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I hope you are not going to abandon your project.
- A) give up completely
- B) change
- C) modify slightly
- D) postpone
- E) complete
The abandoned boat was found miles away from the shore; they never found out who had been on it.
- A) cherished
- B) deserted
- C) shabby
- D) austere
- E) unabashed
The pilot changed direction abruptly, causing great panic in the plane.
- A) anticipated
- B) foreseen
- C) unexpectedly
- D) intended
- E) reasonably
Larry was so absorbed in his novel that he forgot about his dinner cooking in the oven.
- A) engrossed
- B) obliged
- C) enlivened
- D) excelled
- E) devastated
The only cure for alcoholism is complete abstinence from alcohol.
- A) absence
- B) avoidance
- C) sickness
- D) prescription
- E) pretension
Panthotenic acid is abundant in eggs, peas and potatoes.
- A) plentiful
- B) scarce
- C) inadequate
- D) insufficient
- E) analogous
Adrenalin has the effect of strengthening and accelerating the heartbeat.
- A) diminishing
- B) aborting
- C) quickening
- D) abolishing
- E) adopting
There was no access to the large garden of the house except a well- hidden gate.
- A) entrance
- B) seizure
- C) attack
- D) rapture
- E) turn
The Turners are looking for a little cabin in the woods where they won't be accessible to their relatives.
- A) acceptable
- B) probable
- C) reachable
- D) accessory
- E) approachable
When Mrs. Bell was the director of the firm, her first accomplishment was to bring about better working conditions.
- A) accumulation
- B) achievement
- C) defeat
- D) job
- E) sermon
A treasurer must account for every penny that he spends.
- A) evaluate
- B) classify
- C) explain
- D) allot
- E) reckon
Artificial insemination accounts for the birth of over half of dairy cows in the U. S. today.
- A) makes it impossible
- B) is responsible for
- C) leads to
- D) is the result of
- E) endangers
During the ten years he worked in Germany, he accumulated a fortune.
- A) made
- B) concentrated
- C) expanded
- D) increased
- E) intensified
I hope the weatherman has predicted accurately. If he has, we will have a perfect picnic tomorrow.
- A) astutely
- B) correctly
- C) carefully
- D) acutely
- E) miraculously
Nobody knows where and how the son of the deceased politician acquired all his wealth.
- A) gained
- B) lost
- C) hid
- D) stole
- E) deposited
He is proud of his son who is an active and athletic youth.
- A) awkward
- B) agile
- C) ponderous
- D) inept
- E) timorous
The musicians graduated from that school are adept at playing at least four instruments.
- A) proficient
- B) adjustable
- C) awkward
- D) careful
- E) proverbial
The human ear admits only a very limited range of frequencies.
- A) confesses
- B) gives off
- C) forces in
- D) lets in
- E) enters
The refusal of sole nations to participate in the Olympic Games in Moscow was an admonishment to the Soviets.
- A) admission
- B) admiration
- C) rebuke
- D) stigma
- E) adornment
Martin Luther King, influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, made many adversaries in his nonviolent quest for equality.
- A) friends
- B) advances
- C) improvements
- D) atrocities
- E) foes
Affluent nations have an obligation to help their neighbors; however, they quite often do just the opposites causing poor countries to be even poorer.
- A) sophisticated
- B) wealthy
- C) advanced
- D) powerful
- E) industrialized
Frequent minor ailments keep Mrs. Collins from work.
- A) irritations
- B) young children
- C) sicknesses
- D) falls
- E) excuses
His mother's alert mind caught Billy's lies.
- A) alarming
- B) vigilant
- C) sluggish
- D) oblivious
- E) wry
There is ample rain and intense sunlight in tropical climates; consequently, plant life is luxuriant and varied.
- A) scant
- B) abundant
- C) hard
- D) detrimental
- E) licentious
Workers have ample time for recreation and educational pursuits because the work week consists of only 40 hours.
- A) too many
- B) hardly any
- C) nearly enough
- D) plenty of
- E) a little
During the flight from Turkey to Moscow, Marilyn amused herself by reading comic books.
