NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sentence Completion Questions (Practice_Test 28 of 31)
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- The new ballet has a (an) ________ setting: The shepherds and shepherdesses glide across the stage against a backdrop of ________ fields.
- nondescript-rural
- pastoral-verdant
- summery-desolate
- lamentable-ploughed
- imaginative-realistic
- The hotel claims that the water in its mock-Roman bath has ________ properties, but some cynics say that the shock of seeing the bill will ________ any improvements to the health of guests.
- therapeutic-undo
- medicinal-underscore
- salutary-sanction
- rejuvenating-bolster
- chemical-defeat
- My mother gave the then unfashionable watercolors that she had painted when she was young to a local ________ because she wanted someone to appreciate them, but now regrets her action as there has been a (an) ________ interest in the medium and a national museum recently approached her to see if she had any to sell.
- critic-waning of
- collector-continuation of
- historian-intensification of
- resident-decline in
- connoisseur-resurgence of
- The fruit՚s ________ exterior belied the contents: The flesh was more ________ than a ripe mango, and had an intense flavor.
- intriguing-interesting
- gaudy-juicy
- colorful-drab
- nondescript-succulent
- exotic-tender
- Against my better judgment I went up into the decrepit attic to search for a mah jong set that had been ________ there for more than forty years, but as I stepped ________ on the beams I couldn՚t help feeling that the ceiling was going to give way under me.
- lying-firmly
- languishing-gingerly
- rotting-athletically
- flourishing-tentatively
- stored-jauntily