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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 (67) JAMB 1978
2

Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:

When a man is immune to an illness, he is

  • A. opposed to it
  • B. attached to it
  • C. hated by it
  • D. protected against it
  • E. addicted to it
View Answer & Discuss (5) JAMB 1980
3

Choose the word or phrase from the option A-E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
The minister hit on a plan to retain his post after many months of lobbying

  • A. beat a plan
  • B. drew up a plan
  • C. discovered a plan
  • D. selected a plan
  • E. designed a plan
View Answer & Discuss (3) JAMB 1982
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4

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
The ingenious scheme of the robber broke down because of the efficiency of the police officer.

  • A. suspicious
  • B. ambitious
  • C. deceitful
  • D. clever
  • E. stupid
View Answer & Discuss (2) JAMB 1983
5

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Thousands of students are candidates for the examination but only very few pass

  • A. come into
  • B. call for
  • C. go into
  • D. enter for
  • E. turn up for
View Answer & Discuss (11) JAMB 1984
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