Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
Even in today's modern society, people _________ god to bring rains.

• A. provoke
• B. evoke
• C. appeal
• D. propitiate
• E. superimpose

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

evoke

Option B: 'Evoke' means 'bring or recall to the conscious mind, call to mind'.

The word completes the sentence in meaning: 'even in today's modern society, people recall god to bring rains'.

Hence option B is correct.

Option A: 'Provoke' means 'deliberately make someone annoyed or angry'.

Option C: 'Appeal' means 'make a serious, urgent, heartfelt request'.

Option D: 'Propitiate' means 'win the favour of (god or a spirit) by doing something that pleases them'.

Option E: 'Superimpose' means 'place or lay over another, typically so that both are evident'.

These words are not the most suitable to the sentence in meaning and relevance.

Hence options A, C, D and E are incorrect.