Fill in the Blanks: Vocabulary and Meaning

XAT 2011 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Hard · Vocabulary

In spite of being perceived as ______ by all, the club members decided to ______ Arun, a skinny teenage with prominent ___________, as the member of the year, so that the whole affair would be __________ to Arun's father who was recuperating after a serious illness.

The option that best fills the blanks in the above sentence would be:

  1. A.

    felon, felicitate, freckles, febrile

  2. B.

    feral, facilitate, feckless, felicific

  3. C.

    federate, facilitate, freckles, feral

  4. D.

    febrile, felicitate, feckless, feral

  5. E.

    feckless, felicitate, freckles, felicific

Answer

E

Explanation

'Feckless' (irresponsible), 'felicitate' (congratulate), 'freckles' (skin spots), and 'felicific' (promoting happiness) fit the context.

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