Question
In this section you find a number of sentences, parts of
which are underlined. You may also find only a group of words which is underlined. For each underlined part, four words/phrases are listed below. Choose the word/phrase nearest in meaning to the bold part. If she continues to spend her time in such a frivolous manner, she will fail in her examinations.Solution
Frivolous means behaving in a silly way and not taking anything seriously. Frightful means very unpleasant, serious, or shocking. Leisurely used to describe an action that is done in a relaxed way, without hurrying. Calculated means (of an action) done with full awareness of the likely consequences.
After all the media attention, the event turned out to be a damp squib and very few people attended it.
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