#82 , VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 811 TO 820

Based on the DICTION OF CHARLES DICKENS in his novel " CHRISTMAS CAROL ".
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811. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to "ironmongery"?

I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade.

a)joke b)hardware c)dupe d)homicide.

812. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to "covetous"?

Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!

813. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to ""?
a)spendthrift b)morose c)greedy d)cunning.

814. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to "ruddy"?

... his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again.

a)pale b)bright c)vibrant d)red.

815. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to "facetious"?

Scrooge resumed his labours with an improved opinion of himself, and in a more facetious temper than was usual with him.

a)rigid b)headstrong c)short d)amusing.

816. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to "sally out"?

Even the little tailor, whom he had fined five shillings on the previous Monday for being drunk and bloodthirsty in the streets, stirred up to-morrow’s pudding in his garret, while his lean wife and the baby sallied out to buy the beef.

a)rush b)slip c)seek d)venture.

817. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to "gnaw"?

The owner of one scant young nose, gnawed and mumbled by the hungry cold as bones are gnawed by dogs, stooped down at Scrooge’s keyhole to regale him with a Christmas carol:

a)lick b)chase c)tease d)chew.

818. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to "fain"?

The yard was so dark that even Scrooge, who knew its every stone, was fain to grope with his hands.

a)weak b)rugged c)eager d)slippery.

819. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to "alderman"?

Scrooge had as little of what is called fancy about him as any man in the city of London, even including—which is a bold word—the corporation, aldermen, and livery.

a)guardian b)orator c)staff d)councillor.

820. Identify the word which IS THE NEAREST in meaning to "cravat"?

Thus secured against surprise, he took off his cravat

a)neck-tie b)coat c)hat d)shirt.

#83 , VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 821 TO 830

Based on WILLIAM WORDSWORTH's DICTION in his poem " PRELUDE, BOOK 1 ".
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821. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "azure"?

Both seem half conscious of the joy it brings from the green fields, and from yon azure sky.

a)blue b)heaven c)cobalt d)blank.

822. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "voluptuously"?

Ah better far than this, to stray about
Voluptuously through fields and rural walks,
And ask no record of the hours, resigned to vacant musing,
Unreproved neglect of all things and deliberate holiday.

a)luxuriously b) diligantly c)indulgantly d)sensuously

823. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "unreproved"?

Ah better far than this, to stray about
Voluptously through fields and rural walks,
And ask no record of the hours, resigned to vacant musing,
Unreproved neglect of all things and deliberate holiday.

a)unrebuked b)unfaulted c)unchecked d)undisturbed.

824. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "timorous"?

A timorous capacity from prudence,
from circumspection, infinite delay.

a)trepid b)timid c)dazzling d)hesitant.

825. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "lassitude"?

How strange that all the terrors, pains, and early miseries,
Regrets, vexations, lassitudes, interfused with my mind, ...

a)weariness b)indolence c)indignance d)lethargy.

826. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "diurnal"?

Yet the soletary cliffs, wheeled by me -- even as if the Earth had rolled with visible motion her diurnal round.

a)routine b)daily c)daytime d)diary.

827. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "hazel"?

I could not record with no reluctant voice
The woods of autumn, and their hazel bowers,
With milk white clusters hung;

a)nut b)wood c)green d)shrub.


828. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "ministration"?

Ye lonely cottages wherein we dwell,
A ministration of your own was yours.

a)service b)assistance c)governance d)performing duties.

829. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "Uncouth"?

Uncouth assembly was it, where no few
had changed their functions; some plebian cards.

a)typical b)awkward c)clumsy d)unmannerly.

830. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "plebian"?

Uncouth assembly was it, where no few
had changed their functions; some plebian cards.

a)hoi polloi b)commonplace c)recognition d)customary.

#84 , VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 831 TO 840

Based on OLIVER GOLDSMITH's DICTION in his novel " THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD ".
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831. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "ribaldry"?

Such as mistake ribaldry for humour, will find no wit in his harmless conversation;....

a) scurrility b)vulgarity c)lewdness d)delicacy.

832. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "coeval"?

The short continuance of friendship among the vicious, is coeval only with mutual satisfaction.

a)coincident b)coetaneous c)contemporary d) temporary.

833. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "prude"?

