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The paths diverge
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converge |
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conform |
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(C) |
branch off
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brawl |
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There are diverse
ways of approaching this problem. |
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identical |
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selfsame |
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(C) |
equivalent |
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various
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The deputy was
divested of power to take care of the business. |
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(A) |
invested |
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(B) |
stripped
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(C) |
distilled |
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(D) |
distributed |
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He won't tell you the
news because he is afraid you will divulge it
prematurely. |
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(A) |
keep |
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(B) |
retain |
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(C) |
detain |
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(D) |
reveal
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The speed with which she
dispatched her tasks made the onlookers dizzy. |
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(A) |
puzzled
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(B) |
sober |
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(C) |
divine |
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(D) |
dissipated |
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Docile as he
seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast. |
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(A) |
obstinate |
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(B) |
obedient
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intractable |
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head-strong |
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She dodged her
suitors with ease. |
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(A) |
bantered |
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(B) |
defied |
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(C) |
evaded
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confronted |
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Although we find
occasional snatches of genuine poetry in his works, most of his
writing is mere doggerel. |
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epic |
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(B) |
elegy |
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dirge |
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poor verse
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Sometimes a dogma
is so convincing that an ordinary person will take it for truth
without any doubt. |
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(A) |
tenet; doctrine
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(B) |
verity |
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veracity |
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derision |
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The memory of the
economic doldrums of the early seventies is still vivid. |
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(A) |
buoyancy |
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(B) |
elasticity |
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(C) |
resilience |
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(D) |
depression
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Answers 1C
2D 3B 4D 5A 6B
7C 8D 9A 10D |
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