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His pleasant
ways beguiled everyone into thinking he was a good man. |
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(A) |
confirmed |
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(B) |
belated |
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(C) |
begrudged |
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(D) |
deceived
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The volcano
belched smoke and ashes. |
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(A) |
behested |
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(B) |
erupted
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(C) |
battered |
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(D) |
bated |
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President
Carter has been beleaguered with problems at home and
abroad. |
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(A) |
behooved |
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(B) |
besieged
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(C) |
pleased |
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(D) |
straightened |
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4. |
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He is in a
bellicose mood. |
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(A) |
gentle |
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(B) |
moderate |
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(C) |
temperate |
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(D) |
quarrelsome
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5. |
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The minister
made a belligerent reply to a diplomatic note. |
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(A) |
pacific |
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(B) |
bellicose
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(C) |
amicable |
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(D) |
conciliatory |
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When summer
comes, the sun is no benediction here. |
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(A) |
disaster |
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(B) |
catastrophe |
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(C) |
cataclysm |
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(D) |
blessing
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All the
children in the neighborhood will be the beneficiaries of
the new playground. |
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(A) |
benefactors |
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(B) |
profiteers |
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(C) |
receivers
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(D) |
belles |
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8. |
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They organized
a benevolent club to help the underprivileged. |
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(A) |
malevolent |
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(B) |
malicious |
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(C) |
charitable
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(D) |
niggardly |
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9. |
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Everybody
likes the benign old lady. |
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(A) |
kind
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(B) |
acrid |
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(C) |
acrimonious |
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(D) |
malignant |
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10. |
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One age
bequeaths its civilization to the next. |
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(A) |
destroys |
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(B) |
hands down
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(C) |
annihilates |
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(D) |
decimates |
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Answers 1D 2B
3B 4D 5B 6D 7C
8C 9A 10B |
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