Exercise 1
Which definition applies to the following word:
1. deity
a) n. a god b) n. a ludicrous and complete failure
c) adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical d) n. evenness of temper or mind
2. protuberant
a) n. a superficial appearance or show designed to impress one with superiority
b) n. one who advocates extreme basic changes
c) adj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance d) adj. bulging or swelling out
3. retrieve
a) v. to make good; to recover b) adj. sentimental to the point of tears
c) adj. entertaining
d) adj. inclined, through some whim or fancy change the mind, purpose, or actions suddenly
4. dearth
a) n. scarcity b) v. to punish or criticize severely
c) v. to cause, produce, or stir up d) adj. habitually fond of associating in a company or herd
5. integrity
a) n. honesty, moral soundness b) adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived
c) adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others
d) adj. very heavy; clumsy
6. delete
a) n. an increase b) n. an original pattern
c) n. working together secretly for an evil purpose d) v. to erase or cancel, take out or remove
7. demagogue
a) n. departure, emigration b) adj. worldly, as opposed to spiritual; existing for a time only
c) n. a leader who tries to stir the passions of people for his own purposes
d) n. prolonged duration of life
8. mettle
a) adj. sentimental to the point of tears b) n. disposition; spirit
c) n. a persistent feeling, idea, activity, etc., which dominates a person; the state of being exclusively preoccupied by a fixed idea d) v. to be sorry for
9. predatory
a) adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others
b) n. an assumption made for the sake of argument
c) n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade d) adj. outstandingly bad
10. dissent
a) n. partiality or preference for; a favorable opinion arrived at beforehand
b) v. to disagree; to differ in opinion
c) v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country
d) n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics
Exercise 2
Which word has the following meaning:
1-n. a superficial appearance or show designed to impress one with superiority
a) obdurate b) exotic c) aesthetic d) veneer
2.n. a petty fault
a) peccadillo b)teeming c) retribution d) expound
3. adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived
a) veneer b) virago c) fallible d) congenial
4. adj. perfect or highly accomplished
a) impropriety b) sinister c) consummate d) slovenly
5. n. nearness
a) proximity b) buffoon c) extemporaneous d) ubiquitous
6. adj. uncertain or risky
a) accolade b) delineate c) expatiate d) precarious
7. n. faithfulness
a) fealty b) fluctuate c) attribute d) congenial
8. v. to check or hinder
a) inhibit b) delectable c) obdurate d) obtrusive
9. v. to set forth in detail; to explain
a) inveigh b) expound c) credulous d) meticulous
10. adv. with distrust
a) delineate b) distraught c) vernal d) askance
Exercise 3
1. soldier
a) n. increase of amount, size, scope, or the like
b) n. increase of amount, size, scope, or the like
c) n. a person engaged in military service
d) v. to rouse to activity or to quickened action
2. commitment
a) adj. intermeddling with what is not one's concern
b) n. an unprincipled politician
c) v. to bring together or give fixed shape to
d) n. the act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping
3. volatile
a) v. to regain b) adj. Changeable c) adj. Toilsome d) v. to blend
4. qualify
a) v. to endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions
b) n. a title of Jesus c) n. a quack d) n. passion for getting and keeping riches
5. transition
a) n. passage from one place, condition, or action to another
b) n. a person of rank or importance c) v. to remove the inhabitants from
d) n. angry or violent difference of opinion
6. devilry
a) v. to deny oneself b) n. malicious mischief c) v. to make more sharp, severe, or virulent
d) n. the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command
7. mileage
a) n. a distance in miles b) adj. having six angles
c)v. to introduce, as a fluid, by injection d) v. to surpass
8. prowess
a) n. the whole range or sequence b) adj. low-priced c) n. strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle
d) adj. heedless
9. assassinate
a) v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person
b) v. to inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox
c) n. permanence d) n. a spiritual advisor
10. generalize
a) n. a person to whom a donation is made b) v. to draw general inferences
c) n. ease d) n. a meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits
Exercise 4
Which word has the following meaning:
1. adj. characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances
