Fill in the Blanks - Confusing Words
XAT 2010 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Medium · Verbal Ability
The boss called to inform that he _________ be coming to office that day. However the employees did not take it easy as they know it was his _________ to give them a surprise by coming in and checking who was at work. Any employee, once caught not working, would then be required to _________ on the reasons for not working and if the boss was not satisfied the employee had to work on Sunday to __________ the wrong.
The option that best fills the blanks in the above paragraph would be:
- A.
won't, wont, expatiate, expiate
- B.
won't, wont, expiate, expatiate
- C.
wont, won't, expatiate, expiate
- D.
won't, wont, expatriate, expiate
- E.
wont, won't, expatriate, expatiate
A
Explanation
Blank 1: 'won't' (will not). Blank 2: 'wont' (habit/custom). Blank 3: 'expatiate' (speak/write in detail). Blank 4: 'expiate' (atone for/make amends).
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