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B
Here, starting with the second blank makes sense. The word has to
be similar to shy because of and.
A Incorrect. Quiet: withdrawn, the sentence requires
antonyms not synonyms.
C Incorrect. Shy and passionate are opposites, thus passionate doesn't
fit.
D. Incorrect. Supercilious means arrogant.
E. Incorrect. Dynamic is energetic.
- A
Just suppose that the first word must be the opposite of incensed.
Incensed means angered. You are looking for a word that means calm or
mellow. Unflappable means not upsettable. You’re probably wondering
what a person who walks has to do with the second blank. Pedestrian
as a noun means a walker, but it can also be an adjective. Pedestrian
in this sense means common, everyday, usual, overdone, no longer creative
or fresh. If you submit an essay to a teacher and he tells you that
you did a pedestrian job, you’ll probably get a ’C’ grade for it.
- D
A statement that is equivocal can have more than one interpretation
and thus leave doubt about the speaker’s intentions.
A, C & E - Sheela's statement would be clear if those statements
were righteous, decisive and dogmatic.
- A
A reporter performs his job on a beat; a chef performs his job in a
hotel/restaurant.
- E
A fox is known for being craftly (sly and wily). Likewise
a well-known characteristic of a mule is that it is stubborn.
A. Incorrect. Some dogs are huge but being huge is not a mannerism
of all dogs.
B. Incorrect.
C. Incorrect. being a cat is not a common mannerism of a type of a
tiger.
D. Incorrect. Wolves are not fickle.
- E
A tropical island is a place of refuge in the middle
of the ocean. An Oasis is place of refuge in the middle
of the desert.
- B
A group of girls is called a bevy. A group of fish
is called a school.
- E
Opprobrious is wicked, dishonorable, having a bad reputation.
Something noisome is fetid, unwholesome, having a bad smell.
Think of a locker room as being both noisy and noisome.
A. Incorrect. Tranquil means peaceful.
B. Incorrect. Succulent is full of good taste.
C. Incorrect. United means a group, not necessarily a bad group.
D. Incorrect. Turmoil is uproar, confusion and has nothing
to do with twaddle, which is foolish talk, nonsense.
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