Direction: MEANING OF WORDS/PHRASES
panoramic (Adj.) : presenting all the different aspects/stages of a particular subject, event,
etc.
histrionic (Adj.) : of/relating to actors/acting
omnipotent (Adj.) : having unlimited power
explicit (Adj.) : clear and easy to understand
(5) veracity (N.) : unwillingness to tell lies
(6) soporific (Adj.) : inducing mental lethargy
(7) vivid (Adj.) : producing very clear pictures in your mind
(8) perpetrator (N.) : a person who commits a crime/does something that is wrong/evil
(9) inordinate (Adj.) : beyond normal limits
(10) subordinate (Adj.) : lower in importance
(11) audacious (Adj.) : willing to take risks/to do something shocking
(12) appropriation (N.) : the act of taking something that belongs to somebody else, especially
without permission
(13) dogma (N.) : a doctrine/code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

Passage-II
War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was (1061) published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This (1062) study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its (1063) of realistic detail and variety of psychological (1064) is generally regarded as one of the world’s greatest novels. War and Peace is (1065) concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are (1066) against the (1067) background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The (1068) of war, however, is (1069) to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy’s optimistic belief in the life-asserting (1070) of human existence.