Despite his wealth, the monk lived an ascetic life, sleeping on the floor and eating plain rice. Choose the nearest synonym for the underlined word:

After submitting his grant proposal, Kabir's supervisor said, 'The ball is in your court now.' The underlined idiom means-

We wish today was Friday so that we could spend the entire day in the suburbs. Choose the underlined word or phrase that is incorrect-

Each of the scripts ____ scrutinized carefully before result submission.

Dr. Aminul _____ at the university since 1998 and has presented multiple papers at conferences.

She ____ the results correctly, but the professor disagreed with her interpretation.

The jury insists that the criminal ____ hung by Saturday.

She was reluctant to comment ______ the ethical implications of the study.