Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The team entered the competition with great confidence after getting sound advice from their coach.

A. sensible.

B. tentative.

C. audible.

D. sensitive.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

You will need a sound understanding of basic teaching skills if you want to enter the classroom with great confidence

A. defensive 

B. inadequate 

C. thorough 

D. sufficient

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

You will need a sound understanding of basic teaching skills if you want to enter the classroom with great confidence

A. defensive

B. inadequate

C. thorough

D. sufficient 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The team wasn’t playing well, so the coach took the bull by the horns and sacked several senior players.

A. made the right decision

B. made a bold decision

C. made a final decision

D. made the wrong decision

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The team tried for many years to win the competition and they finally brought it off.

A. required to do something

B. failed in doing something

C. succeeded in doing something

D. happened to do something

* Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

By any sensible logic, fighting terrorism with war is only counter-productive and in the long run only adds fuel to the fire.

A. improve

B. ameliorate

C. recover

D. exacerbate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The students have to sift through all the journals in the library to find the information their professor want them to find.

A. sort and select from

B. immaculately tidy up 

C. read carefully

D. go over

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

After a great deal of questioning, he decided to come clean and tell the truth.

A. admit

B. confess

C. agree

D. deny

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

Our team must develop a new strategy in order to deal with the serious problem

A. expand 

B. grow 

C. arise 

D. invent