Feeling humiliated and frustrated, he could no longer brook the indifferent attitude of the government.

A. suffer
B. support
C. condone
D. tolerate
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Suffer : experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant).

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

Condone : accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive).

Tolerate : allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference.

Brook : tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition).

Synonym of Brook is Tolerate

The pupil was asked to rectify the mistake.

A. correct
B. condone
C. clarify
D. repeat
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Correct : put right (an error or fault).

Condone : accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive).

Clarify : make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible.

Repeat : say again something one has already said.

Rectify : put right; correct.

Synonym of Rectify is Correct

Synonym of REBATE

A. Loss
B. Refund
C. Compensation
D. Discount
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Loss : the fact or process of losing something or someone.

Refund : pay back (money), typically to a customer who is not satisfied with goods or services bought.

Compensation : something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.

Discount : a deduction from the usual cost of something.

Rebate : a deduction or discount on a sum of money due.

Synonym of Rebate is Discount

Synonym of CADGE

A. Beg
B. Hide
C. Bicker
D. Imprison
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Beg : ask someone earnestly or humbly for something.

Hide : put or keep out of sight.

Bicker : argue about petty and trivial matters.

Imprison : put or keep in prison or a place like a prison.

Cadge : ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled).

Synonym of Cadge is Beg

TURN :

A. Shift
B. Curve
C. Move
D. Rotate
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Curve : a line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length.

Move : go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Fabricate :concoct, mold, feign, excogitate, manufacture.

Shift :move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Rotate :move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre.

Turn :move or cause to move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis or point.

Synonym of Turn is Rotate.

I used to skate quite well but I have lost the knack now.

A. agility
B. strength
C. skill
D. stamina
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Agility : ability to move quickly and easily.

Strength : the quality or state of being physically strong.

Skill : the ability to do something well; expertise.

Stamina : the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort.

Knack : an acquired or natural skill at doing something.

Synonym of Knack is Skill

The manager was not present at the inception of the programme.

A. beginning
B. conclusion
C. demonstration
D. rejection
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Beginning : the point in time or space at which something begins.

Conclusion : the end or finish of an event, process, or text.

Demonstration : an act of showing that something exists or is true by giving proof or evidence.

Rejection : the dismissing or refusing of a proposal, idea, etc.

Inception : the establishment or starting point of an institution or activity.

Synonym of Inception is Beginning

Synonym of FLOUNDER

A. Run
B. Fluctuate
C. Jump
D. Stumble
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Run : move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Fluctuate : rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.

Jump : push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one’s legs and feet.

Stumble : trip or momentarily lose one’s balance; almost fall.

Flounder : struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water.

Synonym of Flounder is Stumble

He used to regale us with anecdotes.

A. bore
B. flatter
C. entertain
D. tire
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Bore : make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging.

Flatter : lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one’s own interests.

Entertain : provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.

Tire : feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.

Regale : entertain or amuse (someone) with talk.

Synonym of Regale is Entertain

Silence is mandatory for meditation to be effective.

A. compulsory
B. optional
C. voluntary
D. permissive
✅ The correct answer is option A.
compulsory : required by law or a rule; obligatory.

optional : available to be chosen but not obligatory.

voluntary : done, given, or acting of one’s own free will.

permissive : allowing or characterized by great or excessive freedom of behaviour.

mandatory : required by law or mandate; compulsory.

Synonym of mandatory is compulsory