12 CLASS Choose the word

Choose the word that is most nearly the same in meaning to the key word.

1. Those defenders of the tobacco industry who deny that there is a casual linkage between cigarette smoking and many diseases all but _________ the statistical evidence that very clearly demonstrates the connection.
(A) Ignore
(B) Signify
(C) Explain
(D) Refute

2. I have come to see the loss; I won’t see any one _________.
(A) Except
(B) Else
(C) Or else
(D) Other

3. This state is a colony, however, in most matters; it is _______ and receives no order from the mother country.
(A) Distant
(B) Autonomous
(C) Submissive
(D) Amorphous

4. Take any apple _______ you like.
(A) What
(B) As
(C) Which
(D) That

5. By the middle of January, the river had become so choked with ice as to be _______ even for the smallest of boats.
(A) Inactive
(B) Unreliable
(C) Impassable
(D) Unattractive

6. They fixed upon the enemy from behind the trees, walls and any other _______ point they could find.
(A) Vantage
(B) Indefensible
(C) Exposed
(D) Definitive

7. The dog is _________ faithful animals.
(A) The
(B) Not
(C) A
(D) Very

8. In their most recent report to the shareholders, the directors _______ financial information on international sales.
(A) Distort
(B) Omit
(C) Invent
(D) Substitute

9. Maria has been waiting for you ______ morning.
(A) Till
(B) From
(C) For
(D) Since

10. The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in a ______ state.
(A) Independent
(B) Amorphous
(C) Embryonic
(D) Uncultivated

11. The candidate later ________ the broad generalization concerning welfare recipients by nothing that vast majority is not able to find significant employment.
(A) Verified
(B) Qualified
(C) Withdraw
(D) Clarified

12. Haider is either a scholar ________ a professional teaches.
(A) Else
(B) Or else
(C) Or
(D) And

13. In many countries, the proponents of a centrally controlled economy, although in ________ continue to constitute a powerful political force.
(A) Control
(B) Restart
(C) Disarray
(D) Error

14. Raheela spoke ________ that it was applauded by all.
(A) Well
(B) As well
(C) Very well
(D) So well

15. Studded starfish are well protected from most predators and parasites by ______ surface whose studs are actually modified spines.
(A) A fragile
(B) An obtuse
(C) An armoured
(D) A brittle

16. The committee censured the member, nothing that his behavior was the very _______ of ethical conduct.
(A) Essence
(B) Embodiment
(C) Nature
(D) Antithesis

17. Stand here, ______ I speak.
(A) While
(B) As
(C) When
(D) The time

18. We need more men of culture and enlightenment; we have too many _________ among us.
(A) Students
(B) Philistines
(C) Philosophers
(D) Visionaries

19. The successful _________ of a novel or a poem requires fluency in two languages.
(A) Publication
(B) Reproduction
(C) Writing
(D) Translation

20. Let us wait __________.
(A) So little
(B) Little
(C) A little
(D) The little

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