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Question:

In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among them.

Since her face was free of ______ there was no way to ______ if she appreciated what had happened.

Explanation:

For the first blank, options 3 and 4 give the right words. If there was no way to know what she was feeling, it was her face that did not give away or did not show any emotion or expression. Make up and scars do not hide facial expressions. Thus, options 1 and 4 are eliminated.
Between ‘diagnose’ and ‘ascertain’- for the second blank, ‘ascertain’ is appropriate. It does not appear to be a problem which has to be diagnosed, rather, understand, confirm or ascertain are closer in meaning to ‘know’ if she appreciated.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

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