Choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable.
- A. bachelor
- B. condemn
- C. afternoon
- D. intact
Choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable.
- A. circulation
- B. eleven
- C. impossible
- D. criticism
Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters(s) underlined.
bear
- A. beer
- B. steer
- C. rare
- D. fear
Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters(s). underlined.
nine
- A. pint
- B. gill
- C. pin
- D. click
The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
The student BOUGHT the book.
- A. Who bought the book?
- B. Did the student steal the book ?
- C. What did the student buy?
- D. How will the student get the book?
The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
The teacher wants MY pen
- A. Does the teacher want his pen?
- B. What does the teacher want?
- C. Does the teacher want your ruler?
- D. Who wants my pen?
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The prosecutor was fully able to substantiate the charge
- A. expatiate on
- B. prove
- C. dismiss
- D. weaken
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
In spite of constant financial support from his father, Udenyi treats his studies with considerable levity
- A. seriousness
- B. enthusiasm
- C. wastefulness
- D. lassitude
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The mottled skin of a person with HIV indicates an advanced stage of its development
- A. brown
- B. spotted
- C. scaly
- D. pimply
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
There has been a downturn in the affairs of the company
- A. a massive increase
- B. a turn-around
- C. little progress
- D. a decline
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The manager’s knowledge of the strike is of the utmost importance?
- A. standard
- B. genuine
- C. paramount
- D. basic
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
His plans boomeranged on him
- A. bounced
- B. fell
- C. catapulted
- D. backfired
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
It is a misnomer to call three thousand naira a living wage
- A. an incontrovertible assertion
- B. an appropriate term
- C. a wrong description
- D. a mishmash
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Ibro shows enough liberality with his meagre income
- A. generousity
- B. frugality
- C. prodigality
- D. insensitivity
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The school’s badge is the insignia? of office for all the perfects in the school
- A. power
- B. symbol
- C. seal
- D. recognition
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Okonkwo manages his household with a heavy hand.
- A. like a powerful dictator
- B. using the cane on every occasion
- C. without tolerating weakness
- D. like a heavyweight champion
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The press described the efforts of the government in pejorative terms
- A. critical
- B. contemptible
- C. palpable
- D. superlative
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The presence of the captain makes the sailors ill at ease
- A. uncomfortable
- B. sickly
- C. impatient
- D. easily ill
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Funnily enough, the priest prayed for the robber who shot him
- A. Timidly
- B. Unexpectedly
- C. Disappointingly
- D. Fearlessly
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The festivals create in the people of feeling of pride in their cultural heritage
- A. history
- B. heirloom
- C. legacy
- D. possession
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The town was in such a turmoil that the dance was called off
- A. mouring state
- B. rainly state
- C. state of darkness
- D. state of confusion