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 officer urged the soldiers to gird up their loins for the task ahead. This means that soldiers should
- A. wake up early the next morning
- B. guard their hungry loins
- C. wear new battle uniform
- D. be on full alert
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 managing director promised to increase the wages of the workers in the new year, everybody knew that he was talking with his tongue in his cheek. This means that the managing director
- A. was very sincere
- B. spoke courageously
- C. was not sincere at all
- D. hid his tongue while speaking
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 man’s decision to withdraw his daughter from school because of her misbehaviour really amounts to cutting off his own nose and face. This means that
- A. the decision will not affect the daughter
- B. it will cause the man much pain to his nose and face
- C. the decision does the man no good at all
- D. the decision will make the daughter sober
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 proscription of the students’ union was to nip the planned demonstration in the bud. This means that the proscription was meant to
- A. keep the students on the alert
- B. prevent the proposed demonstration
- C. disorganize the students
- D. punish the students
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 taxi-driver smelt a rat when the policeman waved him to stop and so he sped off. This means that the taxi driver
- A. suddenly saw a big rat
- B. had killed a rat
- C. committed an offence
- D. became suspicious
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 cashier wanted to pull the wool over my eyes by making me sign for the money I didn’t receive. This means that the cashier wanted to
- A. deceive me
- B. blindfold me
- C. rub my eyes with cotton wool
- D. have my support
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 accountant falsified the records in order to feather his own nest. This means that the accountant tried to
- A. deceive his boss
- B. put a feather in his cap
- C. make himself rich
- D. avenge a wrong done to him by his boos
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
As Siaka was a first offender, the magistrate merely…..and discharged him
- A. penalized
- B. reprieved
- C. remaned
- D. cautioned
- E. sentenced
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Bunmi should not have taken offence at Emeka’s seemingly……..comments
- A. innocuous
- B. notorious
- C. ridiculous
- D. ludicrous
- E. raucous
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The new car is strikingly attractive but I very much doubt its……….
- A. durability
- B. style
- C. harmony
- D. longevity
- E. complexity
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
It is really a ……the more you look, the less you see.
- A. metaphor
- B. miracle
- C. hyperbole
- D. movement
- E. paradox
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The threat that he would be expelled from school if he failed his examination again……..him into seriousness.
- A. coaxed
- B. lured
- C. jolted
- D. hypnotized
- E. incensed
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Because of the hard times, many workers now live in a state of …..poverty.
- A. unpardonable
- B. imaginable
- C. affluent
- D. abject
- E. repulsive
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
More often than not, the law……on individual freedom
- A. exudes
- B. encroaches
- C. oversteps
- D. outstrips
- E. impedes
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
His decision to terminate the agreement was…..as he did not consult the other party
- A. unilateral
- B. unconditional
- C. unquestionable
- D. unanimous
- E. unequivocal
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The governor scolded the contractors for the poor ….of the project
- A. prosecution
- B. installation
- C. investigation
- D. execution
- E. foundation
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The kidnappers demanded a …….of N50,000 before they would release the rich business man.
- A. levy
- B. condition
- C. penalty
- D. freedom
- E. ransom
In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A – E, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.
The eventual implementation of the plan deviated much from the ……conception
- A. consequent
- B. subsequent
- C. initial
- D. final
- E. agreed
In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A – E, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.
The deputy’s loyalty to the boss is unalloyed but the confidence of the boss in him is …………
- A. creditable
- B. half-hearted
- C. incredible
- D. certain
- E. ridiculous
In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A – E, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.
The minister warned his officers to be frugal and avoid………expenditure
- A. gigantic
- B. capital
- C. recurrent
- D. unplanned
- E. wasteful
In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A – E, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.
The post-war generation were born in an era of scarcity but grew up in a period of ………
- A. abundance
- B. accumulation
- C. poverty
- D. affluences
- E. austerity