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Society cannot depend upon a fanatic for guidance.
(a) optimist
(b) martyr
(c) bigot
(d) anarchist

A busy person cannot waste his time on trivial issues.
(a) unimportant
(b) rude
(c) crude
(d) tribal

AMBIGUOUS
(a) contrasting
(b) connivance
(c) vague
(d) wilful

ELUCIDATE
(a) clarify
(b) calculate
(c) summarise
(d) update

MONOTONOUS
(a) dreary
(b) dreadful
(c) single-minded
(d) monologue

KINDLE
(a) make fun of
(b) excite
(c) very kind
(d) kind-hearted

PALATIAL
(a) very clean
(b) very special
(c) sense of taste
(d) magnificent

TACTFUL
(a) diplomatic
(b) indifferent
(c) intelligent
(d) deceitful

VORACIOUS
(a) very bad
(b) insatiable
(c) stingy
(d) malicious

STRICTURE
(a) strictness
(b) stinging
(c) discipline
(d) censure

OBEISANCE
(a) homage
(b) pilgrimage
(c) subjugation
(d) obligation

A truly respectable old man is a ripe person.
(a) senior
(b) mature
(c) perfect
(d) seasoned

The soldiers repulsed the enemy.
(a) defeated
(b) destroyed
(c) rejected
(d) repelled

She deftly masked her feelings.
(a) hid
(b) flaunted
(c) oblique
(d) obscured

Vendors must have licence.
(a) One who drives a car
(b) One who works in a hospital
(c) One who is employed in food serving
(d) One engaged in selling

They will not admit children under fourteen.
(a) avow
(b) receive
(c) accept
(d) concede

The jewels have been stolen from her bedroom.
(a) embezzled
(b) asserted
(c) yielded
(d) abdicated

The soldier showed an exemplary courage.
(a) flawed
(b) faulty
(c) ideal
(d) boisterous