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    Question

    In the following sentences, given blanks are to be filled with the appropriate words. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative and mark your answer:

    The year he visited, the river Wye was a sludgy polluted

    stream and ugly iron foundries were ________ its banks.
    A marring Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B aggrandizing Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C rivulet Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D prancing Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Marring – damage, injury, maiming, disfigurement. Aggrandizing – magnifying, glorifying, boasting, boosting. Rivulet – stream, brook, creek, gulley, gully, burn Prancing – dancing, capering, romping, revelling.

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