Vocabulary Fill in the Blanks

XAT 2018 · VALR · Hard · Vocabulary

Carefully read the following statement:

Though he thought of himself as a/an ______ person, his boss's abusive behaviour made him talk back. However, as he engaged in a/an _______ with his boss, all he got in response was a/an _______, which only filled him with _____

Fill in the blanks meaningfully, in the above statement, from the following options:

  1. A.

    nonchalant, remonstration, philippic, ennui

  2. B.

    insouciant, philippic, remonstration, ennui

  3. C.

    philippic, remonstration, ennui, insouciance

  4. D.

    ennui, philippic, insouciance, remonstration

  5. E.

    nonchalant, ennui, philippic, remonstration

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