CUET English - 'The candidate assured the interviewers that the dip in her grades during her second semester was an ________ since she had always been a top scorer in the first semester.' | PYQs + Solutions

CUET English

Vocabulary

Hard

anomaly

allay

adage

abatement

✅ Correct Option: 1

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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:

The Dracula films are full of ______ scenes which find resonance with the audience who are fond of blood-chilling sequences.

3 June Shift 1

Complete the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate homonyms from List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Homonyms)
(A) The wind blew so strongly that the weather _______ on the rooftop spun rapidly.	(I) vain
(B) She has a personal _________ in the success of the play.	(II) steak
(C) Her ______ efforts to fix the broken device only ended up frustrating her.	(III) vane
(D) The conversation sizzled like a ____ on the grill: heated and rich with unspoken tension.	(IV) stake

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

23 May Shift 2

Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in the given sentence:

Due to peer pressure, children are spending ______ amount on branded clothes.

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