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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.
