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The correct answer is Flamboyant

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the answer:
• Flamboyant: tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness
• The sentence talks about a person's pink dress at an event that was very eye-catching and was talked about by everyone.
• For an outfit to be the center of attention in a way that it is talked about for days, usually means that it is extremely grand.

Hence, the correct answer is Flamboyant

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Let's look at the meanings of the other words:

The correct answer is Flabbergasted

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the answer:
• Flabbergasted: greatly surprised or astonished
• The sentence talks about how a group of actors were left feeling a certain way because of the way the set of their movie was realistic and very scary.
• An appearance of something scary or horrifying (especially when it is unexpected) is likely to leave a person surprised and astonished.

Thus, the correct answer is Flabbergasted. 

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Let's look at the meaning of the other words:

The correct answer is Laconic

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the answer:
• Laconic: using or involving the use of a minimum of words
• The sentence talks about someone's reply showing their disinterest in the topic at hand.
• In general, it can be assumed that if a person is interested in a topic and is excited by it, they would talk a lot about it.

Thus, the correct answer is Laconic. 

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Let's look at the meaning of the other words:

The correct answer is voracious.

Key Points

Let us look at the meaning of the correct word:

• Voracious- engaging in an activity with great eagerness or enthusiasm
• The word voracious fits here perfectly as it describes the individuals’ enthusiasm for reading.
• Therefore, the only word that can make the sentence contextually and grammatically correct is voracious.

The sentence is: He was described as a voracious reader who adored classics like “Crime and Punishment” and the Harry Potter series.

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Let us look at the meanings of the other options:

• Veracious: speaking or representing the truth
• Vociferous: expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful
• Copious: abundant in supply or quantity
• Discordant: disagreeing or incongruous

The correct answer is tantamount.

Key Points

Let us look at the meaning of the correct word:

• Tantamount- equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as
• The word tantamount fits perfectly as it draws an equivalent comparison between ‘the misery that could be avoided and genocide’.
• Therefore, the only word that can make the sentence contextually and grammatically correct is tantamount.

The sentence is: The heartache of knowing that a great deal of this misery could have been avoided is tantamount to our own genocide.

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Let us look at the meanings of the other options:

• Paramount: more important than anything else; supreme
• Contentious: causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial
• Perfunctory: (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort
• Disparate: being not of the same kind
• Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group; elimination

The correct answer is C.

Key Points

From the above lines, we observe that

• The para talks about simulated laughter, laughing without experiencing a funny event.
• Statement C is talking about incorporating simulated laughter into our life style after explaining its importance in the previous statements.
• Hence, the correct sequence is EADBC.
• Hence, the fifth statement is C.

Hence, the correct answer is C*.*

Additional Information

Following tips may be useful while solving para jumbles:

• The first step is to identify the purpose of the paragraph or the extract.
• Look for the Keywords / Indicators.
• Form Mandatory Pairs.
• Use Time Sequencing.
• Take the help of Nouns, Pronouns, and Antecedents.

The correct answer is E.

Key Points

From the above lines, we observe that

• The para talks about simulated laughter, laughing without experiencing a funny event.
• All statements except E talks about the importance of simulated laughter.
• Statement E introduces the idea of simulated laughter.
• Thus E is a generalized statement whereas others are particular statements.
• Hence, logically statement E takes precedence over other statements to be the introducing statement
• Hence, the correct sequence is EADBC.
• Hence, the first statement is E.

Hence, the correct answer is E*.*

Additional Information

Following tips may be useful while solving para jumbles:

• The first step is to identify the purpose of the paragraph or the extract.
• Look for the Keywords / Indicators.
• Form Mandatory Pairs.
• Use Time Sequencing.
• Take the help of Nouns, Pronouns, and Antecedents.

The correct answer is D.

Key Points

From the above lines, we observe that

• The para talks about simulated laughter, laughing without experiencing a funny event.
• Statement D talks about a study made by a Georgia State University followed by the importance of simulated laughter.
• As statement D talks bout mental health and aerobic endurance, it will come right after statement A.
• Statement A is talking about making the exercise better.
• Hence, the correct sequence is EADBC.
• Hence, the third statement is D.

Hence, the correct answer is D*.*

Additional Information

Following tips may be useful while solving para jumbles:

• The first step is to identify the purpose of the paragraph or the extract.
• Look for the Keywords / Indicators.
• Form Mandatory Pairs.
• Use Time Sequencing.
• Take the help of Nouns, Pronouns, and Antecedents.

The correct answer is A.

Key Points

From the above lines, we observe that

• The para talks about simulated laughter, laughing without experiencing a funny event.
• Statement A talks about how simulated laughter can make your daily exercise more fun and productive.
• Thus A is a particular statement that will be coming after the introducing statement.
• Hence, the correct sequence is EADBC.
• Hence, the second statement is A.

Hence, the correct answer is A*.*

Additional Information

Following tips may be useful while solving para jumbles:

• The first step is to identify the purpose of the paragraph or the extract.
• Look for the Keywords / Indicators.
• Form Mandatory Pairs.
• Use Time Sequencing.
• Take the help of Nouns, Pronouns, and Antecedents.

The correct answer is B.

Key Points

From the above lines, we observe that

• The para talks about simulated laughter, laughing without experiencing a funny event.
• As statement D is talking about the study and benefits of simulated laughter.
• Statement B is a complementary statement with is supporting the previous statement D.
• Hence, the correct sequence is EADBC.
• Hence, the fourth statement is B.

Hence, the correct answer is B*.*

Additional Information

Following tips may be useful while solving para jumbles:

• The first step is to identify the purpose of the paragraph or the extract.
• Look for the Keywords / Indicators.
• Form Mandatory Pairs.
• Use Time Sequencing.
• Take the help of Nouns, Pronouns, and Antecedents.