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81
Your despicable remarks call for no reply.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Sarcastic : marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt.
Contemptuous : showing contempt; scornful.
Critical : expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.
Complimentary : expressing a compliment; praising or approving.
Despicable : deserving hatred and contempt.

Synonym of Despicable is Contemptuous
82
He decided to accost a big financier for his new scheme.
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Employ : give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
Consult : seek information or advice from (someone, especially an expert or professional).
Approach : an initial proposal or request made to someone.
Deceive : deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.
Accost : approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.

Synonym of Accost is Approach
83
This machine was fabricated in our own workshop.
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Operated : (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system).
Constructed : build or make (something, typically a building, road, or machine).
Installed : place or fix (equipment or machinery) in position ready for use.
Manufactured : make (something) on a large scale using machinery.
Fabricated : construct or manufacture (an industrial product), especially from prepared components.

Synonym of Fabricated is Manufactured
84
The two brothers should not vie with each other but work in co-operation.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Fight : take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.
Conspire : make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.
Compete : strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.
Envy : a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck. Vie : compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something.

Synonym of Vie is Compete
85
India has too often to fulminate against Pakistan's role in aiding and abetting acts of militancy on her soil.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Think : have a particular belief or idea.
Consider : think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision.
Conspire : make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.
Protest : a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
Fulminate : express vehement protest.

Synonym of Fulminate is Protest
86
The antidote to these problems is hard to find.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Remedy : a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable.
Consequence : a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
Cause : a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.
Result : a thing that is caused or produced by something else; a consequence or outcome.
Antidote : something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation.

Synonym of Antidote is Remedy
87
She leaned back, feeling enervated.
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Disheartened : having lost determination or confidence; dispirited.
Confused : (of a person) unable to think clearly; bewildered.
Saddened : cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy.
Weakened : make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength.
Enervated : make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality.

Synonym of Enervated is Weakened
88
All incoming and outgoing mail is censored by the Government during the times of war.
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Distributed : give a share or a unit of (something) to each of a number of recipients.
Confiscated : (of property) taken or seized with authority.
Checked : examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.
Supervised : observe and direct the execution of (a task or activity).
Censored : examine (a book, film, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it.

Synonym of Censored is Supervised
89
He corroborated the statement of his brother.
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Condemned : sentenced to a particular punishment, especially death.
Confirmed : (of a person) firmly established in a particular habit, belief, or way of life and unlikely to change their ways.
Lend : grant to (someone) the use of (something) on the understanding that it will be returned.
Disapproved : have or express an unfavourable opinion.
Corroborated : confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).

Synonym of Corroborated is Confirmed
90
The pupil was asked to rectify the mistake.
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Correct : put right (an error or fault).
Condone : accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive).
Clarify : make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible.
Repeat : say again something one has already said.
Rectify : put right; correct.

Synonym of Rectify is Correct