After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
The last promotion exercise was the bone of contention between the two friends. This means that the last promotion exercise
- A. was the cause of their dispute
- B. forced them to reason together
- C. made them to become enemies
- D. united them in their fight against their common enemy
After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
The sudden death of his friend made Etim have his heart in his boots. This means that Etim
- A. became greatly discouraged
- B. was a good footballer
- C. was very excited
- D. took the matter very seriously
After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
The students stuck to their guns even after the principal had appealed to them to go back to their classes. This means that the students
- A. went back willingly
- B. refused to go back
- C. went back reluctantly
- D. attacked the school authorities
After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
When the striking workers were threatened with dismissal, they decided to make a virtue of necessity. This means that they
- A. all resigned
- B. continued the strike action
- C. had to call off the strike
- D. accused some of their collegues of treachery
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The students threatened to embark on a ….of lectures if their demands were not met
- A. condonation
- B. suspension
- C. rejection
- D. strike
- E. boycott
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The University awarded…..doctorate degrees to four distinguished members of the community
- A. honourable
- B. expensive
- C. ceremonious
- D. ceremonial
- E. honorary
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The governor ordered that the work done by any contractor should be properly…….so as to know the correct amount to pay
- A. processed
- B. investigated
- C. accounted
- D. probed
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The politician ran to another country to seek….
- A. refuge
- B. safeguard
- C. retreat
- D. safety
- E. privacy
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The poor boy was ……when he stepped on live wire.
- A. blazed
- B. electrified
- C. radiated
- D. burnt
- E. electrocuted
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Ngozi’s soothing remarks were made to ….Femi’s anger
- A. rekindle
- B. incense
- C. accommodate
- D. mollify
- E. petrify
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
We need to ….our resources in theses hard times
- A. squander
- B. economize
- C. minimize
- D. retrench
- E. withhold
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
I had ……trust in the boy before he woefully disappointed me
- A. essential
- B. flagrant
- C. absolute
- D. effective
- E. fruiful
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The prices of cars have become…..
- A. painful
- B. unbearable
- C. stringent
- D. harsh
- E. exorbitant
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
I felt as if I was in an oven throughout my stay in the sahara, while our room here in Jos is like a …..
- A. freezer
- B. chimney
- C. ventilator
- D. furnance
- E. delta
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
Tunde says he always looks sober because there is nothing to be …about
- A. serious
- B. excited
- C. happy
- D. witty
- E. worried
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
The computerized services of the new bank contrast with the ….operations of the old ones
- A. mechanical
- B. eletrical
- C. aerial
- D. condensed
- E. manual
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
One of the aims of the structural adjustment policy is to make us………..rather than consumers
- A. parasites
- B. developers
- C. designers
- D. producers
- E. founders
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
The motorists said the splashing of the waters was…not deliberate
- A. incidental
- B. intentional
- C. accidental
- D. avoidable
- E. unnecessary
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
The long trek exhausted him so he needed to rest to ….himself
- A. repose
- B. remake
- C. recuperate
- D. replace
- E. rejuvenate
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
The brevity of the Guest-of-honour’s address contrasts with the ….of the Chairman’s opening remarks
- A. intensity
- B. propensity
- C. solidity
- D. affinity
- E. verbosity
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
He denied that he ever…..committing the offence in his earlier statement
- A. admitted
- B. argued
- C. emphasized
- D. negated
- E. colluded