In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Protection of or authority over someone

• Autonomous

• Tutelage

• Nonaligned

• Unaided

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Optimistic in an apparently difficult situation

• Sanguine

• Pallid

• Pessimistic

• Sallow

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Conformity to facts

• Veracity

• Deceit

• Hypothesis

• Theory

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Search for and collect anything usable from discarded waste

• Scavenge

• Disperse

• Dissipate

• Scatter

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Excessively lengthy speech

• Concision

• Verbiage

• Curt

• Succinct

426.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

An ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty.

• Spectacle

• Receptacle

• Sceptre

• Zephyr

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The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed.

• Vigour

• Vulnerability

• Fortitude

• Clout

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

A solemn promise or undertaking

• Pledge

• Deceit

• Myth

• Perjury

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Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.

• Heckle

• Soothe

• Allay

• Dulcify

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Not being what it purports to be

• Legitimate

• Palpable

• Evident

• Spurious