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Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Direction for questions 84 and 85: In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
Although professor Janki Devi was quite prominent in her field, she wore an air of ______ while lecturing her students.

A
unanimity
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sanction
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C
modesty
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D
parsimony
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Solution

The correct option is C modesty
Although is the clue word. Option (1) may have confused you if you mistook unanimity with anonymity. This is an example of 2 words that are similar in appearance and enunciation, but vastly different in meaning.

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