a) prescient b) analyst c) diminution d) shrewd
2. v. to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself
a) prevalent b) disown c) squalid d) employee
3. n. the department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth
a) geology b) evasion c) asexual d) acknowledge
4.adj. desolate
a) vociferous b) maniac c) prohibition d) deserted, miserable, without friends
5. n. a prophecy
a) seethe b) disapprove c) desist d) prediction
6. adj. withered
a) brokerage b) anhydrous c) martial d) bailiff
7. n. one who makes a donation or present
a) precursor b) donator c) luxuriant d) illegible
8. adj. easily led or controlled
a) grandiloquent b) tractable c) promissory d) furtherance
9. adj. well-bred or refined
a) formidable b) genteel c) sarcophagus d) drench
10.n. madhouse
a) disputation b) impecunious c)bedlam d) befuddled
Exercise 5
1. revert
a) n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy
b)n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy
c)v. to stick together
d)v. to return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like
2. manor
a) adj. Guilty b) adj. caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power
c) n. a person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness
d) n. the landed estate of a lord or nobleman
3. emblem
a) v. to clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty
b)adj. involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages
c)n. a symbol d) adj. causing or tending to cause exhaustion
4. minion
a) adj. Understood b) adj. Melancholy c)n. misfortune d) n. a servile favorite
5. disyllable
a) n. a philanthropist b) n. a word of two syllables c)n. proverb d) adj. irascible
6. legislate
a) adj. Foolish b) adj. Veracious
c) n. the yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another
d) v. to make or enact a law or laws
7. batten
a) adj. being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development b)n. a narrow strip of wood
c) n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc d) v. to predict
8. reformer
a) n. a pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk b) n. a prominence
c) n. one who carries out a reform d) v. to cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison
9. velvety
a) adj. marked by lightness and softness b) v. to slander
c)n. a demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings
d) n. a brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest
10. foresight
a) n. provision against harm or need b) n. a piece of bric-a-brac
c)n. the intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch
d) n. a breaking up of a union of persons
11. quandary
a) v. to deny oneself b) n. a puzzling predicament c) adj. small in quantity or importance d)adj. rude
12. oculist
a) n. an acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act
b) n. one versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye
c) n. helpful result d) adj. conceited
13. mania
a) v. to throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like
b) adj. Doubtful c) n. insanity d) v. to misgovern
14.refute
a) adj. having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible
b) v. to prove to be wrong c)v. to cause to become frightened d) n. luster
15. vicarious
a) adj. having no limit or end b) adj. cone-bearing trees
c)adj. suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another d) n. harangue
16. ailment
a) v. to call or summon forth b) v. to comfort c) n. slight sickness d) n. remorseful feeling
17. successful
a) n. the art of public speaking b) adj. situated on the other side of the Alps
c) adj. having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity d) n. vacillation
18. deleterious
a) adj. Swollen b) v. to make milder or more endurable c) adj. hurtful, morally or physically
d) v. to bring out more clearly the facts concerning
19. wholly
a) adj. having lost sparkling quality and flavor b) adv. Completely
b) n. the act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally
c) d) n. a woman who has never been married
20. concur
a) n. a scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning
b) v. to agree c) v. to deprive of water d) n. a figure with six angles
21. endemic
a) n. the theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self
b) adj. peculiar to some specified country or people
c) n. proverb d) n. the state of being dormant
22. impetuosity
a) adj. strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom
b) n. the getting rid of waste matter c) n. rashness d) v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like
23. gravity
a) n. one who or that which is only of temporary existence b) n. seriousness
c) n. one of three men united coordinately in public office or authority
d) adj. noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific
24. course
