Question of the Day #3
I should not have ……. to talk in such a ……. strain especially when I had not studied the man to whom I was talking.
A. daring, commanding
B. tried, bold
C. ventured, peremptory
D. emboldened, reckless
Answer: ventured, peremptory
Option (C) is the correct answer because if someone talks in a ‘peremptory’ or ‘commanding’ manner without studying the person who is commanded, one ventures into it or does something risky.
Option (A) is incorrect because one cannot ‘have daring to do something’ as the phrase is grammatically incorrect
Option (B) is incorrect because one is unlikely to ‘try’ to talk to someone in a bold strain because the act of trying to talk to someone has a connotation of hesitation while when one is talking to someone in a bold strain, one does not hesitate. So, the phrases ‘try to talk’ and ‘bold strain’ do not go together.
Option (D) is incorrect because one is ’emboldened’ (made confident) by someone/something not to something.
