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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The new religious leader hands out an olives branch.
  • A. sues for peace
  • B. gives out branches of the olive tree
  • C. challenges his opponents to a fight
  • D. blesses his congregation
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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
Though a brilliant student, Binta lost her tongue when she was asked to give the vote of thanks at the end of the Governor's visit to her school.
  • A. became dumb
  • B. became deaf and dumb
  • C. said nothing because she was shy
  • D. forgot her native language
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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The accounts clerk was jailed because he cooked the books

  • A. set fire to the account books
  • B. sold the books in his office to get money for food
  • C. falsified the accounts to his advantage
  • D. destroyed the accounts books by cooking them
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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The task was herculean
  • A. irregular
  • B. related to Hercules
  • C. stimulating
  • D. demanding
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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The story is rather hard to believe

  • A. incredulous
  • B. incredible
  • C. superstitious
  • D. untenable
View Answer & Discuss (13) JAMB 1986
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