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After six days' hard
work, the manager is looking forward to his day off as an
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(A) |
futility |
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(B) |
barrenness |
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(C) |
asylum; refuge
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(D) |
bleakness |
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The boss was obdurate
in his refusal to listen to our complaints. |
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(A) |
stubborn
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(B) |
tender |
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(C) |
submissive |
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(D) |
relenting |
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She made obeisance
to the king as he entered the room. |
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(A) |
courtesy; bow
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(B) |
subsistence |
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(C) |
subsidy |
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(D) |
scheme |
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Falstaff could barely
walk because of his obesity. |
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(A) |
thinness |
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(B) |
emaciation |
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(C) |
lankiness |
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(D) |
corpulence
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Please do not
obfuscate the issues by dragging in irrelevant argument. |
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(A) |
muddle; confuse
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(B) |
clarify |
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(C) |
identify |
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(D) |
ease |
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The old man never missed
reading the obituaries in the paper. |
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(A) |
sports news |
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(B) |
essays |
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feature reports |
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(D) |
death notices
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Mary gave an oblique
look to one side. |
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(A) |
slanting
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(B) |
straight |
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(C) |
direct |
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(D) |
obligated |
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8. |
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The tidal waves
obliterated several island villages. |
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(A) |
restored |
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(B) |
destroyed
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rehabilitated |
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(D) |
rebuilt |
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His works had fallen
into a state of oblivion; no one bothered to read them
any more. |
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(A) |
alertness |
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(B) |
awareness |
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(C) |
consciousness |
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(D) |
forgetfulness
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The boy's bad table
manners made him obnoxious to us. |
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(A) |
offensive
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(B) |
congenial |
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(C) |
grateful |
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(D) |
genial |
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Answers 1C
2A 3A 4D 5A 6D
7A 8B 9D 10A |
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