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These are the main points of the preceding paragraph.

• following

• previous

• first

• last

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His timidity proved costly.

• arrogance

• boldness

• skilfulness

• cunning

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He hates these continual arguments with his friend.

• repeated

• irrational

• occasional

• regular

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I was deeply affected by his urbane behaviour.

• rural

• rude

• irrational

• indifferent

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He made a shrewd guess.

• clever

• wild

• incorrect

• discriminating

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He was engrossed in his work when I walked in.

• occupied

• inattentive

• engaged

• absent

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He is suffering from a severe cough.

• violent

• mild

• bad

• continuous

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He was conspicuous because of his colourful shirt.

• charming

• ugly

• small

• unnoticeable

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Arrangements were made to handle the mammoth gathering tactfully.

• significant

• small

• unruly

• noisy

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Cumulatively, the effect of these drugs is quite bad.

• Individually

• Obviously

• Clearly

• Collectively