Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank:

The foul smell from the ___ of a dog lying in the central park was making it impossible to go for the morning walk.

Match the words in List-I with their meanings in List-II:

List-I (Words)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) Prodigy	(I) one who looks serious or threatening
(B) Theist	(II) attractive and sprightly
(C) Vivacious	(III) a child or person of unusual or remarkable talent
(D) Saturnine	(IV) one who believes in God's existence

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

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Homonyms)
(A) He believes in the ______ of justice.	(I) censor
(B) The ______ board has awarded 'U' certificate to the film.	(II) censure
(C) His unseemly behaviour is open to ______	(III) cannons
(D) The ______ of ancient times are placed near the railway station.	(IV) canons

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Match the words/expressions in List - I with their meanings in List - II.

List - I	List - II
(A) pangs of composition	(I) over enthusiastic
(B) buoyed up by the hope	(II) middlemen
(C) mere brokers	(III) dishonest
(D) unscrupulous	(IV) pain of creativity

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Fill in blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate homonyms given in List-II:

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Homonyms)
(A) I need an _________ to make a hole.	(I) augur
(B) To prevent the entry of the miscreants the doors were _________.	(II) auger
(C) This prediction does not _______ well for the life of the king.	(III) bard
(D) William Shakespeare is the most famous _______.	(IV) barred

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Match the words given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II

LIST-I Words		LIST-II Meanings
A. Loath		I. Tactful
B. Loathe		II. Detest
C. Discreet		III. Separate
D. Discrete		IV. Unwilling

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Fill in the blank by choosing the correct word from the given options:

Some of our cities are full of_____________ looking for work and a better life.