Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.

$$\underline {Forthrightness} $$ in speech may not always be a desirable quality.

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.

The $$\underline {inexorable} $$ demands of the workers brought the company to a closure.

The complex form of the sentence given below would be

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Choose the word which is closest to the opposite in meaning of the given italicised word.

The attack on the freedom of the press is a $$retrograde$$ step.