Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in capital letters:

AMELIORATE

Direction: In the following questions out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
YEARN 

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
CONDEMN

Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.

POIGNANT

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in capital letters:

APPORTIONMENT

The INDICT

Obstacles mean-

CORPULENT