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Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word.

The critic dismissed the novel as _________ and dull.

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SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper (21-Nov-2025) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

jejune

The blank needs the correctly spelt word meaning naive, dull or lacking substance, fitting 'as _____ and dull'.

The intended word is 'jejune', an adjective meaning insipid, immature or intellectually unsatisfying, which suits a novel a critic dismisses.

Its correct spelling is j-e-j-u-n-e, ending in the letters '-une'.

Option 2, 'jejuen', and option 4, 'jejeun', both scramble the final letters, wrongly ordering the 'u', 'n' and 'e'.

Option 3, 'jejoon', replaces the correct '-une' ending with '-oon', which is not how the word is written.

Only option 1 preserves the ending '-une' after 'jej', so it alone is spelt correctly.

Hence the correctly spelt word is jejune.

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