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Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

Colonel?

  • A. golden
  • B. girl
  • C. colony
  • D. gaol
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44

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

market

  • A. mortgage
  • B. bachelor
  • C. get
  • D. enter
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45

The words in capital letters has emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the sentence relates.

My MOTHER served rice and fresh fish stew for dinner.

  • A. Did your mother serve rice and fresh fish stew for lunch ?
  • B. Who served rice and fresh stew for dinner?
  • C. What kind of meal did your mother serve for dinner
  • D. What kind of stew did your mother serve for dinner
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46

The words in capital letters has emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the sentence relates.

The President SPOKE to the press.

  • A. Did the president write to the press?
  • B. Did the President speak to the press ?
  • C. Who spoke to the press?
  • D. Are these the pressmen that the President spoke to?
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47

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The witness decided to conceal the evidence?

  • A. walve
  • B. divulge
  • C. hide
  • D. destory
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48

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

A cool bath in a hot weather can be truly invigorating?

  • A. debillitating
  • B. devastating
  • C. disgusting
  • D. unpalatable
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49

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Only those who are gullible fall victim to his trickery?

  • A. astute
  • B. courteous
  • C. saucy
  • D. devastated
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50

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

I am loath to do the assignment.

  • A. unwilling
  • B. waiting
  • C. dying
  • D. willing
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51

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Gregarious animals can be found in the zoo.

  • A. lonely
  • B. tame
  • C. wild
  • D. various
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52

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The members of the congregation were inspired by the sermon?

  • A. enthralled
  • B. disenchanted
  • C. disorientated
  • D. bewitched
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53

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The agency has sworn to deal with all the apostles of confederation?

  • A. opponents
  • B. apostates
  • C. proponents
  • D. protagonists
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54

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Toyin is married to an impatient, self-centred man

  • A. a tolerant
  • B. a tolerable
  • C. a fretful
  • D. an edgy
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55

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The doctor examined the patient painstakingly?

  • A. carefully
  • B. perfunctorily
  • C. professionally
  • D. painfully
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56

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The company has continued to monopolize the distribution of the products?

  • A. regularize
  • B. liberalize
  • C. centralize
  • D. specialize
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57

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The company has continued to monopolize the distribution of the products?

  • A. regularize
  • B. liberalize
  • C. centralize
  • D. specialize
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58

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The labour leader’s recalcitrant stance was applauded.

  • A. flexible
  • B. uncompromising
  • C. well-informed
  • D. stubborn
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59

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Students could be timid?

  • A. pugnacious
  • B. friendly
  • C. bold
  • D. covetous
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60

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Agbenu was ecstatic about her result?

  • A. sad
  • B. dispassionate
  • C. mad
  • D. pessimistic
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61

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

A conservative estimate put the number of missing persons at forty?

  • A. An accurate
  • B. An incorrect
  • C. A rough
  • D. A primitive
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62

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

He is well known for his inordinate ambition?

  • A. passionate
  • B. sound
  • C. excessive
  • D. moderate
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63

Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

concrete?

  • A. anxious
  • B. concern
  • C. consider
  • D. attend
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