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The guests, having eaten
until they were satiated, now listened inattentively to
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(A) |
fully satisfied
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(B) |
starved |
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(C) |
discontent |
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(D) |
unfulfilled |
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Mr. Lurie is noted for
his satiric sketches. |
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(A) |
ironic and witty
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(B) |
insipid |
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(C) |
intrepid |
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(D) |
huffy |
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Their clothes were
saturated by the rain. |
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(A) |
glittered |
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(B) |
flouted |
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(C) |
soaked
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(D) |
hurdled |
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The saturnine
professor who offered an elective course had few students. |
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(A) |
gloomy
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(B) |
mirthful |
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(C) |
erudite |
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iconoclastic |
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The mother wondered what
would become of her saucy little girl. |
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(A) |
flippant and bold
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(B) |
ignoble |
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tractable |
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(D) |
jaded |
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They did not want to
race about in a field for a ball; they preferred to saunter
along willow banks to listen to the birds' song and children's
laughter. |
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(A) |
rush |
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(B) |
stroll
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(C) |
stagger |
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(D) |
swagger |
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The defeated soldiers
were treated with great savagery. |
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(A) |
kith |
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(B) |
kin |
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(C) |
cruelty
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(D) |
humanity |
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The savory smell
of roasting hot meat greeted us as soon as we entered the house. |
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(A) |
acrid |
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(B) |
filthy |
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(C) |
pungent |
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(D) |
palatable
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The condemned prisoners
used to be sent to the scaffold. |
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(A) |
dungeon |
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(B) |
jail |
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vault |
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(D) |
platform for execution
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American Indians
scalped many a white man. |
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(A) |
tore the top of the head from
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(B) |
scaled |
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(C) |
killed |
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(D) |
saved |
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Answers 1A
2A 3C 4A 5A 6B
7C 8D 9D 10A |
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