Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 2012
Question 21
Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.
Okibe was rusticated for his derogatory remark about the principal
- A. complimentary
- B. unsavoury
- C. unwarranted
- D. lack lustre
Question 22
Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.
Some men will continue to cause offenses until they are given a taste of their own medicine
- A. placated
- B. revenged on
- C. recompense for
- D. cured
Question 23
Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.
Mariam looks rather furtive to Shehu
- A. intoxicated
- B. unfriendly
- C. sad
- D. sly
Question 24
Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.
Every human being is vulnerable to communicable diseases.
- A. liable
- B. lifted
- C. immuned
- D. close
Question 25
Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.
During a particular time of the day, the road shimmers in the heat
- A. darkens
- B. lightens
- C. shines
- D. beams
