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  1. B
    Here, starting with the second blank makes sense. The word has to be similar to shy because of and.

    A Incorrect. Quiet: withdrawn, the sentence requires antonyms not synonyms.
    C Incorrect. Shy and passionate are opposites, thus passionate doesn't fit.
    D. Incorrect. Supercilious means arrogant.
    E. Incorrect. Dynamic is energetic.

  2. A
    Just suppose that the first word must be the opposite of incensed. Incensed means angered. You are looking for a word that means calm or mellow. Unflappable means not upsettable. You’re probably wondering what a person who walks has to do with the second blank. Pedestrian as a noun means a walker, but it can also be an adjective. Pedestrian in this sense means common, everyday, usual, overdone, no longer creative or fresh. If you submit an essay to a teacher and he tells you that you did a pedestrian job, you’ll probably get a ’C’ grade for it.
  3. D
    A statement that is equivocal can have more than one interpretation and thus leave doubt about the speaker’s intentions.

    A, C & E - Sheela's statement would be clear if those statements were righteous, decisive and dogmatic.

  4. A
    A reporter performs his job on a beat; a chef performs his job in a hotel/restaurant.
  5. E
    A fox is known for being craftly (sly and wily). Likewise a well-known characteristic of a mule is that it is stubborn.

    A. Incorrect. Some dogs are huge but being huge is not a mannerism of all dogs.
    B. Incorrect.
    C. Incorrect. being a cat is not a common mannerism of a type of a tiger.
    D. Incorrect. Wolves are not fickle.

  6. E
    A tropical island  is a place of refuge in the middle of the ocean. An Oasis is place of refuge in the middle of the desert.
  7. B
    A group of girls is called a bevy. A group of fish is called a school.
  8. E
    Opprobrious is wicked, dishonorable, having a bad reputation. Something noisome is fetid, unwholesome, having a bad smell. Think of a locker room as being both noisy and noisome.

    A. Incorrect. Tranquil means peaceful.
    B. Incorrect. Succulent is full of good taste.
    C. Incorrect. United means a group, not necessarily a bad group.
    D. Incorrect. Turmoil is uproar, confusion and has nothing to do with twaddle, which is foolish talk, nonsense.

 

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