Sentence Completion MCQs (Set 1)
36. With all of the recent negative events in her life, she felt __________ forces must be at work.
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Correct Answer:
C. malignant
C. malignant
Explanation:
means disposed to cause distress or inflict suffering intentionally; inclining to produce death; an injurious infiltration
37. The ________ rumors did a great deal of damage even though they turned out to be false.
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C. apocryphal
C. apocryphal
Explanation:
means of questionable authenticity or doubtful authority; fictious, false
38. When her school work got to be too much, Pam had a tendency to ________, which always put her further behind.
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D. procrastinate
D. procrastinate
Explanation:
means to put off from day to day
39. Racha’s glance was a __________ invitation to speak later in private about events of the meeting.
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D. tacit
D. tacit
Explanation:
means unspoken yet understood
40. She reached the __________ of her career with her fourth novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
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B. apogee
B. apogee
Explanation:
means the highest or farthest point, culmination; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the body it is orbiting
