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Answer: (d)

'Gruesome' means 'horrible' or 'macabre'.

Answer: (b)

Don't be in a hurry to choose (d)—'develop'; there is an 'on' after the blank that does not go with 'develop' in this sentence.

Answer: (d)

The given words not only sound similar but can be seen as synonyms or antonyms. 'Resist' means 'withstand action' or 'effect of'. 'Desist' has a similar meaning, i.e., 'abstaining from continuing action'. 'Persist' and 'insist' have the opposite sense: the former means 'continuing firmly in opinion, action, etc.', and the latter, 'maintaining positively or emphatically'.

The key here is to note the preposition that follows each of the words. It is always 'resist from' or simply 'resist', as in resist arrest.

One 'desists from' a certain action. One 'insists upon' , or 'insists on' something. 'Persists' is followed by the preposition 'in'.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

'Momentary' (adj.) means 'lasting only a moment' or 'short-lived' but 'momentous' is something totally different. 'Momentous' (adj.) is 'having great importance'.

'Mordant' (adj.) is 'caustic' or 'biting', such as criticism, and 'monotonous' is 'lacking in variety or boring', as monotonous sounds, monotonous days, monotonous life, etc.