Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
His only (1)_____ was that he had no rifle. While running away from the village below, he had forgotten the rifle in a hurry. An unpardonable (2)_____, but it was now too late to make amends for it. (3)_____ he had the rifle, his pursuers would not have dared follow him with such brazen confidence. He would have hidden behind a rock and waited for them. As they came within his rifle's range, he would have picked them off one by one. But now he could do (4)_____ about it. He was unarmed. But come what may, he must (5)_____ of their rifle's range.
Question
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: lapse
Option 2: yearn
Option 3: reward
Option 4: crime
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Correct Answer: lapse
Solution : The correct choice is the first option .
Lapse means a temporary failure, and it helps convey the intended meaning that an unpardonable failure has occurred for which it was too late to make amends.
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