Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four options. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

This boy is very $$\underline {timid} $$.

Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four options. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

My friend is as $$\underline {stubborn} $$ as a mule.

Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four options. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

His behaviour was deliberately $$\underline {provocative} $$.

Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four options. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

I do not want you to lead a life of $$\underline {sycophancy} $$ as you did during the foreign rule.