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Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :
After completing half of the journey, all the travellers could do was trudge along

  • A. walk lazily
  • B. run briskly
  • C. walk and stop intermittently
  • D. walk wearily
  • E. walk with determination
View Answer & Discuss (7) JAMB 1979
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Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :
He got a standing ovation for his speech

  • A. He stood up to receive the applause
  • B. The audience stood up and applauded as he finished his speech
  • C. Both he and the audience stood up at the end of his speech
  • D. He stood up to make the speech
  • E. He was applauded for the speech
View Answer & Discuss (27) JAMB 1979
38

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :

Most of his observations were wide of the mark

  • A. comprehensive
  • B. irrelevant
  • C. pertinent
  • D. came rather late
  • E. unacceptable
View Answer & Discuss (3) JAMB 1979
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Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :
The clerk refused to answer for the mistake made by the manager and his assistants

  • A. to reply to
  • B. to give an answer
  • C. to explain
  • D. to accept responsibility
  • E. to account for
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Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :
Good citizens should take the part of a good government when it is being attacked by the foreign press
  • A. speak in support
  • B. explained the part played
  • C. act like a representative of
  • D. emphasize the progress made by
  • E. outline the virtues of
View Answer & Discuss (7) JAMB 1979
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