19/09/2021 Answers

1. Select the correct option to be filled in the blank.

We never believed that he would resort to ___ in order to achieve his goal; we always regarded him as an ____ man.

Answer: subterfuge, honest

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The original artwork of the Native Kashchewans have disintegrated over time; therefore, restoration work on these portions of the buildings has been largely _____.

Answer: speculative

3. Select the correct option to be filled in the blank.

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, 

Answer: usually played with fingers or a pick.

4. Select the correct option to be filled in the blank.

The Codd-neck bottle was designed and manufactured

Answer: to enclose a marble and a rubber gasket in the neck.

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Clay is a naturally occurring aluminium silicate _____

Answer: composed primarily of fine-grained minerals.

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Iconography is the study of the content of paintings, ___

Answer: rather than their style.

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Miranda encourages ___ amongst her peers. Although, often at times, she feels compelled to ____ to others in tense situations.

Answer: cooperation, object

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The math problem which the professor had put up on the chalkboard was extremely puzzling, it left the whole class completely __.

Answer: nonplussed

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The grim job market has taken its toll on students,______ had hoped for a much better future.

Answer: many of whom

10. Select the apt option to be filled in the blank. Motivations for war may be different for those ordering the war than ______.

Answer: for those undertaking the war.

11. Select the correct option to be filled in the blank. The ancient Romans borrowed heavily from Greek wrestling, ___

Answer: but eliminated much of its brutality.

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Ram's appearance is rude but _____

Answer: his heart is full of compassion for others.

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Hoping to ____ the conflict, negotiators propose a compromise that they felt would be ____ to both policies and legislation.

Answer: resolve, acceptable

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After the bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese during World War II, many Japanese-Americans were __ of being spies despite the fact that there was no ___ to back up these accusations.

Answer: suspected, evidence

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I felt somewhat more relaxed ____

Answer: and tension-free as compared to earlier.

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Though little rain falls in deserts, deserts receive runoff from ephemeral, or short-lived, streams fed 

Answer: considerable quantities of sediment for a day or two.

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The fossil of Tanzania resembled a cat, so researchers were surprised when genetic testing revealed that the fossil was actually __ to the mongoose.

Answer: akin

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A nuclear testing fills the air with radioactive dust _____ uninhabitable.

Answer: and leaves the area

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Even though the auditors __ the accountant, his reputation, hitherto unblemished, was __ by the allegations of fraud.

Answer: vindicated, tarnished

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Disciplines within chemistry are traditionally grouped

Answer: by the type of matter being studied or the kind of study.