1.

\A man who has not been married(a) Solitary (6) Widower(c) Bachelor (d)
Spinster
2. Something that cures any evil or trouble(a) Panacea (6) Manna(c) Potion (d)
Elixer
3. Person who doubts the truth of a particular claim(a) Nihilist (6) Cynic(c) Sceptic
(c?) Pugnacious
4. One who knows many arts and sciences(a" Polyglot \b) Plagiarist(c) Polymath (d)
Sophist
5. Continuing fight between parties,families, clans etc(a) Enmity (b) Feud(c) Quarrel
(d) Skirmish
6. One who breaks into a house at night in order to steal(a) Dacoit (b) Thief(c) Burglar
(d) Pilferer
7. Remarks which have no order or connection(a) Incognito (&) Irrelevant(c) Incoherent
(d) Puissant
8. Not to the point (a) Exaggerated (o) Incorrect(c) Inadequate (d)Irrelevant
9. A man devoid of kindly feeling and sympathy(a) Callous (b) Cruel(c) Brute
(d) Egoist
10. One who is easily led(o) Tenable (fc) Usurious(c) Tractable (dSubservient
11 To issue a thunderous verbal attack(a) Animate (fc) Invigorate(c) Fulminate (d)
Languish
12. A man who asks many questions(a) Vociferous (b) Frugal(c) Prodigious (d)
Inquisitive
13 One who prescribes corrective lensesa) Optician (6) Optometrist(c) Oculist (d)
Ophthalmologist
14. The firing of a number of gun together as a salute(a) Jingoism (6) Reception(c) Salvo
(d) Gun Salute
15. Internal telephonic system(a) Interim <6) Interlocutor(c) Intercourse (d) Intercom
16. List and explanations of several words(a) Agendum (o) Appendix(c) Addendum (d)
Glossary
17. One who ia very exact in forms of behaviour(a) Punctilious (6) Corpulent(c) Puerile
(d) Connubila
18. Mental disorder marked by fixed delusions(a) Monomania (&) Hypermania(c) Paranoia
(d) Nostalgia
19. A person who introduces the performers,speakers etc.(a) Host (ft) Compere (c)
Impostor (d) Presenter
20. Something that relates to everyone in the world(a) Usual (&) General(c) Universal
(d) Common
21. An expert who calculates rates of insurance(a) Account ant (b) Statistician(c) Actuary
(d) Calculator
22. A person who attacks first(a) Invader (&) Aggressor(c) Initiator (d) Offender
23. A man who attempts to show for more than he is worth(a) Senile (b) Pretentious(c)
Extenuating (d) Retentive
24. Figure of speech in which term is transferred to something it does not literally apply to(a)
Metaphor (b) Simile (c) Epitome (d) Epithet
25 A medicine that induces sleep(a) Narcotic (b) Psychotherapeutic(c) Panacea (d)
Anodyne
26. An animal with four complete digestive cavities or stomachs(a) Carnivore (o)
Ruminant(c) Candelabra (d) Proboscis (e) Matador
Boston's traditional swan boat rides provide a restful----------------- from the city's
summer heat, as they cruise the -----------------waters of the Public Garden. (A)
picnic . . . colorful - (B) relief . . . turbid (C) hiatus . . . vapid (D) respite . . .
placid (E) amnesty . . . gay
All countries in the region, who are also UN members, are ---------- to join. (A)
embraced (B) eligible (C) prohibited (D) tantamount (E) organized
An Australian woman ------------ has discovered a way to boost the seed yield of
pasture landA) agronomist (B) psychoanalyst (C) astrophysicist (D) phrenologist
(E) bioscopist
It is usually a good thing when a discussion is taken firmly by the hand and led down
from the heights of --------------- to the level ground of hard ------------------------(A)
ridiculousness . . . sublimity (B) mountaintops . . . meadowland (C) audacity
. . . sincerity (D) fantasy . . . fact (E) speculation . . . reality
Electronic eavesdropping technology has become so - -- --- - that the comparatively
little law on the subject has become as ---- as the horse and buggy. (A) repulsive . . .
