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81
The leaders charisma attracted many followers.
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Humility : the quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance.
Power : the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way.
Charming : very pleasant or attractive.
Candour : the quality of being open and honest; frankness.
Charisma : compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.

Synonym of Charisma is Charming
82
He was punished for shirking his official work.
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Answer: Option C
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Slowing : reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process.
Postponing : cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled.
Avoiding : keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something).
Delegating : entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.
Shirking : avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).

Synonym of Shirking is Avoiding
83
There is no efficacious remedy to unemployment problem in a country which has no ideological convictions.
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Answer: Option C
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Suitable : right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
Possible : able to be done or achieved.
Effective : successful in producing a desired or intended result.
Proper : denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine.
Efficacious : (of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective.

Synonym of Efficacious is Effective
84
The pick pocket was brandishing a knife.
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Answer: Option D
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Using : take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ.
Pointing : the action of filling the joints of brickwork or masonry with mortar.
Showing : the action of showing something, or the fact of being shown.
Waving : move (one's hand or arm, or something held in one's hand) to and fro.
Brandishing : wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.

Synonym of Brandishing is Waving
85
His command were so peremptory that we felt humiliated.
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Answer: Option C
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Specious : superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
Poignant : evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
Dictatorial : of or typical of a ruler with total power.
Rough : having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.
Peremptory : insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.

Synonym of Peremptory is Dictatorial
86
His wife enjoined him to change his ways.
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Asked : say something in order to obtain an answer or some information.
Pleaded : make an emotional appeal.
Urged : try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.
Threatened : state one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.
Enjoined : instruct or urge (someone) to do something.

Synonym of Enjoined is Urged
87
Fifty years after the independence there can be no alibi for not providing basic amenities to every citizen.
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Answer: Option B
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Cause : a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.
Plea : a claim that a circumstance means that one should not be blamed for or should not be forced to do something.
Factor : a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result.
Reason : a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
Alibi : an excuse or pretext.

Synonym of Alibi is Plea
88
She does not get her work done punctually and properly because she is always dawdling.
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Answer: Option C
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Confused : (of a person) unable to think clearly; bewildered.
Playing : engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.
Loitering : walk slowly and with no apparent purpose; dawdle.
Chit-chatting : talk about trivial matters.
Dawdling : waste time; be slow.

Synonym of Dawdling is Loitering
89
What India hankers for most at this moment is security and stability.
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Answer: Option C
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Dreams : a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
Plans : a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
Desires : a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
Aims : point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target.
Hankers : feel a strong desire for or to do something.

Synonym of Hankers is Desires
90
The man looked at the poor boy with contempt.
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Answer: Option A
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Disrespect : lack of respect or courtesy.
Pity : the feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the sufferings and misfortunes of others.
Jealousy : the state or feeling of being jealous.
Concern : relate to; be about.
Contempt : the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration.

Synonym of Contempt is Disrespect