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Fill in the blank in each sentence with
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The wound he ______ took several
weeks to heal. ( afflicted, inflicted ) |
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I was bored to ears by his ______
speech. ( verbal, verbose ) |
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She was ______ of my efforts to
help her. ( appreciative, appreciable ) |
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They ______ open rebellion in
wartime. ( deprecate, depreciate ) |
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I questioned his ______ because he
had lied to me before. ( veracity, voracity ) |
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Her behaviour at the party was
______ ( contemptuous, contemptible ) |
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After his explanation, they could
______ with the work. ( precede, proceed ) |
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Only an ______ mind like hers could
come up with such a perfect solution. ( ingenious, ingenuous ) |
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She made our trip unpleasant by
being ______ of our conduct. ( hypercritical, hypocritical ) |
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His various works show that he has
a ______ imagination. ( luxurious, luxuriant ) |
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Even children can be ______ for
littering. ( persecuted, prosecuted ) |
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Is your offer ______ or still
subject to change ? ( definite, definitive ) |
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The student made the sentence
correct by ______ two words. ( transferring, transposing ) |
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She was determined to ______ the
truth from him. ( elicit, illicit ) |
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She cherished the ______ that she
would one day head the organization she worked for. ( delusion,
illusion ) |
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We were impressed by him because he
was ______ and witty. ( urbane, urban ) |
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We can ______ from the article that
the writer is against protectionism. ( infer, imply ) |
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You can ______ his argument by
pointing out the contradiction in it. ( refute, deny ) |
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The professor was asked to give a
______ on Wordsworth's poetry. ( lecture, discussion ) |
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She will make an excellent ______
for you. ( friend, companion ) |
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Answers |
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The wound he
afflicted took several
weeks to heal. |
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2. |
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I was bored to ears by his
verbose
speech. |
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3. |
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She was
appreciative of my efforts to help her. |
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4. |
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They
deprecate open rebellion in wartime. |
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I questioned his
veracity because he had lied
to me before. |
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Her behaviour at the party was
contemptible. |
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After his explanation, they could
proceed with the work. |
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Only an
ingenious mind like hers could come up with such a
perfect solution. |
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9. |
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She made our trip unpleasant by
being hypercritical of our
conduct. |
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10. |
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His various works show that he has
a luxuriant imagination. |
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11. |
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Even children can be
prosecuted for littering. |
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12. |
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Is your offer
definite or still subject to change ? |
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13. |
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The student made the sentence
correct by transpose two
words. |
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She was determined to
elicit the truth from him. |
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15. |
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She cherished the
illusion that she would one
day head the organization she worked for. |
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We were impressed by him because he
was urbane and witty. |
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We can
infer from the article that the writer is against
protectionism. |
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You can
refute his argument by pointing out the contradiction
in it. |
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19. |
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The professor was asked to give a
lecture on Wordsworth's
poetry. |
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She will make an excellent
companion for you. ( friend,
companion ) |
