NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sentence Completion Questions (Practice_Test 16 of 31)
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- Their bantering talk seemed ________, but in fact it masked an underlying ________.
- hostile-antipathy
- amicable-antagonism
- jovial-assumptions
- exasperating-frustrations
- friendly-geniality
- The new nomenclature was so ________ that many chemists preferred to revert to the older trivial names that were at least shorter.
- succinct
- cumbersome
- irrational
- facile
- systematic
- Even though the auditors ________ the accountant, his reputation was ________ by the allegations of fraud.
- vindicated-enhanced
- indicted-blemished
- betrayed-ruined
- exonerated-tarnished
- cleared-condoned
- Many so-called social playwrights are distinctly ________; rather than allowing the members of audience to form their own opinions, these writers force a viewpoint on the viewer.
- conciliatory
- prolific
- iconoclastic
- didactic
- contumacious
- The archaeologist, viewing the fragmentary remains of ancient city, reflected on the ________ of human ________.
- impermanence-endeavour
- transience-thought
- dearth-aspirations
- futility-humility
- durability-constructs
- He was normally entirely ________, but in the embarrassing situation in which he found himself he felt compelled to ________.
- equable-evade
- considerate-concede
- forthright-prevaricate
- mendacious-equivocate
- amenable-capitulate