RBI Assistant Prelims 2016 Sitting 1 Paper

(4) Parlous (Adjective) = full of danger or uncertainty; precarious; dreadful; risky; unsafe. Innocuous (Adjective) = harmless; safe; non dangerous. Look at the sentences : Relations between the two countries have been in a parlous state for some time. Some mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact poisonous.