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Choose the most appropriate synonyms for the underlined words.1. The talk was running on critical situations.(a) electrical (b) extremely ill(c) serious (d) ready for chain reaction2. A wounded tiger charged at it. (a) complained (b) attacked (c) gave power (d) reported3. A fourth was torpedoed in the war. (a) rescued (b) bombed (c) lifted (d) arrested4. He persuaded me to look in at the sale-room. (a) discouraged (b) criticised (c) induced (d) dissuaded5. I found myself bidding just for fun. (a) offering (b) with drawing (c) neglecting (d) accepting6. And not enough securities to borrow five hundred on (a) surplus (b) efficient (c) adequate (d) excess7. I was nodding away to the auctioneer like a bloated aristocrat. (a) bloated autocrat (b) bloatocrat (c) bloated artist (d) bloated8. A dealer electrified the room by starting the bid with a huge figure. (a) pleased (b) shocked(c) electrocuted (d) provoked9. The previous lots had run into four figures but they had all been modestly started at fifty or a hundred guineas. (a) immodestly (b) politely (c) moderately (d) exorbitantly10. The dealer made his sensational bid. (a) dull (b) insipid (c) exciting (d) timid

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1. (c) serious

2. (b) attacked

3. (b) bombed

4. (c) induced

5. (a) offering

6. (c) adequate

7. (b) bloatocrat

8. (b) shocked

9. (c) moderately

10. (c) exciting



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