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The prevailing
point of view among American farmers is that they have been sold
out because of the low price of their products. |
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(A) |
exceptional |
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(B) |
current
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(C) |
unusual |
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(D) |
poignant |
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The government tried to
prevent loan sharks from preying upon the poor. |
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(A) |
exploiting
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(B) |
conducing to |
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(C) |
condoning |
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(D) |
concurring with |
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The boy immediately felt
the prick of conscience after he had talked back to his
mother. |
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(A) |
ease |
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(B) |
repose |
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(C) |
freedom |
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(D) |
pain; sting
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His priggish
manner has offended all his colleagues. |
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(A) |
self-complacent
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(B) |
exquisite |
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(C) |
self-reflective |
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(D) |
ignoble |
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She is a prim
lady, easily shocked by vulgar language. |
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(A) |
lax |
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(B) |
loose |
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(C) |
slack |
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(D) |
proper to the point of affectation
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The scenic spot has been
preserved in all its pristine wildness. |
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(A) |
secret |
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(B) |
privy |
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(C) |
progressive |
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unspoiled
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The young man was
admitted to the company on probation. |
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(A) |
trial or testing of conduct, character, ability
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(B) |
privacy |
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(C) |
premonition |
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(D) |
preemption |
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The novel probes
deeply into human nature. |
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(A) |
delves
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(B) |
falls |
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(C) |
talks |
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loiters |
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Everyone took the
clerk's probity for granted; his defalcation, therefore,
shocked us all. |
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(A) |
corruptibility |
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(B) |
uprightness
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(C) |
depravation |
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dishonesty |
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We were surprised at the
young man's proclivity to vice. |
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(A) |
rejection |
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(B) |
immunity |
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(C) |
exemption |
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(D) |
inclination
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Answers 1B
2A 3D 4A 5D 6D
7A 8A 9B 10D |
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