NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sentence Completion Questions (Practice_Test 7 of 31)

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  1. Scrooge, in the famous novel by Dickens, was a ________; he hated the rest of mankind.
    1. misanthrope
    2. hypochondriac
    3. philanthropist
    4. hedonist
    5. sybarite
  2. A businessman must widen his horizons; a ________ attitude will get you nowhere in this age of global communications.
    1. moderate
    2. petrified
    3. parochial
    4. diversified
    5. comprehensive
  3. Our bookshelves at home display a range of books on wide-ranging subjects and in many languages, reflecting the ________ tastes of our family members.
    1. anomalous
    2. limited
    3. arcane
    4. furtive
    5. eclectic
  4. Plastic bags are ________ symbols of consumer society; they are found wherever you travel.
    1. rare
    2. ephemeral
    3. ubiquitous
    4. fleeting
    5. covert
  5. Dr. Stuart needs to ________ his argument with more experimental data; as it stands his thesis is ________.
    1. support-profound
    2. bolster-acceptable
    3. refine-satisfactory
    4. buttress-inadequate
    5. define-succinct
  6. After an initially warm reception by most reviewers and continued ________ by conservative thinkers, Bloom՚s work came under heavy fire.
    1. criticism
    2. endorsement
    3. denigration
    4. counterattack
    5. refutation