Directions (1-15): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.
In sentencing the man to imprisonment for the rest of his (1)…………… life for the murder of a 16-year-old girl in 2013, a Special Court in Boston has (2)……………faith in the criminal justice system. Two aides who facilitated the crime have been sentenced to 20 years in prison. At a time when these offences against women and minor girls are being reported with (3)…………… regularity, a (4)……………… of this sort reinforces public (5)………………. Holding powerful and (6)……………… heads of social institutions is not easy in this country, given the wide public support and political (7)……………… they enjoy. Fortunately, neither the investigators nor the (8)………………… in the case of the 77-year-old Andry Linston, who named himself Tom, seem to have been overawed by his large following or (9)……………… by his (10)………………… supporters. High-ranking police officers received letters and phone calls (11)……………… them and their families with (12).............. consequences, and witnesses were killed or attacked in the course of the and trial. Against this backdrop, it took courage and determination for the victim and her family to seek justice. The facts are chilling. The victim’s parents, who were Tom’s devotees, were asked to take her from the Tom’s residential school at Alley Steet to his home, near Boston, (13)……………… to exorcise ‘evil spirits’ that had possessed her. The parents were asked to leave, and the girl had to be alone with him. She was sexually assaulted and then murdered. Fortunately, her father (14)……………….. to get a police complaint registered. It was later (15)…………… to Boston.
Q1.(a) bogus
(b) pure
(c) natural
(d) artificial
(e) complete
Q2.(a) reinvigorated
(b) rejuvenises
(c) resists
(d) recovered
(e) rescind
Rescind- to finish the law
Q3.(a) continuing
(b) benumbing
(c) ghastly
(d) weak
(e) gruesome
Ghastly- horrifying
Gruesome- ghastly
Q4.(a) vendetta
(b) verdict
(c) vindictive
(d) decision
(e) judging
Vendetta- a bitter, destructive feud normally between two families
Vindictive- revengeful
Q5.(a) reliability
(b) dependence
(c) mistrust
(d) trust
(e) truth
Q6.(a) demanding
(b) commending
(c) remarkable
(d) entrusting
(e) influential
Q7.(a) patronage
(b) favorable
(c) partiality
(d) hope
(e) freedom
Q8.(a) protestor
(b) conspirator
(c) prosecutors
(d) supporters
(e) persuaders
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Q9.(a) initiated
(b) intimated
(c) intimidated
(d) intrigued
(e) initialized
Intrigued- a clandestine or complicated plot or scheme; stratagem
Intimated- closely acquainted; familiar
Q10.(a) baffled
(b) benumb
(c) bedlam
(d) belligerent
(e) benign
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Bedlam- chaotic situation
Baffled- confused
Benign- kind; gentle
Q11.(a) irritating
(b) endangered
(c) threatening
(d) annoying
(e) exasperating
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Exasperating- irritating
Q12.(a) dire
(b) weak
(c) good
(d) tough
(e) disgust
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Q13.(a) completely
(b) variably
(c) ostensibly
(d) clearly
(e) immediately
Q14.(a) directed
(b) managed
(c) handled
(d) achieved
(e) supported
Q15.(a) directed
(b) handled
(c) regulated
(d) transcended
(e) transferred
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