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CSE Full Set Reviewer 100+The following are examples of Palindrome, except.
a. level
b. same
c. deified
d. noon
e. murdrum - B. same
a palindrome is a word, phrase, number or sequence of words that reads the same
backward as forward.
That perfume always "evokes" pleasant memories.
a. angers
b. erases
c. calls up
d. confuses - c. calls up
The attorney wanted to "expedite" the process because her client was becoming
impatient.
a. accelerate
b. evaluate
c. reverse
d. justify - a. accelerate
The suspect gave a "plausible" explanation for his presence at the scene, so the police
decided to look elsewhere for the perpetrator of the crime.
a. unbelievable
b. credible
c. insufficient
d. apologetic - b. credible
He based his conclusion on what he "inferred" from the evidence, not on what he
actually observed.
a. predicted
b. imagined
c. surmised
d. implied - C. surmised
Sila ay nagdadamayan sa hirap at ginhawa. Sila ay totoong "naghihiramang suklay"
,a. mag asawa
b.) magkapatid
c.) magkaibigan
d.) magka anak - C. magkaibigan
There is no PANACEA that will solve our financial difficulty.
a.) cure-all
b.) answer
c.) paradox
d.) criteria - A. cure-all
A multifarious task would
a. have many different components.
b. have very few components.
c. be very complex.
d. be impossible to complete. - A. Multifarious
It means having many different aspects or components.
Plaintive cries would be
a. musical, soothing.
b. plain, uninteresting.
c. loud, jarring.
d. sorrowful, mournful. - d. sorrowful, mournful.
Plaintive means expressing sorrow; mournful, melancholy.
People with inveterate beliefs
a. can be easily manipulated.
b. have adopted their beliefs from another.
c. hold their beliefs deeply and passionately.
d. change their beliefs frequently. - c. hold their beliefs deeply and passionately.
Inveterate beliefs are deep-rooted or firmly established.
If you were involved in an altercation, you
a. had an accident.
b. had a heated argument
c. served in a war.
d. were part of a conspiracy. - b. had a heated argument
,An altercation is a heated dispute or quarrel.
If you are a contentious person, you
a. are usually right.
b. believe in "an eye for an eye."
c. always try to keep the peace.
d. are very competitive and quarrelsome - d. are very competitive and quarrelsome
A contentious person is quarrelsome, competitive, quick to fight. Contentious also
means controversial, causing contention.
If you are part of a cabal, you
a. are involved in a secret plot.
b. are participating in a protest.
c. belong to the majority.
d. are fighting against the enemy - a. are involved in a secret plot.
A cabal is a scheme or conspiracy; a small group joined in a secret plot.
If you are a bellicose leader, you
a. do everything in your power to avoid war
b. are eager to wage war.
c. remain neutral during international conflicts.
d. treat all citizens equally - b. are eager to wage war.
A bellicose person is belligerent, quarrelsome; eager to wage war.
If an apocalypse is near, you can expect
a. a period of extended peace.
b. a time of anarchy.
c. total devastation and destruction.
d. an invasion - c. total devastation and destruction.
An apocalypse is a cataclysmic event that brings total devastation or the end of the
world.
If your country suffers an incursion, your territory
a. has been invaded.
b. is in a depression.
c. has seceded to form a new state.
, d. has had a natural disaster - a. has been invaded.
An incursion is a raid or temporary invasion of someone else's territory.
If you meet your nemesis, you meet
a. the leader of your country.
b. your guardian angel.
c. the cause of your misfortunes.
d. the person who decides your fate. - c. the cause of your misfortunes.
A nemesis is a source of harm or ruin; the cause of one's misery or downfall, bane;
agent of retribution or vengeance.
If you pillage a village, you
a. set it on fire.
b. destroy it with bombs.
c. negotiate peace between warring tribes.
d. ransack it and steal as much as you can. - d. ransack it and steal as much as you
can.
To pillage means to forcibly rob of goods; to plunder.
If you are a placid person, you
a. are usually calm and peaceful.
b. are always trying to pick a fight
c. are disloyal.
d. are not to be trusted. - a. are usually calm and peaceful.
Placid means calm and peaceful; free from disturbance.
If you plan a reprisal, you
a. plan to surrender.
b. plan to retaliate.
c. hope to negotiate a cease-fire.
d. plan to desert the army. - b. plan to retaliate.
A reprisal is an act of retaliation for an injury. It is also the practice of using political or
military force without actually resorting to war
If you don't spill the beans now, you might gonna regret it.
a. spread rumors
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