. had he realized
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2. The proposal was rejected on the grounds that it was not only impractical __ economically unfeasible.
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8%
A. but
5%
B. and also
82%
C. but also
5%
D. as well as
3. Had it not been for your timely assistance, we __ in serious trouble.
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26%
A. would be
9%
B. had been
5%
C. will be
60%
D. would have been
4. So confusing __ that the students could not comprehend it.
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42%
A. was the lecture
43%
B. the lecture was
13%
C. did the lecture
3%
D. the lecture did
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5. The officer refrained __ making any comment on the sensitive issue.
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18%
A. to
70%
B. from
10%
C. of
2%
D. with
1. A person who pretends to have virtues or beliefs which he does not possess
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23%
A. Impostor
28%
B. Charlatan
46%
C. Hypocrite
3%
D. Pharisee
2. One who is stubbornly disobedient to authority
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21%
A. Recalcitrant
44%
B. Obstinate
21%
C. Obdurate
15%
D. Defiant
3. A person who is habitually involved in wrongdoing
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36%
A. Criminal
18%
B. Rogue
37%
C. Delinquent
10%
D. Inveterate
4. A person who is easily irritated and bad-tempered
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14%
A. Petulant
23%
B. Irascible
45%
C. Impetuous
19%
D. Capricious
5. A person who pretends to be ill to avoid duty
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43%
A. Hypochondriac
44%
B. Malingerer
5%
C. Invalid
8%
D. Impostor