Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The presence of the captain makes the sailors ill at ease

A. uncomfortable

B. sickly

C. impatient

D. easily ill

The press described the efforts of the government in pejorative terms

A. critical

B. contemptible

C. palpable

D. superlative

Okonkwo manages his household with a heavy hand

A. like a powerful dictator

B. using the cane on every occasion

C. without tolerating weakness

D. like a heavyweight champion

The school's badge is the insignia? of office for all the perfects in the school

A. power

B. symbol

C. seal

D. recognition

Ibro shows enough liberality with his meagre income

A. generousity

B. frugality

C. prodigality

D. insensitivity

It is a misnomer to call three thousand naira a living wage

A. an incontrovertible assertion

B. an appropriate term

C. a wrong description

D. a mishmash

His plans boomeranged on him

A. bounced

B. fell

C. catapulted

D. backfired

The manager's knowledge of the strike is of the utmost importance?

A. standard

B. genuine

C. paramount

D. basic

There has been a downturn in the affairs of the company

A. a massive increase

B. a turn-around

C. little progress

D. a decline

The mottled skin of a person with HIV indicates an advanced stage of its development

A. brown

B. spotted

C. scaly

D. pimply