a) n. line of motion or direction b) n. the quality of being grand or admirably great
c) n. a young cow d) adj. returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals
25. wizen
a) v. to become or cause to become withered or dry b) adj. limited
c) n. the state of being joined together, or the things so joined
d) n. one who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay
26. vacate
a) n. one skilled in metaphysics b) v. to leave
c) adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass d) adj. pertaining to the mind or soul
27. perspicacious
a) n. estrangement b) n. sorcery c) adj. Astute d) n. a restriction
28. obstetrician
a) n. a human skull as a symbol of death b) adj. lacking foresight or thrift
c) v. to renounce (a right or privilege) d) n. a practitioner of midwifery
29. wampum
a) adj. Beginning b) n. passage from one place, condition, or action to another c) adv. Gradually
d) d)n. beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency
30. composure
a) n. patient endurance or toleration of offenses
b) adj. not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony
c) n. calmness d) adj. taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned
31. reactionary
a) adj. expressing or causing sorrow or pain
b)adj. pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction
c) n. a falling of the spirits
d) n. lack of proper care and attention
32. epic
a) adj. very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity
b) n. a poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc
c) n. the property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints
d) n. a fossil reptile
33. beneficial
a) n. the common people b) n. the act or process of absorbing
c) adj. Helpful d) n. harshness or roughness of temper
34. prudence
a) n. an eight-page newspaper of any size b) v. to wet or moisten
c) n. rapt or rapturous utterance d) n. caution
35. indolence
a) conj. even though b) n. laziness c) adj. Changeable d) v. to speak to
36. abbey
a) adj. Beneficial
b) b) n. a ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province
c) v. to equip with less than the full complement of men
d) n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns
37. compressible
a) n. a social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised
b) n. subtle contrivance used to gain a point
c) adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass d) adj. lucid
38. sibilate
a) v. to give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letters b) n. a vehement appeal
c) n. the quality of frankness or outspokenness d) n. the face, countenance, or look of a person
39. imbibe
a) adj. Illogical b) v. to drink or take in c) adj. pertaining to ancient times
d) v. to enlist men for military or naval service
40. corporeal
a) adj. not harsh b) n. slight sickness c) v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of
d) adj. of a material nature; physical
Exercise 6
1.v. to sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom
a) ravenous b) afterthought c) scuttle d) preternatural
2. n. the science of life or living organisms
a) journalize b) enthuse c) ceremonious d) biology
3. v. to turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction
a) decapitate b) finality c) invert d) achieve
4. v. to rouse to a particular action
a) bedlam b) incite c) armada d) benefit
5. v. to break a law
a) epitaph b) collective c) transgress d) whereupon
6. v. to cut apart or to pieces
a) plenteous b) dissect c) ineligible d) centurion
7. adj. living or existing at the same time
a) utmost b) contemporary c) reparable d) apposite
8. n. that which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration
a) contravene b) disservice c) witticism d) corrosive
9. adj. designed to excite love
a) secretary b) entangle c) botany d) amatory
10. n. virtue
a) defalcate b) morality c) octavo d) mooch
11. adj. raving
a) duplicity b) delirious c) misleading d) stupid
12. n. the science of the nervous system
a) left-handed b) neurology c) literature d) dehydrate
13. n. the act or sensation of hearing
a) audition b) suggestible c) dissension d) orate
14. adj. answering yes; to a question at issue
a) exasperate b) affirmative c) cosmopolitanism d) chastity
15. n. a seller
a) aforesaid b) domineer c) perturb d) vendor
16. v. to chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated
a) recapitulate b) cryptogram c) ruminate d) cull
17. n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority
a) extant b) hemorrhage c) contumacy d) malady
18. adj. contemptible
a) truthful b) despicable c) irritable d) fastidious
19. v. to drive away by or as by scattering in different directions
a) dispel b) squalid c) disguise d) disinfect
20. adj. anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies
