1. The word euphemism means -----

stating one thing like another

description of a disagreeable thing by an agreeable name

contrast of words is made in the same sentence

a statement is mademphatic by overstatement.

2. The word ' dilly dally' means ---

to dilute

wait impatientiy

repeat

waste time

3. Anger, even when it is --- has one virtue, it overcomes ---

sinful --- sloth

inevitable ---- desire

unnecessary --- malice

intense --- hate

4. Few people would care to take the negative side of the proposition that the women of the world are --- and ---.

admired --- provoked

oppressed --- scorbed

rebuked --- regaled

slighted --- celebrated

5. the influence of the technological revolution in ---- and ---- the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few should worry us all.

proliferating ---- diminidhing

undermining ---- neutralizing

accelerating ---- intensifying

aggravating ---- demolishing

6. he stopped his car -- when the light turned red.

abruptly

equitably

ambiguously

incisively

7. if a substance is cohesive, it tends to ---

retain heat

bend without much difficulty

stick together

break easily

8. According to the conditions of my scholarship, after finishing my degree---

my education will be employed by the university

employment will be given to me by the univsersity

the unversity will employ me

i will be be employed of the university

9. The intellectual can no longer be said to live -- the margine of society .

against

beyond

inside

before

10. an intensive search was conducted by the detective to locate those criminals who ---

have had escaped

had escaped

are escaping

have been escaping