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