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Vocab-Phobias || Verbal Ability || CAT 2021 || 5 May

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Question 1

Direction: In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.

Cleave

I. People in the remote mountain villages still cleave to their old traditions.

II. His spade cleaved the firm sand with a satisfying crunch.

III. He said law enforcement authorities had cleaved off a five-mile area around the crash site.

Question 2

Direction: In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.
Strip

I. My son stripped my watch and couldn't assemble it.

II. She tied some strips of cloth around the wound to check the bleeding.

III. The movie aims to strip away the lies surrounding Kennedy's life and death.

Question 3

Direction: In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.
Peruse

I. He was speeding down the motorway as if perused by a demon.

II. We do not expect that he perused every word of the book.

III. She said that she was tired of being perused by ravening journalists.

Question 4

Direction: In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.
Joint

I. We had to scratch two players from the team because of damaged knee joints.

II. The police knocked over the gambling joint yesterday.

III. The organisation has been jointing to end all restrictions.

Question 5

Direction: In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.
Nonplussed

I. The speaker was completely nonplussed by the question.

II. The judge was nonplussing up and the jury retired to consider its verdict.

III. He calculated his gains and losses of money and the result was a nonplus.

Question 6

Direction: In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.
Gambit

I. His opening gambit at the debate was a direct attack on Government policy.

II. The road further south was infested with gambits.

III. Gambit became an obsession, and he eventually lost everything.

Question 7

Direction: In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.
Prime

I. His economic policies have won widespread prime for reducing government debt.

II. As a reporter, you must be well primed with facts before you start to write your article.

III. The care of the environment is of prime importance to our business and is the responsibility of all employees.

Question 8

Direction: In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.
Sob

I. He was pleading, almost sobbing, first silently and then aloud.

II. They discredited her good name with sobbed gossip.

III. My brother grew up as if he was a sobbing child.

Question 9

Direction: In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.
Hard

I. It's hard sailing when there is no wind.

II. The chairs felt hard and uncomfortable.

III. His essay is not based on hard science.

Question 10

Direction: In the question below, there is a word given in bold which is followed by five options. In each of the options, a pair of words is given which is either the pair of synonyms or antonyms or synonym & antonym of the word given in bold. Choose that pair as your answer.

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