A suit of mourning has transformed my coquet into a prude, and a new set of ribbands has given her younger sister more than natural vivacity.

a)modest b)virtuous c)righteous d)loquacious.

834. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "temporality"?

...I was careless of temporalities, and felt a secret pleasure in doing my duty without reward...

a) temporary nature b)secular possessions c)worldly possessions d)intransience.

835. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "disavow"?

"... If what you tell me be true, and if I am to be a beggar, it shall never make me a rascal, or induce me to disavow my principles. ..."

a)admit b)begrudge c)contradit d)deny


836. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "CALLOUS"?

The loss of fortune to myself alone would have been trifling; the only uneasiness I felt was for my family, who were to be humble without an education to render them callous to contempt.

a)hardened b)indifferent c)sensitive d)unconcerned.

837. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "repine"?

We are now poor, my fondlings, and wisdom bids us conform to our humble situation. Let us then, without repining, give up those splendours with which numbers are wretched, and seek in humbler circumstances that peace with which all may be happy.

a)agonize b)applaud c)bleed d)grumble.

838. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "ASSIDUITY"?

He observed that no virtue was able to resist his arts and assiduity, and that scarce a farmer's daughter within ten miles round but what had found him successful and faithless.

a)attention b)commitment c)indolence d)perseverance.

839. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "OBSTINACY"?

But what surprised me most was, that though he was a money-borrower, he defended his opinions with as much obstinacy as if he had been my patron.

a)doggedness b)indetermination c)stubbornness d)volition.

840. Identify the word which DOES NOT REFLECT a meaning near to "CONSUMMATE"?

I have heard Sir William Thornhill represented as one of the most generous, yet whimsical, men in the kingdom; a man of consumate benevolence.

a)absolute b)matchless c)mediocre d)unqualified.

#85 , VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 841 TO 850

#85 , VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 841 TO 850

based on Mark Twain's DICTION in his essays "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

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841. Identify the word which is the nearest in meaning to "effusion"?

The prize was delivered with as much "effusion" as the Superintendent could pump up under the circumstances.

(Context: Tom Sawyer won the prize of a 'bible' by pooling up tickets of various colors issued for reciting the verses of the scripture).

a) steadiness b)unrestrained expression c)trepedity b)indifference.

842. Identify the word which is the nearest in meaning to "gush"?

But it lacked somewhat of the true gush for the poor fellow's instinct taught him that there was a mystery here that could not well bear the light, perhaps.

a)rhythm b)outflow c)melody d)density.

843. Identify the word which is the nearest in meaning to "instinct"?

But it lacked somewhat of the true gush for the poor fellow's instinct taught him that there was a mystery here that could not well bear the light, perhaps.

a) ability b) aptitude c)intellect d)ineptness.

844. Identify the word which is the nearest in meaning to "preposterous"?

It was simply preposterous that this boy had warehoused two thousand sheaves of scriptural wisdom on his premises.

(Context: This boy= Tom Sawyer accumulating the wisdom of the verses).
a)absurd b)sensible c) wise d)prejudiced.

845. Identify the word which is the nearest in meaning to "sheaves"?

It was simply preposterous that this boy had warehoused two thousand sheaves of scriptural wisdom on his premises.

a)treasurebox b)racks c)bags d)bundles.

846. Identify the word which is the nearest in meaning to "snobs"?

Tom had no handkurchief and he looked upon boys who had as snobs.

a)imposters b) cheats c)pretenders d)arrogant annoying persons.

847. Identify the word which Mark Twin used in the context:

Rev. Mr. Spragrue turned himself into a bulletin board and read of 'notices' of meetings and societies and things tell it seemedthat the list would stretch out to the crack of ______, a _____ custom.

a)day b)disaster c)doom d)sunset.

848. Identify the words used by Mark Twain in his work:

Rev. Mr. Spragrue turned himself into a bulletin board and read of 'notices' of meetings and societies and things tell it seemedthat the list would stretch out to the crack of ______, a _____ custom.

a)familiar b)funny c)queer d) strange.

849. Identify the word which is the nearest in meaning to "lugubrious"?

Presently a dog set up a long lugubrious howl just outside.

a)fierce b)gloomy c)playful d)threatening.

850. Identify the word which is the nearest in meaning to "snuffle"?

And Tom began to snuffle a little.

a)breathe in noisily b)gasp c)whistle d)snore.

