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Our government is trying
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(A) |
conjure |
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(B) |
congeal |
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remedy; set right
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(D) |
connive |
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Your composition is
redundant; you can easily reduce its length. |
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(A) |
wordy
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(B) |
terse |
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(C) |
pithy |
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succinct |
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The chain-smoker's room
reeks with stale tobacco smoke. |
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(A) |
is pervaded
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(B) |
consecrates |
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(C) |
consigns |
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(D) |
conspires |
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Exhausted, the workman
reeled down the street. |
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(A) |
swaggered |
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(B) |
strutted |
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(C) |
staggered
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(D) |
construed |
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When the football player
got old, he went to become a referee. |
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(A) |
umpire
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(B) |
coach |
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(C) |
professional |
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(D) |
quarterback |
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The employer is as
refractory as a mule. |
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(A) |
malleable |
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(B) |
tractable |
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(C) |
yielding |
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obstinate
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If you are not satisfied
with the book, the bookstore will refund your money. |
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(A) |
confiscate |
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(B) |
forfeit |
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(C) |
pay back
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(D) |
contort |
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I will wait until I hear
the refutation before deciding whom to favor. |
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(A) |
confirmation |
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(B) |
comity |
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complaisance |
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(D) |
disproof of opponents' argument
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The man in power has a
regal manner. |
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beggarly |
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(B) |
pauper |
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(C) |
kingly
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miserly |
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10. |
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Tom regaled us
with tales of his adventures in Africa. |
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(A) |
convened |
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(B) |
entertained
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(C) |
convalesced |
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(D) |
contrived |
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Answers 1C
2A 3A 4C 5A 6D
7C 8D 9C 10B |
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