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Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 1

Directions: Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given set of words.

Government by one man

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 1

A government in which one person has absolute power is 'autocracy' or dictatorship.

Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 2

Directions: Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given set of words.

An act in which the victim is cheated out of his money under false pretences

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 2

'Swindle' is an act of cheating a person out of his money under false pretences.

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Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 3

Directions: Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given set of words.

Something that stays only for a short time

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 3

'Transient' is 'passing away with time; not permanent'.

Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 4

Directions: Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given set of words.

Become less in intensity gradually

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 4

'Abate' means 'to become less in scope or intensity gradually'. 'Distend' is an opposite. The other options do not relate to decrease in 'intensity'.

Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 5

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicised and highlighted. From the italicised and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.

(a) Ancient archeological (A) sites / (B) cites are under threat in Syria.
(b) Put the letter into an (A) envelop / (B) envelope.
(c) One cannot (A) wreak / (B) reek vengeance when one is expected to act in a dispassionate manner.
(d) Backward regions that are otherwise well connected are proving to be tax (A) heavens / (B) havens for such industrial units as can relocate.

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 5

(A) 'Site' is the piece of land on which something is located; 'cite' means 'make reference to'.
(B) 'Envelope' is 'a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.' 'Envelop' is a verb.
(A) 'Wreak' is to perpetrate; 'reek' is to smell.
(B) 'Haven' is 'a place of safety'. The keyword is 'tax'; 'tax haven' is a country or independent area where taxes are levied at a low rate.

Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 6

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases that are italicised and highlighted. Select the most appropriate words or phrases to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.

(a) The (A) further / (B) farther the explorer went into the cave, the darker and murkier it became.
(b) The (A) flagrant / (B) blatant speech is bound to cause disharmony in the society at large.
(c) The (A) amateur / (B) novice understudy was beaten blue and black by the martinet.
(d) The leader's dig at the opponent's faux pas led to (A) peals / (B) peels of laughter.

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 6

(B) 'Further' is an expression of figurative, metaphorical distance; 'farther' is expression of physical distance (mark the words 'into the cave').
(A) A flagrant speech inflames. Blatant is 'out and out; done openly and unashamedly'.
(B) An understudy is a 'novice'; 'amateur' is one who does something for the love of it, not for money.
(A) 'Peal' is loud sound of laughter; 'peel' is only outer skin as of a fruit/ vegetable.

Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 7

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases that are italicised and highlighted. Select the most appropriate words or phrases to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.

(a) The (A) plaited / (B) pleated skirts are not quite out of fashion even today.
(b) The (A) ingenuous / (B) ingenious act is bound to bring laurels for him and for the institution.
(c) The convulsions of the accident victim sent shivers down the spine of the (A) empathetic / (B) sympathetic passerby.
(d) To me it doesn't seem to be a left-handed (A) complement / (B) compliment.

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 7

(B) 'Plait' is a braid; 'pleat' is double folded, as in a garment.
(B) 'Ingenuous' is innocent and unsuspecting; 'ingenious' is skillful. With 'laurels,' only (B) fits.
(A) Mark the words 'shivers down the spine' (as if he were experiencing the suffering). The feeling will then be empathy (fellow feeling).
(B) 'Complement' is for completion; 'compliment' is for praise. 'Left-handed compliment' means 'a compliment with two meanings, one of which is unflattering to the receiver'.

Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 8

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases that are italicised and highlighted. Select the most appropriate words or phrases to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.

(I) The presidential (A) ordinance / (B) ordnance will simply lapse at the end of six months.
(II) (A) Marshal / (B) Martial your resources and get going without any further delay.
(III) The (A) libertarians / (B) libertines express themselves openly in favor of laissez faire.
(IV) The (A) isle / (B) aisle was cluttered with knickknack and even the rows of chairs were disorderly.

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 8

(A) 'Ordinance' is an executive order; 'ordnance' is about weapons.
(A) 'Marshal' means 'make ready for action or use'; 'martial' is related to war.
(A) 'Libertarian' is a person who advocates civil liberty; 'libertine' is someone lustful or immoral.
(B) 'Isle' is a tiny island; 'aisle' a passageway.

Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 9

Directions: Create a word using all the given letters from the jumbled letters and then identify its appropriate meaning.

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 9

The word is 'casually.'
'Casually' means in an unconcerned manner or carelessly.

Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 10

Directions: Create a word using all the given letters from the jumbled letters and then identify its appropriate meaning.

Detailed Solution for Test Level 1: Vocab Usage (May 17) - Question 10

The word is 'truculent.'
'Truculent' means 'defiantly aggressive or ferocious.'
The other words mean -
Sinister - giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
Amiable - having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
Reserved - slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
Earnest - resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.

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