The chairman is quick to find fault and is hard to please.
(a) frivolous
(b) facetious
(c) fastidious
(d) ferocious

Scriptural injunctions should not be opposed or treated with contempt.
(a) flouted
(b) flounced
(c) floundered
(d) flaunted

A fortress on a commanding height for defense of a city is called
(a) citadel
(b) metropolis
(c) megapolis
(d) headquarters

Nostalgia is
(a) anxiety about future
(b) feeling of insecurity
(c) longing for a period in the past
(d) an allergy to certain foods

All these items have been marked down.
(a) reserved
(b) packed up
(c) reduced in price
(d) entered

How you have the effrontery to ask for another loan?
(a) right
(b) impudence
(c) heart
(d) courage

There was a devastating attack on his work.
(a) terrible
(b) casual
(c) unethical
(d) motivated

The committee conducted an exhaustive inquiry.
(a) time-consuming
(b) complicated
(c) renewed
(d) thorough

He is just laying up a lot of trouble for himself.
(a) clearing
(b) accumulating
(c) accepting
(d) removing

He fought the demon with all his might.
(a) heaviness
(b) strength
(c) density
(d) popularity

Devotees believe that God dwells in their heart.
(a) lives
(b) insists
(c) travels
(d) enters