Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word, followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that is an improvement of the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The office memorandum directed personnel to minimise their consumption of office stationery by up to twenty percent.
reduce
The correct word is "reduce", meaning to make something smaller or less. "Supervise" means to oversee, "surmise" means to guess, and "lower" means to bring something down, but "reduce" is the most fitting word in this context.
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The candidates went through an intensive instruction process before their absorption into the service.
The scurrilous remarks in the article were met with great joy by the leadership of the company.
The announcement of an unexpected bonus led to great tumult among the staff.
His inappropriate behaviour earned plaudits from his colleagues.
Amongst them all, she was the only one with the perquisite to understand the complexity of the situation.
Important Questions from Correct Usage of Word
Select the segment in which a word has been INCORRECTLY used.
Is the Abominable Snowman a friction of the mountaineers’ imagination?The officer under suspension felt intimated by the committee members during his interrogation regarding the allegations against him.
Amongst them all, she was the only one with the perquisite to understand the complexity of the situation.
At the official function organised for the attending dignitaries, guests arrived in scrumptious attire for the banquet.
The lake atop the mountain has always been the lyre for intrepid hikers.
