Sentence Completion » Exercise – 1
Directions : Out of the four alternatives, choose the most suitable word to make the sentence meaningful.
1. The ………….. rumors did a great deal of damage, even though they turned out to be false.
(a) bemused
(b) prosaic
(c) apocryphal
(d) ebullient
2. She reached the ……… of her career with her fourth novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
(a) harbinger
(b) apogee
(c) metamorphosis
(d) dictum
3. The soldiers received a military ………. to inspect all their vehicles before traveling.
(a) allotment
(b) dominion
(c) affectation
(d) mandate
4. The ……… sound of the radiator as it released steam became an increasingly annoying distraction.
(a) sibilant
(b) scintillating
(c) diverting
(d) sinuous
5. In such a small office setting, the office manager found he had ………. responsibilities that required knowledge in a variety of different areas.
(a) heedless
(b) complementary
(c) mutual
(d) manifold
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