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Book's First PageCLOZE TEST Passage-I MEANING OF WORDS/PHRASES MEANING OF WORDS/PHRASES We are (1056) in a time of great (1) nativity (N.) : birth, especially and (1057)changes. The most obvious (1) panoramic (Adj.) : presenting all the different aspects/stages the place, conditions, or circum- (1058) of the modern world is the stances of being born (1059) development of science and of a particular subject, event, etc. (2) familial (Adj.) : relating to/of a technology. This has given man a deep- family er (1060) of nature. (2) histrionic (Adj.) : of/relating to 1056.(1) existing (2) living (3) proposition (N.) : a task to be actors/acting dealt with (3) surviving (4) alive (3) omnipotent (Adj.) : having un- (4) purport (V.) : propose/intend 1057. (1) convenient limited power (5) susceptibility (N.) : the state (2) continuing (4) explicit (Adj.) : clear and easy of being easily affected (3) coveted (4) consequent to understand (6) sustenance (N.) : the process 1058.(1) part (2) side (5) veracity (N.) : unwillingness to of making something continue (3) feature (4) nature tell lies to exist 1059.(1) magnanimous (7) harness (N.) : supporting gear (2) erratic (3) rapid (6) soporific (Adj.) : inducing men- (8) garter (N.) : a band, usually (4) inconsistent tal lethargy made of elastic, that is worn 1060.(1) understanding (7) vivid (Adj.) : producing very around the leg to keep up a (2) control (3) management clear pictures in your mind sock/stocking (4) questioning (9) defiled (V.) : spot, stain, or pol- (8) perpetrator (N.) : a person who Passage-II lute commits a crime/does some- War and Peace, an epic historical (10) descanted (V.) : talk at great thing that is wrong/evil novel by Leo Tolstoy, was (1061) pub- length about something of one’s lished as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This (9) inordinate (Adj.) : beyond nor- interest (1062) study of early 19th century mal limits (11) decried (V.) : express strong Russian society, noted for its (1063) (10) subordinate (Adj.) : lower in approval of of realistic detail and variety of psy- importance (12) exhorted (V.) : to try hard to chological (1064) is generally regard- (11) audacious (Adj.) : willing to persuade somebody to do some- ed as one of the world’s greatest nov- take risks/to do something thing els. War and Peace is (1065) con- shocking (13) exhumed (V.) : dig up cerned with the histories of five aris- tocratic families, the members of which (12) appropriation (N.) : the act of 1071.(1) denied (2) designed are (1066) against the (1067) back- taking something that belongs (3) defined (4) derived ground of Russian social life during to somebody else, especially 1072.(1) profession (2) purpose the war against Napoleon. The (1068) without permission (3) proposition (4) purport of war, however, is (1069)to the story (13) dogma (N.) : a doctrine/code of family existence which involves Tol- 1073.(1) extended (2) extrapolated of beliefs accepted as authori- (3) excessive (4) extensive stoy’s optimistic belief in the life-as- tative 1074.(1) susceptibility (2) subtraction serting (1070) of human existence. 1061.(1) basically (2) wilfully (3) sustenance (4) suspension Passage-III (3) originally (4) faithfully 1075.(1) structure (2) frame 1062.(1) panoramic (2) histrionic The nation has been (1071) as a (3) harness (4) garter (3) omnipotent (4) explicit relatively extensive, territorial relation 1076.(1) defiled (2) descanted of nativity. We have further formulat- (3) decried (4) described 1063.(1) energy (2) veracity ed the (1072) of the nation as a terri- (3) suitability (4) mastery 1077.(1) extended (2) exhibited torially (1073), yet bounded, social 1064.(1) criticism (2) analysis (3) exhorted (4) exhumed relation for the generation, transmis- (3) instances (4) depth 1078.(1) family (2) bonding sion, and (1074) of life. When the na- 1065.(1) importantly (2) primarily (3) kinship (4) acquaintance tion is a national state, it is also a (3) heavily (4) connectively 1079.(1) enquire (2) esquire (1075) for the protection of life. The 1066.(1) portrayed (2) displayed (3) retire (4) require nation is often (1076) by the metaphor (3) treated (4) based of familial relations and, indeed, has 1080.(1) situation (2) enclaves 1067.(1) soporific (2) merciful sometimes been considered as some (3) relationship(4) chain (3) vivid (4) hardened kind of (1077) family. This is under- Directions (1081–1105) : In each 1068.(1) case (2) prisoner standable because both the nation and of the following passages there are (3) perpetrator (4) theme the family are relations of (1078). None- blanks, each of which has been num- 1069.(1) inordinate (2) subordinate theless, there is an important difference, bered. Choose the correct word from (3) audacious (4) judicious and to understand this will (1079) a the given options which fits the blank 1070.(1) pattern (2) appropriation more detailed examination of the (1080) appropriately. (3) dogma (4) suitability between territory and bonding. (SSC CGL Tier-II (CBE) Exam. 01.12.2016) SEE–890