| Q.1: permeate |
| a) shelter, refuge | b) soak, inundate |
| c) disappear, fade, evaporate | d) soak, penetrate, pass through |
| Q.2: pervade |
| a) spread, permeate | b) increase, rush, stir |
| c) branch | d) bargain, haggle, higgle, chat |
| Q.3: reveal |
| a) pull, spread | b) disappear, fade, evaporate |
| c) divulge, let on | d) assortment, aggregate |
| Q.4: spot |
| a) set off, create, bring about, cause | b) detect, taint |
| c) bargain, haggle, higgle, chat | d) trip, outing |
| Q.5: surge |
| a) boon | b) increase, rush, stir |
| c) property, fortune, immovables, real estate | d) revenue, fund, assets |
| Q.6: benefit |
| a) assortment, aggregate | b) cease, die |
| c) boon | d) chaffer, bargain, higgle |
| Q.7: deficient |
| a) scanty, defective | b) deferment, elegance |
| c) penniless, stone-broke, indigent | d) stocktaking, catalogue, stock |
| Q.8: fire |
| a) penniless, stone-broke, indigent | b) bankrupt |
| c) profitable, remunerative, paying | d) dismiss, set fire, discharge |
| Q.9: indigent |
| a) poor, scanty, gaunt, lean | b) per person |
| c) lavish, opulent, ample | d) needy, hard up, destitute, penurious |
| Q.10: per capita |
| a) per person | b) pay, reward |
| c) waste, dissipate, scatter | d) support, assert, aver, maintain |
| Q.11: scant |
| a) hate, detest | b) friendly, cordial, fraternal |
| c) insufficient, meager, poor, little, scanty | d) gap, crack, opening |
| Q.12: ascertain |
| a) blame, reproach, denounce, condemn, impugn | b) make sure, determine |
| c) dispute, contention, argument | d) disagreement, disharmony |
| Q.13: controversy |
| a) disagreement, disharmony | b) dispute, contention, argument |
| c) approve, indorse | d) extraneous, various, sundry |
| Q.14: espouse |
| a) congenerous, kindred | b) angry, enraged, offended |
| c) support, maintain, endorse, stand by | d) reproach |
| Q.15: provoke |
| a) irritate, offend, stimulate | b) neighboring, adjoining, contiguous |
| c) cave, cavern, hole, opening, aperture | d) underground prison |
| Q.16: digress |
| a) center, pivot | b) introduction, foreword, start |
| c) incline, lean, slant | d) deviate, diverge, wander |
| Q.17: arable |
| a) cold, frigid | b) flood, inundation |
| c) falling ash, aftermath | d) tillable |
| Q.18: odor |
| a) smell, perfume, tinge | b) clumsy, unskilled |
| c) skillful, deft, right-handed | d) great work, masterwork |
| Q.19: novice |
| a) steep, precipitous, curt, blunt | b) shape, form, externals |
| c) beginner, tyro, greenhorn | d) pliable |
| Q.20: framework |
| a) tiny, minuscule, trivial, minor, meager | b) structure, frame, skeleton |
| c) plump, fat, corpulent, strong, solid | d) unhurt, uninjured, unwounded, scatheless |
