Q.2 Ans(a) Schism means a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief; division, rupture.
Q.3 Ans(c) Overture means an introduction to something more substantial; preliminary, prelude, introduction.
Q.4 Ans.(d) Fleece: obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them. Enrich: improve or enhance the quality or value of.
Q.5 Ans.(c) Sibilate: utter with a hissing sound. Exalt: to praise someone very highly.
Q.6 Ans.(b) Denude: strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets. Clothe: to provide or cover someone with things to wear.
Q.7 Ans(a) Aerate means to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through. Miasma means an unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour. Effluvium means an unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge.
Q.8 Ans(d)
Q.9 Ans(b) The alpha and the omega: the beginning and the end Q.10 Ans(c) Throw up the sponge: to give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat.
Q.11 Ans. 1 Penitence(n)- feeling of regret; repentance
Q.12 Ans. 3 Glorious (adj)- excellent, splendid
Q.13 Ans. 2 Implore (v)- to beg urgently, to plead
Q.14 Ans. 3 Prevent(v)- to stop, to avert
Q.15 Ans. 4 Revere(v) - to regard someone with devotion; to show respect
Q.16 Answer: (c)
Q.17 Answer: (c)
'Gather', 'get together', is a better word than 'collect' (v. imperative) here.
Q.18 Answer: (e)
Excesses (n.) means acts going beyond what is regarded as proper or acts excessive in terms of amount or degree. The police's excesses here refer to its extreme violence against the people in custody.
Q.19 Answer: (b)
To quash is to put down or suppress completely.
Q.20 Answer: (c)
To 'insure' oneself is to make an arrangement for the payment of a sum of money to one in the event of loss or injury suffered. 'Ensure' means something different—'to make sure or safe'. One vaccinates oneself to prevent 'diseases'. 'Inoculate' refers to injection of a vaccine as well as a micro-organism, antibody or antigen into the body.
