NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sentence Completion Questions (Practice_Test 17 of 31)
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- His one vice was gluttony and so it is not surprising that as he aged he became increasingly ________.
- emaciated
- despondent
- corpulent
- carping
- lithe
- Our once thriving Nature Club is now ________; the progams have had to be cancelled due to lack of support.
- defunct
- extant
- resurgent
- burgeoning
- renovated
- Having been chief accountant for so many years, Ms. George felt herself to be ________ and was unwilling to ________ control of department after the merger.
- slighted-truncate
- irreplaceable-assume
- insubordinate-retain
- decisive-continue
- indispensable-relinquish
- Because Elaine՚s father was a field entomologist who trekked over the continent studying insect infestations, and insisted on taking his young family with him, Elaine and her brother had a (n) ________ childhood.
- idyllic
- itinerant
- sedentary
- propitious
- equable
- Alpha was ________ when her supervisor took only a ________ look at her essay over which she had taken so much care.
- exultant-superficial
- vexed-studious
- disappointed-cursory
- pleased-patronizing
- relieved-perfunctory
- When he was young he ________ ideas of becoming a doctor; however, he was ________ by his father who wanted him to join the family business.
- harbored-backed
- entertained-dissuaded
- produced-critical
- repudiated-deterred
- eschewed-encouraged