fictitious (B) omnivorous . . . ridiculous (C) sophisticated . . . outmoded (D)
clandestine . . . entangled (E) popular . . . homey
Basic research provides the ------------------------fund of scientific knowledge on which
the applied researchers draw to give society a rich rate of interest. (A) depleted (B)
endowed (C) capital (D) deterred (E) realistic
He ----------------- his speech heavily with jargon of the trade. A) retards (B) brakes (C)
disburses (D) inflates (E) lards
It really looked as if the outclassed Portuguese were about to make as ------------------an
exit from the ------------ had the Italians. (A) ignominious . . . competition (B)
differential . . . forum (C) emphatic . . . cavern (D) surreptitious . . . vista E)
opportune . . . palladium
The growing of cereals on a large scale was the first stage in a revolution that was to
replace a food-gathering -----------existenceby an urban civilization based on
agriculture. A) paternal (B) herbivorous (C) sedulous (D) nomadic
E) urbane
But a --------------- wind built up during the race, and shortly most of the summertime
boats turned to and went home. (A) infamous (B) helpless (C) snarling
(D) ravishing (E) vacillating
To be director of the most important, largest, and surely richest art museum in the
country demands --------------- concentration and-strong personal ------------------------
( A) continued . . . antipathy (B) invaluable . . . attachment c)hectic –interposition
d)unseemly ------charm e)unflagging ---------involvement
Boston's traditional swan boat rides provide a restful----------------- from the city's
summer heat, as they cruise the -----------------waters of the Public Garden. (A)
picnic . . . colorful - (B) relief . . . turbid (C) hiatus . . . vapid (D) respite . . .
placid (E) amnesty . . . gay
All countries in the region, who are also UN members, are ---------- to join. (A)
embraced (B) eligible (C) prohibited (D) tantamount (E) organized
An Australian woman ------------ has discovered a way to boost the seed yield of
pasture landA) agronomist (B) psychoanalyst (C) astrophysicist (D) phrenologist
(E) bioscopist
It is usually a good thing when a discussion is taken firmly by the hand and led down
from the heights of --------------- to the level ground of hard ------------------------(A)
ridiculousness . . . sublimity (B) mountaintops . . . meadowland (C) audacity
. . . sincerity (D) fantasy . . . fact (E) speculation . . . reality
Electronic eavesdropping technology has become so - -- --- - that the comparatively
little law on the subject has become as ---- as the horse and buggy. (A) repulsive . . .
fictitious (B) omnivorous . . . ridiculous (C) sophisticated . . . outmoded (D)
clandestine . . . entangled (E) popular . . . homey
Basic research provides the ------------------------fund of scientific knowledge on which
the applied researchers draw to give society a rich rate of interest. (A) depleted (B)
endowed (C) capital (D) deterred (E) realistic
He ----------------- his speech heavily with jargon of the trade. A) retards (B) brakes (C)
disburses (D) inflates (E) lards
It really looked as if the outclassed Portuguese were about to make as ------------------an
exit from the ------------ had the Italians. (A) ignominious . . . competition (B)
differential . . . forum (C) emphatic . . . cavern (D) surreptitious . . . vista E)
opportune . . . palladium
The growing of cereals on a large scale was the first stage in a revolution that was to
replace a food-gathering -----------existenceby an urban civilization based on
agriculture. A) paternal (B) herbivorous (C) sedulous (D) nomadic
E) urbane
But a --------------- wind built up during the race, and shortly most of the summertime
boats turned to and went home. (A) infamous (B) helpless (C) snarling
(D) ravishing (E) vacillating
To be director of the most important, largest, and surely richest art museum in the
country demands --------------- concentration and-strong personal ------------------------
( A) continued . . . antipathy (B) invaluable . . . attachment c)hectic –interposition
d)unseemly ------charm e)unflagging ---------involvement