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21
The time I spent in the library was the most rewarding one.
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Precious : of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly.
Serviceable : fulfilling its function adequately; usable.
Profitable : beneficial; useful.
Paying : give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred.
Rewarding : providing satisfaction; gratifying.

Synonym of Rewarding is Profitable
22
Poets and writers are sensuous by nature.
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Sensible : done or chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; likely to be of benefit.
Sentimental : of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
Sensual : relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure.
Sensitive : quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.
Sensuous : relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect.

Synonym of Sensuous is Sensitive
23
All his documents were confiscated.
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Cancelled : decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.
Seized : take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
Forfeited : lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing.
Destroyed : end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
Confiscated : (of property) taken or seized with authority.

Synonym of Confiscated is Seized
24
Before finalising this transaction, I had to sign an indemnity bond.
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Compensation : something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.
Security : the state of being free from danger or threat.
Partnership : the state of being a partner or partners.
Reparation : the action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged.
Indemnity : security or protection against a loss or other financial burden.

Synonym of Indemnity is Security
25
The army has laid out an entire web of agents to detect the surreptitious activities of the enemy.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Hostile : showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.
Secret : not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others.
Intriguing : arousing one's curiosity or interest; fascinating.
Foppish : (of a man) concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way.
Surreptitious : kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

Synonym of Surreptitious is Secret
26
I disdain those who tell lies.
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Condemn : express complete disapproval of; censure.
Scorn : a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.
Hate : feel intense dislike for.
Despise : feel contempt or a deep repugnance for.
Disdain : the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect.

Synonym of Disdain is Hate
27
The cordial talks between the two foreign ministers cover the entire gamut of their relations.
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Answer: Option A
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Range : the scope of a person's knowledge or abilities.
Globe : a spherical or rounded object.
Sphere : a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.
Territory : an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.
Gamut : the complete range or scope of something.

Synonym of Gamut is Range
28
The boy was fired for continually coming late to school.
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Beaten : having been defeated.
Scold : remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily.
Abused : (of a person or animal) treated with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly.
Dismissed : order or allow to leave; send away.
Fired : dismiss (an employee) from a job.

Synonym of Fired is Dismissed
29
The relics of the Roman rule are still extant in England.
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Answer: Option C
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Hidden : kept out of sight; concealed.
Scattered : occurring or found at intervals or various locations rather than all together.
Existent : having reality or existence.
Spread : open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.
Extant : still in existence; surviving.

Synonym of Extant is Existent
30
He hardly works.
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Strenuously : in a way that requires great physical exertion.
Scarcely : only just; almost not.
Mostly : as regards the greater part or number.
Arduously : requiring great exertion.
Hardly : scarcely (used to qualify a statement by saying that it is true to an insignificant degree).

Synonym of Hardly is Scarcely