a) provident b) wretchedness c) frightful d) refinery
21. v. to prolong
a) despond b) reprieve c) indulgent d) protract
22. v. to increase in range or scope
a) frizzle b) expand c) ampere d) abhorrent
23. n. double-dealing
a) liquidate b) overshadow c) scarcity d) duplicity
24. n. alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger
a) decagon b) polyhedron c) proficiency d) vigilance
25. adj. somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech
a) brusque b) polyarchy c) neopaganism d) stationary
26. n. a related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought
a) symmetrical b) dissolute c) invective d) sentence
27. v. to manage or carry through by some device or scheme
a) peerless b) personality c) contrive d) mountainous
28. v. to pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended
a) theocracy b) glorious c) predecessor d) reimburse
29. n. dispersion
a) diffusion b) assonance c) brazier d) nominal
30. adj. not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose
a) incompetent b) impoverish c) coxswain d) devious
31. adv. from side to side
a) impracticable b) penetrable c) athwart d) absent-minded
32. adj. abundant
a) habitude b) pediatrics c) quiescence d) great in number or amount
33. n. treatment
a) somnolent b) alderman c) retention d) therapy
34.n. the climax
a) symphonic b) infirmity c) geniality d) apogee
35. n. a party to a lawsuit
a) material b) litigant c) objective d) illiterate
36.v. to dignify
a) demagnetize b) ridicule c) palinode d) ennoble
37. n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms
a) revise b) conspirator c) antitoxin d) sensual
38. adj. matchless
a) mileage b) encumber c) incomparable d) diffidence
39. n. friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof
a) credence b) monition c) colloquy d) abyss
40. n. proclamation
a) exhume b) annunciation c) superintendent d) hypocrite
Exercise 7
1. insatiable
a) adj. unable to be satisfied b) n. a. personal peculiarity
c) v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country d) v. to check or hinder
2. anonymous
a) ad. indicating a happy outcome b) n. one who denies that God exists
c) adj. of unknown authorship d) v. to root out, destroy totally
3. atheist
a) v. to make clear; to explain b) n. a state of happiness; a high ability
c) v. to smile in a silly or affected way d) n. one who denies that God exists
4. cogent
a) v. to prevent, dispose of, or make unnecessary by appropriate actions
b) adj. pertaining to the common people; hence, common or vulgar
c) adj. having the force to compel, usually by appealing to reason d) n. approval; praise
5. apprehensive
a) adj. Fearful b) adj. unable to be satisfied
c) n. working together secretly for an evil purpose d) adj. foul-smelling; harmful
6. compensation
a) n. payment for services b) v. to give a false idea of c) v. to draw out
d) adj. sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning
7. countenance
a) adj. Excessive b) n. eagerness; cheerful promptness c) adj. worthy of belief d) n. a face
8. fictitious
a) n. amazement; lack of courage caused by fearful prospect
b) n. a remedy for all ills c) adj. unreal; made-up d) v. to paralyze with horror, fear, or surprise
9. archetype
a) v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up b) adj. inclined to quarrel; warlike
c) n. an original pattern d) n. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledge
10. erudite
a) adj. acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit
b) adj. having or containing a lot of specialist knowledge
c) v. to exclaim or utter suddenly
d) adj. moderate in the use of food or drink
11. plagiarism
a) adj. Roomy b) v. to yield; to admit as true
c) n. adopting and reproducing, without acknowledgment, the writings or ideas of another and passing them off as one's own d) v. to exercise self control; to keep from
12. innuendo
a) n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory) b) adj. festive; gay
c) adj. having the force to compel, usually by appealing to reason d) adj. objectionable
13. raconteur
a) n. a little world, or a universe in miniature b) n. a skilled storyteller
c)adj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance d) adj. excessive
14. misanthropic
a) adj. deserving blame or censure b) adj. excessive
c) adj. often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad d) adj. hating or distrusting mankind
15. incisive
a) v. to be sorry for b) adj. cutting, penetrating
c) adj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon d) adv. with distrust
16. onus
a) n. nearness b) adj. gloomy; ill-humored c) n. boredom; weariness of mind d) n. burden; duty
17. aesthetic
a) n. compelling a person by physical force or other means to do something against his will
b) n. a branching; sub-division c) adj. winding; indirect d) adj. pertaining to the beautiful
