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In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Otokpa is not very bold. He’s not …. a rough life

  • A. cut up for
  • B. cut for
  • C. cut off for
  • D. cut out for
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44

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Ali is crying because his mother was killed in a …. accident

  • A. motor
  • B. traffic
  • C. motor vehicle
  • D. road
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45

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Th woman warned her daughter not to …. with bad boys

  • A. move
  • B. be moving
  • C. be keeping company
  • D. keep company
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46

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Oche should leave for New York on Friday …. being equal

  • A. all the things
  • B. all other things
  • C. other things
  • D. other things all
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47

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
You must forbid …. coming

  • A. he's
  • B. that he is
  • C. him for
  • D. his
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48

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Wudu will not come …. she is asked

  • A. after
  • B. provided
  • C. unless
  • D. because
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49

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Kaka is …. to acquire knowledge, but also eager to display it

  • A. not only anxious
  • B. anxious not only
  • C. not only that she is anxious
  • D. anxious
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50

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
the policemen who were to keep watch connived …. the robber’s escape

  • A. with
  • B. at
  • C. to
  • D. for
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51

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

I have no respect for individuals who are too ….

  • A. compliance
  • B. compliant
  • C. compliable
  • D. complicated
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52

In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:
The town looked deserted but we moved in with trepidation

  • A. confidence
  • B. surprise
  • C. hesitation
  • D. fear
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53

In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:
The vice chancellor, who is a stickler of rules, refused the request by the students for the semester to be rescheduled

  • A. a puritan
  • B. a pedanist
  • C. disciplinarian
  • D. an idealist
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54

In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:
Jide says he read in the papers that our uncle has been declared a persona non grata by the French government

  • A. unwelcome guest
  • B. impersonator
  • C. ungrateful person
  • D. unofficial guest
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55

In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:
He won most of his fight because of his unorthodox style

  • A. crude
  • B. dishonest
  • C. aggressive
  • D. unconventional
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56

In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:
The chief’s brother was a complete nonentity

  • A. upstart
  • B. vagabond
  • C. riff-raff
  • D. person ofinexperience
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57

In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:
Ator led a dog’s life for twenty years he stayed in the United Kingdom

  • A. lived a dirty life
  • B. was promiscuous
  • C. was domesticated
  • D. led an unhappy and troubled life
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58

In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The governor’s action is out of tune with the declarations of his party

  • A. in disagreement
  • B. in line
  • C. out of touch
  • D. in touch
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59

In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
When Uche wouldn’t come to quickly enough, the principal rushed him to the hospital

  • A. revive
  • B. pass out
  • C. arrive
  • D. come up
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60

In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
Their high level of dishonesty has made that department infamous in the entire secretariat

  • A. reputable
  • B. notorious
  • C. unpopular
  • D. acceptable
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61

In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The lawyer pointed out a discrepancy in the two stories

  • A. similarity
  • B. gap
  • C. falsehood
  • D. difference
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62

In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The decision we have taken is irrevocable

  • A. responsible
  • B. irresponsible
  • C. reversible
  • D. irreversible
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63

In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The awareness of mortality has always imposed some restraint on man’s excesses

  • A. celestial
  • B. eternity
  • C. continuity
  • D. inexistence
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