Contextual Usage:Test-2

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Directions for individual questions: In each of these questions, a word is underlined in the given sentence. For the underlined word, four words are listed below. Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

Contextual Usage:Test-2

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Question 1

Editors are known to be pernickety about grammar.

A	Spiteful
B	Careless
C	Fussy
D	Ignorant

Question 1 Explanation:

Pernickety means characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details. This is synonymous to fussy which means showing great attention.

Question 2

I rather like the quaint little house at the end of the street.

A	Old
B	Quiet
C	Haunted
D	Unusualx

Question 2 Explanation:

Quaint means ‘Very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance’.

Question 3

Many of the students at the high school thought the computer club was for nerds.

A	Dull persons
B	Pranksters
C	Experts
D	Cheaters

Question 3 Explanation:

In the given context, nerd means experts. Nerd refers to ‘An intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession’.

Question 4

The football coach had a sympathetic presence, albeit a commanding one.

A	Although
B	Furthermore
C	Because
D	Not only

Question 4 Explanation:

Albeit is a conjunction meaning ‘Even though/although’

Question 5

They are carrying out a charade of negotiations with the government.

A	Series
B	Absurd pretence
C	Charter
D	Spate

Question 5 Explanation:

Charade means an absurd pretence. As an art form, it refers to ‘A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way’.

Question 6

The individual's freedom is circumscribed by his responsibility to others