The parliamentary session degenerated into ____ with politicians hurling ____ at each other and refusing to come to order.
A. mayhem – banter
B. disarray – pleasantries
C. tranquillity – invectives
D. chaos – aphorisms
E. anarchy – insults
First of all, we can eliminate (C), since it would make no sense for something to “degenerate into tranquillity.” The other four options could work though. We need to go to the second set of words to figure out the answer. We know the politicians are hurling something negative at each other; “hurl” is always used in this sense. You would not talk about “hurling a compliment” at someone. “Banter” is lighthearted in nature, so we can also rule out (A). “Pleasantries” will obviously not work; (B) is out. “Aphorisms” are short, pithy statements (the kind that Benjamin Franklin was famous for). That won’t work. We are left with (E). The answer is (E).
source: majortests.com
