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Her findings exploded widely held beliefs about learning.
- A. challenged
- B. debunked
- C. projected
- D. confirmed
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We must not foreclose reconciliation as the purpose of his trip
- A. exclude
- B. consider
- C. underestimate
- D. forgo
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These policies have been espoused by the ruling party.
- A. condemned
- B. rejected
- C. supported
- D. outlined
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His story gave us an inkling of what he passed through during the strike
- A. a possible idea
- B. a taste
- C. a summary
- D. the right view
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The student’s union leader delivered his speech extempore
- A. out-of -hand
- B. off the cuff
- C. accurately
- D. courageously
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Mariam looks rather furtive to Shehu
- A. intoxicated
- B. unfriendly
- C. sad
- D. sly
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Every human being is vulnerable to communicable diseases.
- A. liable
- B. lifted
- C. immuned
- D. close
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During a particular time of the day, the road shimmers in the heat
- A. darkens
- B. lightens
- C. shines
- D. beams
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He was too petrified to give the closing remarks at the conference.
- A. frightened
- B. agitated
- C. delighted
- D. happy
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Akin is an inveterate gambler
- A. a selfish and self-centred
- B. an extremely unlucky but popular
- C. an incurable but fearful
- D. a long time incorrigible
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That type of response is typical of a lazy teacher
- A. symptomatic
- B. characteristic
- C. universal
- D. incontestable
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There are still virtuous women in our society today
- A. clever
- B. upright
- C. devilsh
- D. intelligent
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Justice is difficult to enforce because people are unwilling to accept any loss sovereignty
- A. autonomy
- B. position
- C. leadership
- D. kingdom
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Okibe was rusticated for his derogatory remark about the principal
- A. complimentary
- B. unsavoury
- C. unwarranted
- D. lack lustre
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Some men will continue to cause offenses until they are given a taste of their own medicine
- A. placated
- B. revenged on
- C. recompense for
- D. cured
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The way the workshop was organized was rather hit-and-miss
- A. systematic
- B. hasty
- C. slow
- D. funny
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He was very much respected, though he had no temporal power
- A. spiritual
- B. mundane
- C. permanent
- D. ephemeral
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Ola thought that her father was very callous
- A. parlous
- B. wicked
- C. compassionate
- D. cheerful
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The presidential system is an antidote to some political ailments.
- A. an answer
- B. an inquiry
- C. a reply
- D. an obstacle
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The economist concluded that several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate.
- A. affirmed
- B. diffused
- C. mentioned
- D. refuted
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His gift to the poor was always infinitesimal
- A. large
- B. small
- C. supportive
- D. shameful