Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the alternative which best
Expresses the meaning of the word FOR in the sentence.
1. Vanity is often noticeable in a great leader.
(a) Desirable
(b) Admirable
(c) Remarkable
(d) Visible
2. It was pure fabrication with an eye for a sensation.
(a) Observation
(b) Wish
(c) Desire
(d) Aim
3. Public opinion will pillory these agents of crime.
(a) Scorn
(b) Sub serves
(c) Recall
(d) Declare
4. His adulatory remarks surprised us.
(a) Discreet
(b) Insulting
(c) Appreciate
(d) Funny
5. The rapacious plunderers did not spare even the people living in the slums.
(a) Warlike
(b) Barbarous
(c) Avaricious
(d) Nomadic
6. Indian economy has always shown enough resilience in crisis
(a) Diversity
(b) Strength
(c) Elasticity
(d) Adjustment
7. Long illness has macerated his body. So much so that he is reduced to flesh and bones.
(a) Affected
(b) Eaten into
(c) Devastated
(d) Wasted away
8. We walked down a precipitous slope.
(a) Precarious
(b) Steep
(c) Precise
(d) Gradual
9. Some of the members of the Board indulged in highly scurrilous talk at the meeting.
(a) Irrelevant
(b) Superfluous
(c) Abusive
(d) Objectionable
10. Decay is an immutable factor of human life.
(a) Important
(b) Unique
(c) Unchangeable
(d) Awful
11. The cordial talks between the two foreign ministers cover the entire
gamut of their relations.
(a) Territory
(b) Range
(c) Sphere
(d) Scope
12. We heard him asseverate his good intentions but his actions belied his words.
(a) Affirm
(b) Incite
(c) Defy
(d) Cancel
13. The medicine was aperients.
(a) Bitter
(b) Sweet
(c) Giddy
(d) Laxative
14. There must be lively discussion of Indian authors if we are to foster our national literature.
(a) Promote
(b) Cherish
(c) Nourish
(d) Nurture
15. The problem of unemployment is emasculating our youth from making concrete innovations.
(a) Hindering
(b) Pressurizing
(c) Encouraging
(d) Making weak
16. The speech was filled with rigmarole.
(a) Nonsense
(b) Details
(c) Quotes
(d) Examples
17. The boy gave a vivid description of gall that happened.
(a) Brilliant
(b) Fresh
(c) Explanatory
(d) Picturesque
18. He was the most disputatious student I ever had.
(a) Scandalous
(b) Argumentative
(c) Uncertain
(d) Opinionated
19. Most of the staff is restive under the new managers rule.
(a) Relaxed
(b) Friendly
(c) Uneasy
(d) Obstinate
(e) Discontented
20. They knew by his sophomoric remarks that he was still knave in the field.
(a) Casual
(b) Unpalatable
(c) Immature
(d) Ignorant
21. His impertinence and his salacious remarks spoke voliably of his degradation
(a) Rude
(b) Indecent
(c) Distraught
(d) Poor
22. They all shunned him because he was a lecherous man always looking for an
Opportunity to cheat others.
(a) Cunning
(b) Deceptive
(c) Lustful
(d) Dishonest
23. After the severe riots, the police continued the curfew lest there was
no recrudescence of disorder.
(a) New outburst
(b) Spread
(c) Exaggeration
(d) Aggravation
24. The army has laid out an entire web of secret agents to detect the surreptitious
activities of the enemy.
(a) Hostile
(b) Secret
(c) Intriguing
(d) Foppish
Expresses the meaning of the word FOR in the sentence.
1. Vanity is often noticeable in a great leader.
(a) Desirable
(b) Admirable
(c) Remarkable
(d) Visible
2. It was pure fabrication with an eye for a sensation.
(a) Observation
(b) Wish
(c) Desire
(d) Aim
3. Public opinion will pillory these agents of crime.
(a) Scorn
(b) Sub serves
(c) Recall
(d) Declare
4. His adulatory remarks surprised us.
(a) Discreet
(b) Insulting
(c) Appreciate
(d) Funny
5. The rapacious plunderers did not spare even the people living in the slums.
(a) Warlike
(b) Barbarous
(c) Avaricious
(d) Nomadic
6. Indian economy has always shown enough resilience in crisis
(a) Diversity
(b) Strength
(c) Elasticity
(d) Adjustment
7. Long illness has macerated his body. So much so that he is reduced to flesh and bones.
(a) Affected
(b) Eaten into
(c) Devastated
(d) Wasted away
8. We walked down a precipitous slope.
(a) Precarious
(b) Steep
(c) Precise
(d) Gradual
9. Some of the members of the Board indulged in highly scurrilous talk at the meeting.
(a) Irrelevant
(b) Superfluous
(c) Abusive
(d) Objectionable
10. Decay is an immutable factor of human life.
(a) Important
(b) Unique
(c) Unchangeable
(d) Awful
11. The cordial talks between the two foreign ministers cover the entire
gamut of their relations.
(a) Territory
(b) Range
(c) Sphere
(d) Scope
12. We heard him asseverate his good intentions but his actions belied his words.
(a) Affirm
(b) Incite
(c) Defy
(d) Cancel
13. The medicine was aperients.
(a) Bitter
(b) Sweet
(c) Giddy
(d) Laxative
14. There must be lively discussion of Indian authors if we are to foster our national literature.
(a) Promote
(b) Cherish
(c) Nourish
(d) Nurture
15. The problem of unemployment is emasculating our youth from making concrete innovations.
(a) Hindering
(b) Pressurizing
(c) Encouraging
(d) Making weak
16. The speech was filled with rigmarole.
(a) Nonsense
(b) Details
(c) Quotes
(d) Examples
17. The boy gave a vivid description of gall that happened.
(a) Brilliant
(b) Fresh
(c) Explanatory
(d) Picturesque
18. He was the most disputatious student I ever had.
(a) Scandalous
(b) Argumentative
(c) Uncertain
(d) Opinionated
19. Most of the staff is restive under the new managers rule.
(a) Relaxed
(b) Friendly
(c) Uneasy
(d) Obstinate
(e) Discontented
20. They knew by his sophomoric remarks that he was still knave in the field.
(a) Casual
(b) Unpalatable
(c) Immature
(d) Ignorant
21. His impertinence and his salacious remarks spoke voliably of his degradation
(a) Rude
(b) Indecent
(c) Distraught
(d) Poor
22. They all shunned him because he was a lecherous man always looking for an
Opportunity to cheat others.
(a) Cunning
(b) Deceptive
(c) Lustful
(d) Dishonest
23. After the severe riots, the police continued the curfew lest there was
no recrudescence of disorder.
(a) New outburst
(b) Spread
(c) Exaggeration
(d) Aggravation
24. The army has laid out an entire web of secret agents to detect the surreptitious
activities of the enemy.
(a) Hostile
(b) Secret
(c) Intriguing
(d) Foppish
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