Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Abdul is fond of his teacher though he sometimes makes derogatory remarks about him?
- A. unpleasant
- B. complimentary
- C. expressive
- D. inconsiderate
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Most warring countries end up in a state of satiatic?
- A. hunger
- B. thirst
- C. danger
- D. famine
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).
My brother married a loquacious woman?
- A. quiet
- B. noisy
- C. talkative
- D. beautiful
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).
There is much indifference in his behaviour?
- A. concern
- B. nonchalance
- C. willingness
- D. inconsistency
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The officer asked for a more temperate assessment of the matter?
- A. extreme
- B. moderate
- C. radical
- D. humane
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word
Musa hates Hadiza for her constant bellicose behaviour?
- A. voilent
- B. gentle
- C. meek
- D. troblesome
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).
My father’s advice to me was quite invaluable.
- A. useless
- B. useful
- C. helpful
- D. unsolicited
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It was late when we decided to get …… the train?
- A. off
- B. down
- C. out of
- D. out from
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My friend and I have been quarrelling since yesterday and we haven’t ……. yet?
- A. made it out
- B. made out
- C. made it
- D. made it up
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He is so credulous …… my story about the ghost?
- A. to believe
- B. that he believes
- C. in order to believe
- D. since he believes
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He boasts so much about his high scores and he …… at the efforts of others?
- A. scorns
- B. sneers
- C. grins
- D. smilies
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My friend’s car has ….. to a halt?
- A. grinded
- B. grounded
- C. ground
- D. grind
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Although the officer wanted a ….. report on the matter, he got ……. account?
- A. truthful / an uninteresting
- B. factual / an unpleasant
- C. genuine / a ridiculous
- D. painstaking / a half-hearted
Some robbers are on the prowl, we must be ….. ?
- A. alert
- B. at alert
- C. on the alert
- D. for alert
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The group never felt strong enough to act in the open ……. hostility was the hallmark of their resistance?
- A. covert
- B. overt
- C. vicious
- D. erratic
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We found it difficult to identify him as the crowd was ……… around him?
- A. head to head
- B. head above head
- C. shoulder from shoulder
- D. shoulder to shoulder
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Our economic programme is …..commitment to Nigeria’s economic growth?
- A. deeply root in
- B. root in deep
- C. rooted in a deep
- D. deeply rooted in deep
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You would be well …….. to listen to what the teacher says?
- A. informed
- B. advised
- C. reminded
- D. warned
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His chances in the games ….. seriously jeopardized?
- A. have been
- B. has been
- C. have being
- D. has being
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Aggrieved persons are free to seek …… in the court of law?
- A. reparation
- B. redress
- C. consolation
- D. acquittal
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?
The accident was due to ….. driving by the defendant?
- A. negligence
- B. negligible
- C. negligent
- D. neglectable