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Answer: (c)

To 'soar' is to rise or glide high with little effort or visible motion. Levels of inflation and prices are said to 'soar'. Raise, a transitive verb, means 'to increase or set upright'. It is not applicable here.

Answer: (b)

To be 'keen on something' is to be enthusiastic about it. 'Insistent' carries the meaning of 'emphatic' or 'persistent'. 'Fond', though a lighter word, can be used but then it should be followed by 'of' (not 'on'). Likewise, one is 'anxious' ('earnestly desirous or eager') 'about' something or someone.

Answer: (b)

All the options have a similar meaning. 'Grandiloquent', meaning 'lofty in tone and pompous or bombastic, is a word that is specifically used for speeches'. 'Bombastic' too is applied for speech, writing; it means 'flowery' or 'pretentious'. 'Verbose' is 'that characterised by use of too many words'. 'Grandiose' means 'affectedly grand'.

Answer: (c)

All the given options refer to an increase or addition of some kind. 'Expansion' has to do with increase in extent, size, scope or volume. It is particularly used for increase in economic and industrial activity, as opposed to 'contraction'. 'Enlargement' is increase in extent, bulk or quantity. 'Extension' involves stretching or drawing out. 'Enhancement' is concerned with raising to a higher degree or intensifying.

Answer: (c)

'Specious' arguments are arguments that seem right but are not genuine. 'Spurious' means straightaway not genuine or counterfeit ( spurious drugs). 'Intemperate' refers to excessive indulgence or unrestrained.