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The young man was
disowned by his parents because he became a scoundrel
estranged by the community. |
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(A) |
burden |
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(B) |
invalid |
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(C) |
rascal
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(D) |
dissident |
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The police scoured
the neighborhood for the lost child. |
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(A) |
plundered |
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(B) |
pillaged |
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(C) |
pilfered |
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(D) |
searched
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In Middle Ages, the
black plague was regarded as a deadly scourge. |
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(A) |
curse
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(B) |
hue |
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(C) |
interlude |
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(D) |
grit |
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He didn't say anything;
he just scowled his disapproval. |
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(A) |
shouted |
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(B) |
huddled |
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(C) |
frowned
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(D) |
screeched |
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The writer says that a
modern Japanese woman, instead of trying to enrich her inner
self, is in a mad scramble to ape anything that is new
and foreign -- fashion, cosmetics, hairdos, rock-and-roll. |
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(A) |
rush
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(B) |
homicide |
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(C) |
hostage |
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(D) |
insolence |
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The student barely
scraped through the exam. |
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(A) |
failed |
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(B) |
flunked |
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(C) |
hovered |
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(D) |
succeeded with difficulty
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He scrawled a
quick note to her on his way out. |
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(A) |
scribbled
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(B) |
scratched |
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(C) |
screaked |
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(D) |
scrapped |
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She scrimped all
year to buy that fur coat. |
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(A) |
squandered |
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(B) |
hauled |
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(C) |
insinuated |
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(D) |
economized
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After cooking and
eating, she hates to scrub the pots and pans, and leaves
the task to her husband. |
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(A) |
wash hard
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(B) |
hurl |
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(C) |
scroll |
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(D) |
grope |
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I can recommend him for
a position of responsibility, for I have found him a very
scrupulous young man. |
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(A) |
shifty |
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(B) |
questionable |
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(C) |
conscientious
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(D) |
slippery |
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Answers 1C
2D 3A 4C 5A 6D
7A 8D 9A 10C |
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