Industrious: Characterized by hard work and perseverance

Prompt: Give an incentive for action

Fruitful: Give an incentive for action

Diligent: Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks

Practical: from that fact, reason or as a result

Hence, option C is the correct answer.

Serene: Not agitated; without losing self-possession

Splendid: Having great beauty and splendour

Superb: Of surpassing excellence

Showy: Marked by ostentation but often tasteless

Stressed: Suffering severe physical strain or distress

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Let’s understand the meaning of the given words:

Handy: Easy to use

Funny: Arousing or provoking laughter

Convenient: Suited to your comfort, purpose or needs

Nice: Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

Easy: Posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

Hence, option B is the correct answer.

Let’s understand the meaning of the given words:

Malevolent: Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred

Well-mannered: Of good upbringing

Positive: Characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

Kind: Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

Cruel: able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

Hence, option C is the correct answer.

The meanings of the words are:

• Distant: far away in space or time.

For example, she could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.

• Beyond: at or to the further side of.

• Close: only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

For example, the hotel is close to the sea.

• Remote: (of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant.

• Far: at, to, or by a great distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing is distant from another).

Hence, option B is the correct answer.

The meanings of the words are:

• Riddle: a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning.

For example, they started asking riddles and telling jokes.

• Puzzle: a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.

For example, those who solve this puzzle in the shortest time are eligible for awards.

• Response: a verbal or written answer.

• Game: an activity that one engages in for amusement or fun.

• Reaction: something done, felt, or thought in response to a situation or event.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.

Let’s understand the meaning of the given words:

Latent: Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

Forbidding: Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

Obvious: Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

Hidden: Not accessible to view

Artificial: Contrived by art rather than nature

Hence, option B is the correct answer.

The meanings of the words are:

• Implicit: suggested though not directly expressed.

For example, I have implicit faith in your abilities.

• Tacit: understood or implied without being stated.

For example, The deal had the tacit approval of the President.

• Unclear: not easy to see, hear, or understand.

• Honest: free of deceit; truthful and sincere.

• Unheard: not heard or listened to.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.

Let’s understand the meaning of the given words:

Nomadic: Having no fixed home; changing location regularly as required for work or food

Wild: Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

Barbaric: Without civilizing influences

Brave: Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

Roving: Having no fixed home; changing location regularly as required for work or

food

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

The meanings of the words are:

• Expand: become or make larger or more extensive.

For example, their business expanded into other hotels.

• Collect: bring or gather together (a number of things).

• Deposit: a sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.

• Express: convey (a thought or feeling) in words or by gestures and conduct.

• Contract: decrease in size, number, or range.

For example, glass contracts as it cools.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.