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English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

English Language (Use of English) Questions

Question 186:
<b>Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:</b><br/><br/>His <u>penury</u> gave him a lifetime of hunger
  • A Avariciousness
  • B Affluence
  • C Poverty
  • D Penny pinching
  • E Greed
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Question 187:
<b>Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:</b><br/><br/>The bible's <u>prodigal</u> son became quite wealth eventually
  • A Prestigious
  • B Phlegmatic
  • C Errant
  • D Pecuniary
  • E Extravagant
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Question 188:
<b>Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:</b><br/><br/>Don't eat just any <u>innocuous</u> looking mushroom you see around
  • A Harmful
  • B Harmless
  • C Innocent
  • D Immunized
  • E Conspicuous
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Question 189:
<b>Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:</b><br/><br/>Colossal means
  • A A greek column
  • B Gigantic
  • C Something which has lost too much fluid
  • D A calamity
  • E The sale of colos
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Question 190:
<b>Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:</b><br/><br/>The prices .... are too high for us
  • A You lent me
  • B You quoted
  • C You attended
  • D You gave me
  • E You want to buy
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