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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
Writing for newspaper is exciting and lucrative especially when one is a freelance journalist
  • A. a forthright
  • B. an eloquent
  • C. an unattached
  • D. a political
  • E. a convincing
View Answer & Discuss (5) JAMB 1980
187
Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
He has never been a good mediator, even in minor family disputes, because in most cases his views are always jaundiced
  • A. coloured
  • B. sick
  • C. suspicious
  • D. unscrupulous
  • E. prejudiced
View Answer & Discuss (6) JAMB 1980
188
Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
After the wife had covered her misdeeds by prevaricating on several occasions, the poor husband accused her point blank of adultery
  • A. bluntly
  • B. pointedly
  • C. emphatically
  • D. unreservedly
  • E. unmistakingly
View Answer & Discuss (9) JAMB 1980
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Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
The vote of thanks which was elaborately moved by the social secretary did not ring true particularly as the fund raising had been a big failure
  • A. was all lies
  • B. was not honest
  • C. was inaudible
  • D. was not genuine
  • E. was distorted
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190

Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:
I listened with rapt attention as he never suspected that i knew he was telling me a cock and bull story

  • A. a story about a cock
  • B. a story about bull
  • C. an incredible story
  • D. an interesting
  • E. an eye witness story
View Answer & Discuss (19) JAMB 1980
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