He was given a severe warning for coming late.

A. rigorous
B. stern
C. harsh
D. strict
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Rigorous : extremely thorough and careful.

Stern : (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.

Harsh : unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.

Strict : demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed.

Severe : (of a person) formal and unsmiling.

Synonym of Severe is Stern

It was on the behest of the officer that he made those improvements.

A. suggestion
B. orders
C. recommendation
D. request
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Suggestion : an idea or plan put forward for consideration.

Orders : the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Recommendation : a suggestion or proposal as to the best course of action, especially one put forward by an authoritative body.

Request : an act of asking politely or formally for something.

Behest : a person’s orders or command.

Synonym of Behest is Orders

He was ingenious enough to know how to get out of the clutches of law.

A. clever
B. intelligent
C. alert
D. cunning
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Clever : quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

Intelligent : having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level.

Alert : quick to notice any unusual and potentially dangerous or difficult circumstances; vigilant.

Cunning : having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion.

Ingenious : (of a person) clever, original, and inventive.

Synonym of Ingenious is Clever

All his friends marvelled at his power of ratiocination.

A. ruminating
B. speculation
C. imagination
D. reasoning
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Ruminating : think deeply about something.

Speculation : the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.

Imagination : the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.

Reasoning : the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

Ratiocination : the process of exact thinking : reasoning.

Synonym of Ratiocination is Reasoning

Synonym of WALLOW

A. Awaken
B. Urge
C. Dislike
D. Delight
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Awaken : rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping.

Urge : try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Dislike : feel distaste for or hostility towards.

Delight : please (someone) greatly.

Wallow : (of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable).

Synonym of Wallow is Delight

A person unrestrained by the rules of morality or tradition is called a licentious person.

A. freelance
B. criminal
C. loafer
D. libertine
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Freelance : self-employed and hired to work for different companies on particular assignments.

Criminal : a person who has committed a crime.

Loafer : a person who avoids work and spends their time idly.

Libertine : a person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.

Licentious : promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

Synonym of Licentious is Libertine

Synonym of NEMESIS

A. Victory
B. Adventure
C. Reward
D. Punishment
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Victory : an act of defeating an enemy or opponent in a battle, game, or other competition.

Adventure : an unusual and exciting or daring experience.

Reward : a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.

Punishment : the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence.

Nemesis : retributive justice; punishment.

Synonym of Nemesis is Punishment

Harish ran the marathon race in less than two hours.

A. succeeded
B. rushed
C. completed
D. scored
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Succeeded : achieve the desired aim or result.

Rushed : done or completed too hurriedly; hasty.

Completed : finish making or doing.

Scored : gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game.

Ran : (of an athlete or a racehorse) compete in a race.

Synonym of Ran is Completed

The old man was fond of giving homilies whenever we went to him with a problem.

A. alternatives
B. advice
C. suggestions
D. sermon
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Alternatives : one of two or more available possibilities.

Advice : guidance or recommendations offered with regard to prudent future action.

Suggestions : an idea or plan put forward for consideration.

Sermon : a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.

Homilies : a religious discourse which is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction.

Synonym of Homilies is Sermon