Direction: Each of the following sentences is followed by four words or group of words. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word or group of words.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn's works will be _______________ by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system.
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- rejected
- skimmed
- compiled
- perused
Correct Option: D
Peruse means to read. A perusal (reading) of “Solzhenitsyn’s works” will “bring home to him” (make him understand) the truth about “Freedom” in Russia — that freedom is only nominal; it is, in fact, “restrictive”. Note that Russia here is a part of the USSR, not the post-1991 Russia. (c) gives the sense of reading hurriedly”.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Alexander Solzhepitsyn’s works will be perused by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system.
