We heard him asseverate his good intentions but his actions belied his words.

A. affirm
B. incite
C. defy
D. cancel
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Affirm : state emphatically or publicly.

Incite : encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour).

Defy : openly resist or refuse to obey.

Cancel : decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.

Asseverate : declare or state solemnly or emphatically.

Synonym of Asseverate is Affirm

Synonym of ACCENTUATED

A. Projected
B. Exhibited
C. Sharpened
D. Mitigated
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Projected : estimate or forecast (something) on the basis of present trends.

Exhibited : publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

Sharpened : improve or cause to improve.

Mitigated : make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.

Accentuated : make more noticeable or prominent.

Synonym of Accentuated is Sharpened

The tinned food that we bought in the way was all contaminated and spoiled.

A. Polluted
B. rotten
C. adulterated
D. noxious
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Polluted : contaminated with harmful or poisonous substances.

Rotten : suffering from decay.

Adulterated : render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Noxious : harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

Contaminated : make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

Synonym of Contaminated is Polluted

CATER :

A. Advance
B. Develop
C. Provide
D. Discover
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Advance :move forwards in a purposeful way.

Develop : grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Discover: find unexpectedly.

Provide : make available for use; supply.

CATER : : provide with what is needed or required.

Synonym of CATER is Provide.

The prince fell in love with a comely young maiden.

A. delightful
B. pretty
C. homely
D. elegant
✅ The correct answer is option B.
delightful : causing delight; charming.

pretty : (of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful.

homely : (of a place or surroundings) simple but cosy and comfortable, as in one’s own home.

elegant : graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.

comely : (typically of a woman) pleasant to look at; attractive.

Synonym of comely is pretty

After his graduation, he had to pass through a period of privation.

A. hardship
B. uncertainty
C. prosperity
D. privacy
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Hardship : severe suffering or privation.

Uncertainty : the state of being uncertain.

Prosperity : the state of being prosperous.

Privacy : a state in which one is not observed or disturbed by other people.

Privation : a state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.

Synonym of Privation is Hardship

PACIFY :

A. Gather
B. Allot
C. Calm
D. Remit
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Gather :come together; assemble or accumulate.

Allot :give or apportion (something) to someone as a share or task.

Remit :cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment).

Calm :not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other emotions.

Pacify : calm.

Synonym of Pacify is Calm.

John Milton wrote ‘Paradise Lost’ to vindicate the ways of God to man.

A. explain
B. support
C. justify
D. criticise
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explain : make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts.

Support : bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Justify : show or prove to be right or reasonable.

Criticise : indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.

Vindicate : show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified.

Synonym of Vindicate is Justify

Synonym of INSIDIOUS

A. Slow
B. Treacherous
C. Pessimistic
D. Unfortunate
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Slow : moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast.

Treacherous : guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.

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

Unfortunate : having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky.

Insidious : proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects.

Synonym of Insidious is Treacherous

The river level was rising drastically after that heavy rain.

A. slightly
B. suddenly
C. greatly
D. unexpectedly
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Slightly : to a small degree; not considerably.

Suddenly : quickly and unexpectedly.

Greatly : by a considerable amount; very much.

Unexpectedly : in a way that was not expected or regarded as likely.

Drastically : extremely; very.

Synonym of Drastically is Greatly