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Fiasco (Find Synonym)

  • Festival
  • Failure
  • Fortune
  • Feast
  • Correct Option: B  [ Failure ]

    Remark:

Her father is ____________ industrialist who emigrated year ago to the USA. (appropriate article)

  • a
  • an
  • the
  • Zero article
  • Correct Option: B  [ an ]

    Remark: "an" is used because "industrialist" begins with a vowel sound ( 'i' in "industrialist").

What are you worrying ________?

  • to
  • with
  • for
  • about
  • Correct Option: D  [ about ]

    Remark:

Conjecture(Find Synonym)

  • Knowledge
  • Guess
  • Truth
  • Bias
  • Correct Option: B  [ Guess ]

    Remark:

"Finding by chance" is expressed by which of the following phrasal verb?

  • Look up
  • Come upon
  • Come up
  • Pull up
  • Correct Option: B  [ Come upon ]

    Remark: "Come upon": to find or meet someone or something, unexpectedly:

Thousands put on a daily fight to keep the wolf from the door.

  • avoid starvation
  • guard from pickpockets
  • ward off mosquitoes
  • keep oneself healthy
  • Correct Option: A  [ avoid starvation ]

    Remark:

All our effort ended in smoke.

  • to come to nothing
  • to gain importance
  • to praise oneself
  • to reach target
  • Correct Option: A  [ to come to nothing ]

    Remark: ended in smoke: means to fail or be unsuccessful after a lot of effort.

He is confident ___________ his success.

  • of
  • for
  • about
  • towards
  • Correct Option: A  [ of ]

    Remark:

It is not wise to DECRY others. (Find synonym)

  • mercy
  • ill treat
  • defame
  • underestimate
  • Correct Option: C  [ defame ]

    Remark:

Look _______ the word in the dictionary.

  • after
  • for
  • into
  • up
  • Correct Option: D  [ up ]

    Remark: "look up": seek information from, consult, refer.