Verbal Question of the Day: 29
FILL IN THE BLANKS
The following question has a sentence with two blanks. Given below it are four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.
Digital acceleration is the new ethos prevailing amongst medium and large corporations worldwide, and the in demand for digital solutions and services shows no signs of ___ in the near term.
- spurt, intensifying
- surge, abating
- growth, sharpening
- dip, reversing
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Surge means sharp increase.
Abate means decline.
The answer is option 2.
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The answer is 2. To abate means to decrease or subside.
4. is eliminated because if digital acceleration is the new characteristic among corporations, demand for digital solutions cannot dip.
1. and 3. do not fit as they incorporate a paradox- if there has been a spurt or growth in demand, the author wouldn’t mention signs of it intensifying or sharpening again.