NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sentence Completion Questions (Practice_Test 3 of 31)
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- Unwilling to admit that they had been in error, the researchers tried to ________ their case with more data obtained from dubious sources.
- ascertain
- buttress
- refute
- absolve
- dispute
- Archaeology is a poor profession; only ________ sums are available for excavating sites and even more ________ amounts for preserving the excavations.
- paltry-meager
- miniscule-substantial
- average-augmented
- judicious-penurious
- modest-generous
- The student was extremely foolhardy; he had the ________ to question the senior professor՚s judgment.
- wisdom
- temerity
- interest
- trepidation
- condescension
- The formerly ________ waters of lake have been polluted so that the fish are no longer visible from the surface.
- muddy
- tranquil
- stagnant
- pellucid
- rancid
- After the accident, the nerves to her arm were damaged and so the muscles ________ through disuse.
- atrophied
- contracted
- elongated
- invigorated
- dwindled
- Some critics maintain that Tennyson՚s poetry is uneven, ranging from the ________ to the ________.
- sublime-elevated
- trite-inspired
- vacuous-inane
- succinct-laconic
- sonorous-voluble