#86 VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 851 TO 860

#86 VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 851 TO 860
based on Charles Lamb's DICTION in his essays "Elia, and the Last Essays of Elia".

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THE AIM OF PREPARING AND PRESENTING THIS TEST
The Essays of Elia were written in 1823 (before the commencement of Victorian Age. The place of action was London. The idea is to find whether writers of today select the same words, which Mr. Charles Lamb selected in his days. If you answer this test before reading the essays of Elia, and the words chosen by you coincide with those used by Lamb, you will have your diction similar to that of Lamb.
If you have answered this test with remembrance of the vocabulary of Essays of Elia, then it will help you to assess yourselves to what extent you have understood Lamb's style in his essays.

851. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

Layers of dust have accumulated (a _____ of dirt!) upon the old layers.

a) build up b) cascading c)pile d)superfetation.

852. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

With what reverence have I paced thy great bare rooms and courts at eventide! They spoke of the past:-- the shade of some dead accountant, with visionary pen in ear, would _____ by me, stiff as in life.

a)dart b)flit c)hasten d)run.

853. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

His intellect was of the shallowest order. It did not reach to a ____ or a proverb.

a) aphorism b)axiom c)maxim d)saw.

854. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

She had a neat _____ person, which it was evident she had not sinned in over-pampering; but in its veins was noble blood.

a)bony b)emaciated c)meager d)thin.

855. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

A little less facetious, and a great deal more ______, was fine rattling, rattleheaded Plumer.

a) boisterous b) clamorous c) noisy d) obstreperous.

856. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

"Nothing can be more unlike than the inflated _____ rhapsodies of Shaftesbury, and the plain natural chit-chat of Temple."

a)fastidious b)finical c) fussy c) meticulous.

857. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

This noble benefit--gratitude forbids me to conceal their names--I owe to the kindness of the most munificent firm in the world--the house of Boldero, Merryweather, Bosanquet, and Lacy. ____ ________

(Context: The writer was granted a pension of 2/3 of his accustomed salary on his retirement. He was expressing his gratitude to the employer).

a)Be thou forever b)Esto perpetua c)Mayest thou endure forever d)Let it be perpetual.

858. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

"Still the prospect of its coming threw something of an illumination upon the darker side of my captivity. Without it, as I
have said, I could scarcely have sustained my _______."

(Context: The writer was referring to his working conditions in his 36 years of job which was like a jail).
a)bondage b)slavery c)serfdom d)thraldom.

859. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

"_______ was the transition at fourteen from the abundant play-time, and the frequently-intervening vacations of school days, to the eight, nine, and sometimes ten hours' a-day attendance at a counting-house."

a)Dejection b)gloom c)deperession d)melancholy.

860. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

"If ________, Reader, it has been thy lot to waste the golden years of thy life--thy shining youth--in the irksome confinement of an office; to have thy prison days prolonged through middle age down to decrepitude and silver hairs, without hope of release or respite; to have lived to forget that there are such things as holidays, or to remember them but as the prerogatives of childhood; then, and then only, will you be able to appreciate my deliverance."

a)by chance b)peradventure c)perhaps d)surmise.

#87 VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 861 TO 870

#87 VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 861 TO 870
based on George Bernard Shaw's DICTION in his play "Pygmalion".

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THE AIM OF PREPARING AND PRESENTING THIS TEST
The Pygmalion was written in 1912. The place of action was London. The idea is to find whether writers of today select the same words, which Shaw selected in his days.
If you answer this test before reading Pygmalion, and the words chosen by you coincide with those used by Shaw, you will have your diction similar to that of Shaw.
If you have answered this test with remembrance of the vocabulary of Pygmalion, then it will help you to assess yourselves to what extent you have understood Shaw's style in that play.

861. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

"...my father kept ______ gin down her throat til she came to so sudden that she bit the bowl off the spoon. ..."

a) dropping b)ladling c) pouring d)serving.

862. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

When it arrived, it contained nothing but a savagely _______ attack on a professor of language and literature whose chair Sweet regarded as proper to a phonetic expert only.

(The word 'it' refers to an article received from the editor of a leading monthly.)

a) derisive b) insulting c) jeering d) mocking.


863. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

It is so intensely and deliberately _______ .

