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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The driver, on seeing the traffic warden, was hesitant to start the engine.
  • A. slow
  • B. unable
  • C. anxious
  • D. reluctant
View Answer & Discuss (1) JAMB 1986
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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
He likes to call attention to unimportant matters

  • A. dubious
  • B. incidental
  • C. trivial
  • D. simple
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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The speaker took his audience down memory lane before he went to the topic of his lecture
  • A. Took his audience on a journey through a street called memory lane
  • B. recalled events from the past
  • C. told a tale about a place called memory lane
  • D. gave an outline of his lecture
View Answer & Discuss JAMB 1986
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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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