Test Level 2: Word Usage - CAT MCQ

A coach boosting morale through a pep talk

A young girl feeling shy in expressing her opinion

Disappearance of forests in the face of increasing urbanization

An excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor

A reporter printing a bad story against a businessman without strong evidence against him

A person experiencing simultaneous existence of two opposed and conflicting emotions

A newly hired intern who is willing to accept a suggestion or submit to authority

An increasing interest in whole foods leading to larger natural-food sections

Reading every book one can lay hands on

Friend who always lets you know what she thinks about you

Developers indifferent to environmental concerns

Delight in acquiring things beyond the point of necessity

For many pop music fans, the rap and alternative-rock-dominated 90s were the nadir of musical expression.

The defeat was the nadir of her career.

If James was the paragon, Joe was the nadir.

A season of underachievement might have reached its nadir in a 48-7 loss to the New Orleans Saints, dropping the Eagles to 4-6.

The film's nadir arrives in a scene in which several characters shout-sing a Third Eye Blind song.

The notice was punched on to the display board of the college.

Adrenaline made her shake harder, and she prepared herself to fight, understanding the notice of her dead guards.

Sorry! I never noticed the carpet.

A copy of the notice was circulated in the school.

Did you notice the expressions on his face?

A person courageous in the face of danger

A room stripped of any adornment

A bare expanse of land exposed to wind

A speech that is marked by brevity

Contemplative

Lethargic

Contemptuous

Reprehensible

Wicked

Rashness

Arrogance

Frowardness 

Brusqueness

Audacity

Illusive

Grand

Hoary

Battered

Old

stoical

intrepid

timid

apostate

perfidious

Nagasaki suffered from the fallout of nuclear radiation. 

People believed that the political fallout of the scandal would be insignificant. 

Who can predict the environmental fallout of the WTO agreements?

The Headmaster could not understand the fallout of several of his good students at the public examination

Don`t take it as a crushing load; you can possibly manage it.

The reticent man had a crush on her, but could not express it.

Crush the onion into fine paste.

The crush of people stoned the shopping mall.

The clothes look crushed and soiled.

He threw up his hands in despair.

It`s a throwback to medieval times.

Do not throw the food in the bin, give it to the maid.

I was thrown off balance by the sheer audacity of the beggar.

The match was decided by the throw of a coin.

You should not fiddle with the gun with a finger on the trigger.

What triggered the collapse of the building under construction is being investigated.

The moment trigger is pulled, the gun goes off.

Some guns have feather-touch triggers.

Give me the trigger to find the answer.

You have injured my cause and I shall not forgive you for that.

The storm injured the straw huts at the sea shore.

Minor head injuries should be taken seriously.

The driver rammed the bus in an electric pole and injured his right leg.

The soldier was injured in the gun-fight.