Test: Selecting Words- 1 - CAT MCQ

Smile on: to lend support or favor

Avidly means to desire something longingly.
So, the miser must gaze at the pile of gold coins avidly.

Emerge fits appropriately in the blank. 

When we are talking about cows, it means there is more than one cow. i.e a group. 

But collection of cows or group of cows is called a herd. 

To keep someone at arm's length means to keep them at a distance or to avoid close contact with them.

If a person is double dealing (action contradictory to a professed attitude), you should keep him away or at arm's length.

The correct sentence here is option C.

Depend on means to be needed for something to succeed.
"Success in this examination depends on hard work alone".

This option correctly uses the past perfect tense ("had worked") to indicate that the action of working hard for the examination was completed before the action of passing the examination. It conveys the intended meaning that the person's hard work was completed before achieving success in the examination.The correct option is C.

Confiscated means taken or seized with authority

It is a famous Idiom from the Bible which means:
People have a spiritual side as well as a physical side. We need to take care of our spirit as much as our body.

Non co-operative attitude can just spoil the image.

Degrade and defame give a strong negative impression.

So. spoil is appropriate fit in the blank.

The correct option is C.