Directions (1-5): The Following questions have two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. The equipment that was being used in the survey were ……………….., and because of the below-zero temperature, it was feared they would freeze and …………………. (c)
(a) icy, capsize
(b) frosty, shide
(c) fragile, shatter
(d) frozen, dehydrate
(e) useless, capsize
2. The young boy’s ………………….. attempts to explain to his girlfriend why he had failed to show for their movie date did little to ease her ……………. feelings. (a)
(a) impassioned, disconsolate
(b) veracious, vacuous
(c) unbelievable, gluttonous
(d) chronic, vicarious
(e) immeasurable, vacuous
3. There was a ……………………… all about the palace, and the …………… concerned the security guards. (b)
(a) gift, distribution
(b) silence, quiet
(c) tranquil, temper
(d) feast, circulation
(e) commotion, quiet
4. The conspirators met ……………………… in order to plot a (n) ………………… against the oppressive governance of Julius Caesar. (a)
(a) clandestine, revolt
(b) wickedly, invocation
(c) craftily, referendum
(d) wittily, ban
(e) aggressively, crime
5. Although the food in the hostel mess was bare ………………….., after six months, the residents of the hostel had become …………….. to it. (d)
(a) edible, immune
(b) edible, injured
(c) palatable, immune
(d) palatable, inured
(e) affordable, attuned