(It here refers to the play Pygmalion. Shaw is writing in his preface).

a)academic b)advisory c)instructive d) didactic.

864. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

The modern ______'s daughter who fulfils her ambition by playing the Queen of Spain in Ruy Blas at the Theatre Francais is only one of many thousands of men and women who have (shed) off their native dialects and acquired a new tongue.

a) babysitter b)caretaker c)concierge d) curator.

865. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

The modern (custodian)'s daughter who fulfils her ambition by playing the Queen of Spain in Ruy Blas at the Theatre Francais is only one of many thousands of men and women who have ______ off their native dialects and acquired a new tongue.

a) abandoned b)discarded c) jettisoned d) sloughed.

866. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

If Freddy had a bit of ______, he would have got
one at the theatre door.

a)aggressiveness b)gumption c)initiative d)resourcefulness.

867. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

"She thought you was a copper's ____, sir."

(She here refers to the chief female character of the play, a flower girl).

a) agent b) constable c) informer d) nark.

868. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

"...He ain't a ____. He's a blooming busybody: that's what he is. I tell you, look at his boots. ..."

a) Detective b)Inspector c)Investigator d) tec.

869. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

He pats her kindly on the shoulder. She ______.

('He' here refers to the protagonist: Higgins. 'Her' here refers to the heroine Miss Eliza. The intended meaning is 'twist the body in pain').
a) distort b) shrink c) squirm d)writhe.

870. Supply the missing word in the following quote:

He'll have to pay for all those ______ you have been wearing today.

a)clothes b)coats c)dresses d)togs.

#88 VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 871 TO 880

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THESE QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE DICTION OF JAMES BOSWELL in his biography of DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON. Answering these questions will help you to appreciate the types of words used by Boswell. Simultaneously, we can understand the personality of Dr. Johnson.

871. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'indolence':

"...He seemed to learn by intuition; for though indolence and procrastination were inherent in his
constitution, whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else..."

a)deprivation b)deference c)contemplation d)laziness.

872. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'strut':

"... Johnson did not
strut or stand on tiptoe. ..."

a) speak pompously b) live pompously c) speak pompously d) walk pompously.

873. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'tenacious':

"... His memory was so tenacious, that he never forgot any thing that he either heard or read. ..."

a) articulating b) restive c)retentive d)redeeming.

874. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'saunter':

"...Mr. Hector relates, that 'he could not oblige him more than by sauntering away the hours of vacation in the fields, during which he was more engaged in talking to himself than to his companion....' "

a)sleep b) slough c)slog d)stroll.

875. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'licentiousness':

"(Dr. Johnson was moved to a school at Stourbridge). This step was
taken by the advice of his cousin, the Reverend Mr. Ford, a man in whom both talents and good dispositions were disgraced by
licentiousness, but who was a very able judge of what was right."

a)rudeness b)censuring nature c)lewdness d)sexual perversion.

876. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'desultory':

"... He (Johnson at the age of about 16) had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner. ..."

a)consistent b)inconsistent c)careful d)causal.

877. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'avidity':

"... His curiosity having been thus excited, he sat down with avidity, and read a great part of the book. ..."

a)ease b)cool mind c)foresigh d)eagerness.

878. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'indolence':

"...I had looked into a great many books, which were not commonly known at the Universities, where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors; ..."

(Here 'I' refers to Dr. Johnson.)
a) always b)sometimes c)rarely d)never.

879. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'fortitude':
"...I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to my tutor. BOSWELL: 'That, Sir, was great fortitude of mind.' ... "

a)wit b)pride c)strength of mind d)repartee.

880. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'res angusta domi':

"The res angusta domi prevented him from having the advantage of a complete academical education. "

. (Him here refers to Dr. Johnson).

a)ill health b) timidness c)indifference of teachers d) narrowed circumstances at home and poverty.

#89 VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 881 TO 890

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881. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'dimple':

I found a dimpled spider, fat and white,
On a white heal-all, holding up a moth. (Robert Frost)

a)smiling b)dented c)hungry d)zealous.

882. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'frigate':

There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away. (Emily Dickinson)

a)coolant b)high speed boat c) aircraft d)fast wind.

883. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'gossamer':

The tranquil sunny haze, the clinging smoke, the vapor,
Spiritual, airy insects, humming on gossamer wings (Walt Whitman)

a) delicate b) strong c)fast d)heavy.

884. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'unfathomed':

A dark unfathomed tide
Of interminable pride -
A mystery, and a dream,
Should my early life seem. (Edgar Allan Poe)

a) unbound b) whirling c)of unrestricted whirls d) of unmeasured depth.

885. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'dismayed':

Oh be ye not dismayed,
Though we stumbled and we strayed,
We were led by evil counsellors. (W.B. Yeats)

a) not believing b) aghast and upset c) talkative d)confessing.

886. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'roe':

Not blither is the mountain roe:
With many a wanton stroke (William Wordsworth in Lucy Gray)

a) lion b) bear c)tiger d) deer.

887. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'blither':

Not blither is the mountain roe:
With many a wanton stroke (William Wordsworth in Lucy Gray)

a) careful b)carefree c) caressing d) carrying.

888. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'reek':

And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. (Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 130)

a) ekes b)draws c)emits d)oozes.

889. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'smock':

And first a dirty smock appeared,
Beneath the arm-pits well besmeared. (Jonathan Swift, in 'The Lady's Dressing Room')

a)smell b) smoke c)towel d)incense stick.

890. From the following quote, identify the meaning of the word 'pestilent':

The roses of Love glad the garden of life,
Though nurtur'd 'mid weeds dropping pestilent dew. (Lord Byron in 'Love's last adieu').

a)poisonous b)pressing c) moist d)ceaseless.

#90 VOCABULARY TEST QUESTIONS 891 TO 900

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891. From the undernoted quotation of King Henry VI, pick up the oddman out of the meanings of the word "contumelious" given below:

"... With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts,
In open market-place produc'd they me
To be a public spectacle to all; ... "

a) Arrogant b) Contemptuous c) Insolent d) Indolent.

If you wish to see the 2007 usage of the word 'contumelious' in 'contumelious presidential criminality' click the following link:
NYTIMES.COM.

892. From the quotation below from John Milton's Paradise Lost, identify the word nearest to the meaning of the word 'Pensive' used by Milton.

"... Pensive here I sat Alone but long I sat not, till my womb pregnant by thee, and now excessive grown ..."

a)thoughtful b)timid c) rejoicing d)alert.

(For 2007 usage of the word, here is a link: news.bbc.co.uk

893. From the following quotation of Dr. Samuel Johnson, identify the word which is the nearest to the word 'fallacious' used by Dr. Johnson.

"... Hope is more pleasing than fear, but not less fallacious;
you know, when you do not try to deceive yourself, that the disease,
which at last is to destroy, must be gradually growing worse, and that it is vain to wish for more than, that the descent to death may be slow and easy. ..."

a)dangerous b) unsound c) pleasant d) inevitable.

894. In the following quotation of Queen Elizabeth I, the word 'Importune' means:

"When I was fair and young, and favor graced me,
Of many was I sought, their mistress for to be;
But I did scorn them all, and answered them therefore,
'Go, go, go seek some otherwhere!
Importune me no more!' "

a) naive b) unbearably rude c) unfortunate d) repeatedly soliciting.

895. In the following quotation of John Dryden the word 'prerogative' means:

"... Freedom! an English subject's sole prerogative,
Without whose charms even peace would be
But a dull, quiet slavery ..."

a) fortune b) distinction c) right d) security.

896. In the following quotation of Alexander Pope, the word 'temperance'
means:

Health consists with temperance alone.

a) warmth b) resilience c) moderation d) peace of mind.

897. From the following quotation of Robert Browning in My last Duchess, what could be the meaning of the word 'munificence' ?

"...I repeat,
The Count your master's known munificence
Is ample warrant that no just pretence
Of mine for dowry will be disallowed ..."

a) generocity b) niggardly c) steadfastness d) administration.

898. From the following quotation of Immanuel Kant, identify the meaning of the word 'annihilate':

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.

a) soothes b) destroys c) defends d)sustains.

899. From the following quotation of Carl Gustav Jung identify the meaning of the word 'perdition':

"... Everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition."

a)run b)reason c) romanticism d) ruin.

900. From the following quotation of Karl Marx, identify the meaning of the word 'obvious':

"A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. ..."

a) heavy b) clear c) subtle d)complex.