The speech was filled with rigmarole.

A. nonsense
B. details
C. quotes
D. examples
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Nonsense : spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense.

Details : an individual fact or item.

Quotes : repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person).

Examples : a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.

Rigmarole : a lengthy and complicated procedure.

Synonym of Rigmarole is Nonsense

The host looked quite jaded by the time the party was over.

A. miserable
B. cheerful
C. inspiring
D. exhausted
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Miserable : (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

Cheerful : noticeably happy and optimistic.

Inspiring : having the effect of inspiring someone.

Exhausted : very tired.

Jaded : physically tired; exhausted.

Synonym of Jaded is Exhausted

The wail of the call to prayer floated over the darkened streets.

A. jumped
B. leap
C. hovered
D. soaked
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Jumped : push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one’s legs and feet.

Leap : jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force.

Hovered : remain in one place in the air.

Soaked : extremely wet; saturated.

Floated : move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift.

Synonym of Floated is Hovered

A bone got stuck in his gullet.

A. stomach
B. molars
C. chest
D. throat
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Stomach : the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine.

Molars : a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth.

Chest : the front surface of a person’s or animal’s body between the neck and the stomach.

Throat : the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal.

Gullet : the passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach; the oesophagus.

Synonym of Gullet is Throat

Synonym of FILTHY

A. Healthy
B. Ugly
C. Dirty
D. Angry
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Healthy : in a good physical or mental condition; in good health.

Ugly : unpleasant or repulsive, especially in appearance.

Dirty : covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Angry : feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.

Filthy : disgustingly dirty.

Synonym of Filthy is Dirty

Synonym of IRRUPTION

A. Hate
B. Bursting in
C. Interference
D. Altercation
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Hate : feel intense dislike for.

Bursting : break open or apart suddenly and violently, especially as a result of an impact or internal pressure.

Interference : the action of interfering or the process of being interfered with.

Altercation : a noisy argument or disagreement, especially in public.

Irruption : a sudden, violent, or forcible entry : a rushing or bursting in.

Synonym of Irruption is Bursting

Synonym of EXCLUSIVE

A. Extensive
B. Sole
C. External
D. Excessive
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Extensive : covering or affecting a large area.

Sole : the undersurface of a person’s foot.

External : belonging to or forming the outer surface or structure of something.

Excessive : more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate.

Exclusive : restricted to the person, group, or area concerned.

Synonym of Exclusive is Sole

The Court had to reprieve the hanging of the condemned prisoner.

A. charge
B. forgive
C. forego
D. delay
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Charge : demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Forgive : stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence, flaw, or mistake.

Forego : precede in place or time.

Delay : make (someone or something) late or slow.

Reprieve : cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).

Synonym of Reprieve is Forgive

Synonym of APPURTENANCE

A. Belongings
B. Journey
C. Concept
D. Necessity
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Belongings : a person’s movable possessions.
Journey : an act of travelling from one place to another.

Concept : an abstract idea.

Necessity : the state or fact of being required.

Appurtenance : an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living.

Synonym of Appurtenance is Belongings

That young is quite sanguine about the result of his competitive examination.

A. depressed
B. pessimistic
C. anxious
D. optimistic
✅ The correct answer is option D.
depressed : (of a person) in a state of unhappiness or despondency.

pessimistic : tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.

anxious : feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

optimistic : hopeful and confident about the future.

sanguine : optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

Synonym of sanguine is optimistic