Select the correct option: While the proposal appeared pragmatic on paper, its implementation proved ____ complicated than expected.
more
The structure "____ complicated than expected" demands a comparative form. Only more and less are comparatives.
The contrast set up by "While… pragmatic on paper" signals that reality was harder than anticipated, so the implementation was more complicated, not less.
Much and rather do not take "than" in this construction.
Hence, the correct answer is more.
Choose the correct semantic fit:
The intervention was seen as a ____ to escalating tensions.
Fill in the blank with the right phrasal verb:
The investigation was ____ after new evidence emerged.
Fill in the blank with the correct option:
He spoke so ____ that the audience was mesmerized.
Select the correct option:
The reforms, while ostensibly motivated by economic exigencies, were in effect a veiled attempt to ____ dissent under the guise of austerity.
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the word that best completes the sentence.
At times he gets very angry, and then no one can_______ him.
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response accordingly.
Many people today have fallen into utter confusion of values with the result that they cannot______ the good from the bad.
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response accordingly
If Mohan________ at 5 a.m., he would not have missed the train.
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response accordingly.
His property was divided ______ his daughters and sons.
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response accordingly
His persistence in his misdemeanours has lowered him in the________ of everyone who knows him.