Question
Download Solution PDFDirections: Choose the correct form of adjective for the given sentence:
______ of living life on his own terms, he made few compromises.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is- Desirous.
Key Points
- An adjective is any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns.
- Let's have a look at the meaning of the root verb:
- Desire- strongly wish for or want (something)
- The words given in all of the options are various verb forms except the 2nd option i.e. Desirous.
- The word 'desirous' is an adjective which means having or characterized by desire. It is always followed by the preposition 'of'.
- Example:
- The Pope was desirous of peace in Europe.
- Thus in the given blank, we need an adjective i.e. Desirous to qualify the noun i.e. life.
Correct Sentence: Desirous of living life on his own terms, he made few compromises.
Additional Information
- The following adjectives are always followed by 'to' and not 'than':
- Junior, senior, superior, inferior, prior, prefer/preferable, anterior, posterior.
- For example:
- My sister is junior than me.
- My sister is junior to me.
- My sister is junior than me.
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