Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

The young engineer is good at terminating other people's project but has not been capable of ... any of his own

A. integrating

B. finishing

C. complating

D. initiating

E. organizing

The manager who expected to be given respect was treated with ....

A. dignity

B. shame

C. scorn

D. cruelty

E. disloyalty

Those who had invitation cards were admitted to the party while those who had none were....

A. barred

B. repelled

C. expelled

D. compelled

E. restricted

Too many theories will not help us; we need to be ...........

A. bookish

B. hypothetical

C. antithetical

D. shrews

E. practical

Nobody expects him to show...for his children but he certainly bestows too much affection on them

A. love

B. concern

C. intimacy

D. devotion

E. hatred

The challenger was crude and inexperienced in constrast to the champion who was ...

A. great

B. exposed

C. celebrated

D. refined

E. strong

What should have been a source of motivation for him proved a terrible source of

A. failure

B. harm

C. discouragement

D. uncertainty

E. disturbance

Ade is very conservative in his political ideas whereas Bala expresses ... views always

A. radical

B. heretical

C. conventional

D. fanatical

E. impractical

The government has been spending more money on preventive rather than on ...medicine

A. modern

B. protective

C. diagnostic

D. traditional

E. curative

From the word lettered A to E , choose the word that best completes the following sentence.

The fishermen threw a stone into the river and this caused a ....

A. sprinke

B. sparkle

C. splash

D. spring

E. storm

The play was so interesting that the ...clapped for quite a long time at the end.

A. spectators

B. watchers

C. congregation

D. people

E. audience

The building ... because of weak structural foundation

A. tumbled

B. succumbed

C. caved

D. collapsed

E. somersaulted

The magazine was ...by the government for an offensive publication.

A. prescribed

B. proscribed

C. suspended

D. condemned

E. persecuted

Many people reacted to the brutal murder of the popular journalist with strong ...

A. indignation

B. demonstration

C. mobilization

D. condemnation

E. accusation

The governor frowned at the ....which slowed down the implementation of policy decisions.

A. autocracy

B. opposition

C. convention

D. isecurity

E. bureaucracy

His doctor ...the illness as yellow fever, not malaria.

A. prescribed

B. examined

C. discovered

D. announced

E. diagnosed

Since the writer did not indicate his name, the editor decided not to publish such ...article.

A. a discourteous

B. an anonymous

C. a scandalous

D. a libellous

E. a cowardly

After the sentence, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for the sentence.

Mrs. Alabi was not around when her case was called and none of her colleague was willing to hold brief for her. This means that

A. her colleagues were afraid

B. she was not trusted

C. her colleagues did not want to represent her

D. she had quarelled with her colleagues

Telling lies has become second nature of Kunle. This means that Kunle

A. rarely tells lies

B. always tells lies

C. tells lies has become second thoughts

D. learnt to tell lies from childhood

For us to accomplish the task successfully, all hands must be on deck. This means that every body

A. should push with his hands

B. will have to travel by sea

C. must cooperate

D. should take a test before continuing the task