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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
View Answer & Discuss (4) JAMB 1986
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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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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
It is advisable to administer the test in the morning when students are fresh
  • A. perform
  • B. set
  • C. undertake
  • D. give
View Answer & Discuss (4) JAMB 1986
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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
He broke his mallet ostensibly trying to maintain order although he was actually enjoying the commotion.
  • A. apparently
  • B. carelessly
  • C. angerily
  • D. accidentally
View Answer & Discuss (5) JAMB 1986
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