18. convivial
a) adj. secret; stealthy b) n. feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse
c) adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words d) adj. festive; gay
19. dolorous
a) adj. constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes
b) n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory) c) adj. sorrowful; mournful
d) n. a privilege or power attaching to a position
20. culpable
a) adj. deserving blame or censure b) adj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon
c) v. to quicken, speed tip d) n. eagerness; cheerful promptness
21. anthology
a) n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory)
b)n. payment for services c) n. a collection of choice literary works
d) n. one who dabbles in the fine arts for amusement only and without concentrated study
22. promulgate
a) adj. Fearful b) adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit
c) v. to publish or proclaim; to spread abroad d) adj. of low morals; corrupt
23. crass
a) adj. rigorously self-denying b) adv. with distrust
c) adj. traveling about; wandering d) adj. coarse and stupid
24. proletariat
a) n. the wage-earning class b) v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune
c) adj. devoted to religious observances d) adj. objectionable
25. sleazy
a) n. a cliff b) n. a distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling
c) n. one who is at home in all countries d) adj. flimsy and cheap
26. grimace
a) adj. smooth-spoken, fluent b) v. to twist about (usually with pain)
c) n. a distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling
d) v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune
27. exultation
a) n. faithfulness b) adj. positive in expressing an opinion c) n. coward d) n. great rejoicing
28. bizarre
a) adj. pertaining to money b) n. an extreme patriot c) adj. queer; unusual in appearance
d) v. display or wave boastfully
29.ubiquitous
a) v. to postpone or put off to another time b) adj. all-powerful
c) v. to smile in a silly or affected way d) adj. existing everywhere
30. exotic
a) adj. strange and foreign b) v. to walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream)
c) adj. pretending to be religious d) adj. demonstrating originality, skill, or resourcefulness
31. promontory
a) adj. Trembling b) adj. apparent; pretended
c) n. a cliff d) n. to interpret, explain the sense of, or analyze
32. hyperbole
a) adj. supreme power and authority; independent of the control of any other government
b) adj. ridiculous; producing laughter c) n. extravagant exaggeration for effect
d) n. boredom; weariness of mind
33. jettison
a) n. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledge
b) adj. lacking in self-confidence
c) v. to throw overboard (as cargo); to throw off (as a burden or something in the way )
d) adj. simple and straightforward; concealing nothing
34. blithe
a) adj. gay and light-hearted in spirit or mood b) adj. sorrowful; mournful
c) adj. of little worth or importance d) adj. well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment)
35. benevolent
a) v. to encourage b) adj. kindly; charitable c) n. boredom; weariness of mind d) adj. genuine
36. fiasco
a) adj. Deadly b) n. a ludicrous and complete failure c) adj. queer; unusual in appearance
d) n. one who is at home in all countries
37. flaunt
a) v. display or wave boastfully
b) adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed
c) adj. Despotic d) n. great rejoicing
38. writhe
a) adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others b) v. to twist about (usually with pain)
c) n. a. personal peculiarity d) adj. unrefined in speech or manners
39. ire
a) adj. flimsy and cheap b) v. to follow or result
c) n. an assumption made for the sake of argument d) n. anger
40. hypothesis
a) adj. in an early stage of development b) n. an assumption made for the sake of argument
c) adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun
d) adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun
Exercise 8
1. v. to restate the meaning of a passage in other words
a) alienate b) paraphrase c) extraneous d) protuberant
2. n. a feeling of hatred
a) animus b) delectable c) genesis d) effete
3. n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds
a) presumption b) poignant c) disparity d) imminent
4. adj. pretending to be religious
a) bereave b) convivial c) sanctimonious d) arbiter
5. n. a speech by one person
a) nautical b) monologue c) abrogate d) diverting
6. adj. sneeringly distrustful of the good motives or conduct of others
a) cynical b) academic c) admonish d) respite
7. v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go around
a) soporific b) poignant c) chicanery d) circumvent
8. v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument
