Competitive Exams: Sentence Completion Questions (Practice_Test 12 of 31)

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1. It will be hard to ________ Leonid now that you have so ________ him.
   1. pacify-soothed
   2. mollify-incensed
   3. antagonize-irritated
   4. anger-ruffled
   5. subdue-subjugated
2. The lectures on quantum physics were invariably ________; the lecturer ________ his ill-prepared material in a manner guaranteed to send even the most ardent student to sleep.
   1. stimulating-delivered
   2. pedestrian-enthused about
   3. soporific-droned
   4. scintillating-intoned
   5. arcane-marshaled
3. Edward was understandably upset that he had lost the position, but he was ________ by the conviction that he had done nothing to ________ the dismissal.
   1. consoled-merit
   2. warmed-avoid
   3. comforted-mar
   4. miffed-delay
   5. saddened-earn
4. Alpha ________ to counteract her negative feelings, but only succeeded in ________ them.
   1. tried-allaying
   2. hoped-mitigating
   3. desired-ameliorating
   4. hesitated-deprecating
   5. endeavoured-intensifying
5. She was roundly condemned for her ________; she betrayed the woman to whom she owed her success.
   1. truculence
   2. perfidy
   3. serendipity
   4. pragmatism
   5. discernment
6. The progress of disease is ________; it spreads stealthily without any symptoms in the early stages.
   1. dramatic
   2. acute
   3. blatant
   4. insidious
   5. inexorable