Competitive Exams: Sentence Completion Questions (Practice_Test 11 of 31)

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1. The crew of air balloon ________ the sand bags to help the balloon rise over the hill.
   1. capsized
   2. jettisoned
   3. salvaged
   4. augmented
   5. enumerated
2. We were not fooled by his ________ arguments; his plan was obviously ________.
   1. cogent-brilliant
   2. hackneyed-banal
   3. convoluted-labyrinthine
   4. specious-untenable
   5. lucid-intelligible
3. Hawkins is ________ in his field; no other contemporary scientist commands the same respect.
   1. disparaged
   2. ignominious
   3. obsolete
   4. anachronistic
   5. preeminent
4. The model paraded in front of celebrities with ________; it was impossible to tell that this was her first assignment.
   1. panache
   2. opprobrium
   3. shame
   4. trepidation
   5. terror
5. The term lead pencil is a ________; pencils are filled with graphite not lead.
   1. misnomer
   2. misdemeanor
   3. peccadillo
   4. euphemism
   5. metaphor
6. The ________ weather forced us to stay indoors.
   1. enticing
   2. glorious
   3. restorative
   4. inclement
   5. congenial