a) impale b) extemporaneous c) ingenious d) deflate
9. adj. accidental
a) vanquish b) fortuitous c) gesticulate d) stoic
10. adj. understood by only a select few
a) recapitulate b) esoteric c) inconsiderable d) prim
11. adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit
a) dictum b) garnish c) mundane d) secular
12. v. to make gestures, or indicate feelings by motions
a) retrieve b) abdicate c) imprecation d) gesticulate
13. adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior
a) craven b) erratic c) accord d) apathy
14. n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade
a) deplete b) meander c) jargon d) flamboyant
15. v. to soil or dirty
a) besmirch b) venerable c) cynical d) diffident
16. n. employment entailing little or no responsibility or labor
a) fictitious b) deluge c) sinecure d) sinew
17. n. misfortune
a) sallow b) insatiable c) expurgate d) adversity
18. adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action
a) circumspect b) deprecate c) credulous d) low
19. adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words
a) kaleidoscopic b) alacrity c) delectable d) turgid
20. n. scarcity
a) noisome b) dearth c) antithesis d) sultry
21. adj. flimsy and cheap
a) sleazy b) tremulous c) untenable d) inscrutable
22. adj. moderate in the use of food or drink
a) creditable b) zealous c) benevolent d) abstemious
23. v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual
a) consecrate b) frustrate c) punitive d) condone
24. v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune
a) condole b) attribute c) entreat d) dictum
25. v. to refuse or reject an offer unkindly
a) pensive b) depreciate c) effete d) rebuff
26.adj. innumerable
a) dynamic b) immaculate c) myriad d) feasible
27. adv. with one's identity concealed
a) malicious b) dictum c) incognito d) extricate
28.adj. wicked; hateful
a) accord b) sultry c) heinous d) depraved
29. adj. industrious
a) protuberant b) inhibit c) exultation d) assiduous
30. adj. very heavy; clumsy
a)ponderous b) obtrusive c) apprehensive d) creditable
31. adj. quick to find fault about trifles
a) captious b) rudimentary c) idiosyncrasy d) vicarious
32. v. to do speedily; to send off
a) vanquish b) congenial c) blight d) dispatch
33. n. conversation which is amusing and not serious
a) panegyric b) banter c) engender d) dissolute
34. adj. spirited; ardent
a) gregarious b) sacrosanct c) fervid d) impostor
35. n. burden; duty
a) extirpate b) condone c) awry d) onus
36.adj. serving as a model; commendable
a) condign b) exemplary c) asseverate d) utilitarian
37. adj. wise; shrewd
a) egregious b) emissary c) sagacious d) neologism
38. v. to give up claim to
a) machiavellian b) corpulent c) abdicate d) apprise
39. v. to penetrate and understand
a) stringent b) fathom c) archetype d) tantamount
40. n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view
a) ingenious b) lavish c) exodus d) heresy
Exercise 9
In the following multiple choice questions, two of the answers given are correct. Find these two.
1) If only you _____ tomorrow too!
A) had come B) could come C) would come D) have come E) come
2) Why don't you help them _____ the new program?
A) install B) installing C) to install D) to installing E) at installing
3) Margaret _____ the chair of the meeting, but she fell ill.
A) ought to have had B) was going to be C) would've had to have been D) is to have been
E) was going to have
4) _____ you wish to continue your studies at college.
A) So I am right in saying B) Can I mean C) Didn't you tell D) I take it that E) Understanding
5) _____ at the picnic, the group found the moon high in the sky.
A) To arrive B) On arriving C) While the arrival D) Upon their arrival E) As arriving
6) He dropped the gun in the river _____ his fingerprints would be identified.
A) so that not B) from the fear C) for fear that D) afraid of E) scared
7) Children, you have to learn this text by Monday, _____!
A) by heart B) by the mouth C) by word D) word for word E) from outside
8) It was _____ that we sat on the patio for hours.
A) such pleasant day B) so pleasant day C) so a pleasant day D) such a pleasant day
E) so pleasant a day
9) The traffic in New Orleans is heavier _____ Baton Rouge.
A) than B) than in C) as of D) as that of E) than that of
10) _____ your kind assistance, I'm sure I'd have failed.
A) Except B) Not having C) If it hadn't been for D) Without E) If I don't get
11) Please let me have all the application forms _____.
A) available B) what is available C) that are available D) which is available
E) I could have available
12) We were shocked to hear the news of _____ from that good job.
A) your having fired B) your firing C) your having been fired D) your being fired E) your fired
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