2002 - WAEC English Past Questions and Answers - page 4
From the words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase as it is used in the sentence.
Adamu inadvertently short his friend dead.
From the words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase as it is used in the sentence.
The students made scathing remarks about the vice chancellor.
From the words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase as it is used in the sentence.
Several cabinet ministers joined the president's retinue for the summit conference.
From the words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase as it is used in the sentence.
The manager refused his deputy's request in reprisal for his disloyalty.
From the words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase as it is used in the sentence.
She spurned the advances of her boss
From the words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase as it is used in the sentence.
Whatever he says is irrevocable
From the words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase as it is used in the sentence.
Lunatics have some lucid moments.
From the words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase as it is used in the sentence.
Don't expect anything but hypocrisy from politicians
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
The secretary needs to run........two hundred copies of the previous minutes for the next meeting
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
Let us keep..............the plans we made earlier.