Olufilade SS3 English 1st term Exam 2021

OPPOSITE IN MEANING:

The haughty, and not the ...........are usually unpopular

• Friendly

• Carefree

• Timid

• Humble

OPPOSITE IN MEANING:

I felt as if I was in an oven throughout my stay in the Sahara, while our room here in Jos is like a...............

• Freezer

• Chimney

• Ventilator

• Furnace

OPPOSITE IN MEANING:

The brevity of the guest of honour's address contrast with the......... of the chairman's opening remark

• Intensity

• Propensity

• Solidity

• Verbosity

OPPOSITE IN MEANING:

The exotic bird look resplendent; its bright plumage contrasted with the rather.......undergrowth

• Immobile

• Foreign

• Drab

• Bright

OPPOSITE IN MEANING:

Femi is very presumptuous, quite unlike his father who was arather...........man

• Chaste

• Pure

• Honest

• Modest

NEAREST IN MEANING:

Ada was sceptical about the story Ifeoma told her

• Ignorant

• Doubtful

• Confused

• Happy

NEAREST IN MEANING:

The lawyer remarked that the accused did nothing when the innocent boy was being lynched made him culpable

• Liable

• Untrustworthy

• Guilty

• Blameworthy

The politician made very scurrilous remarks about his opponent

• Mild

• Intolerable

• False

• Abusive

NEAREST IN MEANING:

The outcome of the matter has vindicated my earlier stand

• Invalidated

• Nullified

• Justified

• Negated

NEAREST IN MEANING:

Corruption is inimical to the progress of any nation

• Harmful

• Predominant

• Unavoidable

• Inevitable