1. We have criticized our university students for preferring the security of political silence. and the safety of ...... to the excitement of social ...... and humanitarian action.

2. Though this is undoubtedly the greatest dictionary ever ...... , it is designed for scholars and research workers rather than for the ...... dictionary user.

3. This partly explains how the Mehta family has been able to ...... its lavish lifestyle in recent times, despite the fact that all its assets have been ......

4. Let us ...... with due ...... that ancient India was more civilised than modem India with its satellites in space.

5. He is so ...... that everyone is always ...... to help him in his work.

6. He is bound to succeed because his ...... nature will not permit him to ......

7. A hobby is an activity of interest ...... for pleasure. It helps to break the monotony and tedium of our ...... routine.

8. She was ...... because all her plans had gone ......

9. He warned the workers against supporting these anti-social policies, which he declared would ...... rather than ...... the plight of the common people.

10. He is usually ...... , but today he appears rather ......