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1

Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;
The bill has to wait as we are now insolvent

  • A. overworked
  • B. bankrupt
  • C. unsettled
  • D. insoluble
  • E. affluent
View Answer & Discuss (70) JAMB 1978
2

Substitute for the underlined word in the following sentence the word that most closely expresses the opposite meaning:
The plaintiff made very cogent submissions to the trial judge

  • A. bailiff
  • B. prosecutor
  • C. lawyer
  • D. defendant
  • E. accused
View Answer & Discuss (13) JAMB 1978
3

Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:
I can walk that distance and have done so many times

  • A. I am used to walk that distance
  • B. I used to walk that distance
  • C. I used to walking that distance
  • D. I am used to walking that distance
  • E. I will walk that distance
View Answer & Discuss (12) JAMB 1978
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4

Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:
For all he cared, his parent might have been dead for years

  • A. although concern about his parent,he had been unable to find out if they were alive
  • B. He cared for no one except his parents, and it was possible that they had died long before
  • C. he did not care whether his parents were alive or had died long before
  • D. He was concerned about everyone not just his parents, who might have died long before
  • E. He cared very much for his parents even though they were dead
View Answer & Discuss (15) JAMB 1978
5

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined statement or words:
Had she asked me earlier, I might have been able to employ him

  • A. I employed her
  • B. I did not employ him
  • C. I did not employ her
  • D. I employed him
  • E. I employed neither of the two
View Answer & Discuss (2) JAMB 1979
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