- A) fooled
- B) tired
- C) bored
- D) beguiled
- E) enjoyed
Jacks appetite has diminished since his girl friend once said she hated fat people.
- A) desire for exercise
- B) desire for visitors
- C) desire for sleep
- D) desire for food
- E) desire for play
A progressive tax applies greater tax rates to larger incomes than to smaller ones.
- A) forecasts
- B) wastes
- C) devotes
- D) employs
- E) involves
There are at least 500 kinds of fish that generate appreciable amounts of electricity.
- A) negligible
- B) insignificant
- C) measurable
- D) inconsequential
- E) imperceptible
Why argue? There is no alternative; the president must approve the bill if Congress passes it.
- A) admonish
- B) criticize
- C) endorse
- D) condemn
- E) censure
River, valleys and coastal plains constitute approximately a third of the country.
- A) more or less
- B) decreasingly
- C) minimally
- D) precisely
- E) outlandishly
Many writers write satires that expose the arrogant nature of the newly-rich people.
- A) subservient
- B) masterful
- C) delightful
- D) inferior
- E) conceited
The man felt ashamed because he knew that he had been wrong to steal.
- A) disgraced
- B) worried
- C) tempted
- D) phony
- E) impudent
The new manager's greatest asset was his reputation for honesty.
- A) deception
- B) advantage
- C) liability
- D) pride
- E) weakness
Network employees of associated companies are not allowed to participate in TV quiz games.
- A) subsidiary
- B) social
- C) connected
- D) member
- E) introductory
The news of the President Kennedy's death astonished the world as it was really unexpected.
- A) alerted
- B) admonished
- C) atoned
- D) astounded
- E) avenged
His selling a painting for 100,000 dollars has been the highest attainment of his career.
- A) desire
- B) spectacle
- C) achievement
- D) joy
- E) expectation
Psychologists believe that the attraction of gambling stems from the thrill and tension of taking a chance.
- A) action
- B) manner
- C) repulsion
- D) appeal
- E) advance
The actor raised his voice in order to be audible in the balcony.
- A) musical
- B) dramatic
- C) solitary
- D) heard
- E) appreciated
Many countries nowadays restrict the exportation of authentic artifacts.
- A) particular
- B) rare
- C) tentative
- D) costly
- E) genuine
The department chairmen refused to authorize the requisition.
- A) request
- B) transfer
- C) grant
- D) project
- E) invalidate
The notices on the wall at the airport are not available for the passengers' perusal.
- A) offered
- B) accessible
- C) acceptable
- D) accountable
- E) arbitrary
The driver tried to avert the accident by bringing the car to a sudden halt, but to no avail.
- A) cause
- B) control
- C) minimize
- D) prevent
- E) witnessed
Avid pop music lovers stand in lines for hours to get a ticket to a jazz concert.
- A) bored
- B) lunatic
- C) eager
- D) tedious B) crazy
Reading daily newspapers makes us aware of what is going on in the world.
- A) knowledgeable
- B) ignorant
- C) alike
- D) dependent
- E) related
Some hotels in the United States have imposed a ban on cigarette smoking.
- A) restriction
- B) guarantee
- C) fin
- D) Punishment
- E) prohibition
All students should bear in mind that these books must be read by mid-semester.
- A) remember
- B) memorize
- C) decide
- D) overlook
- E) declare
The Arabic term from which the word "coffee" derives originally referred to the bitter quality of the beverage itself.
- A) plant
- B) substance
- C) drink
- D) infusion
- E) liquid
Autistic people usually have unexpected and bizarre responses to their environment.
- A) inconspicuous
- B) ordinary
- C) usual
- D) passionate
- E) strange
If you never do any work, you'll only have yourself to blame when you cannot live comfortably.
- A) accuse
- B) approve
- C) to appreciate
- D) deplore
- E) pity
Some of the main roads will be closed until the blizzard ends.
- A) snowstorm
- B) hurricane
- C) tornado
- D) thunderstorm
- E) disorder
The enemy's attempt at a blockade of the port was unsuccessful.
- A) expedition
- B) opening
- C) landing
- D) closure
- E) probe
The use of fertilizers and improved methods of controlling plant and animal diseases has boosted farm product.
- A) exaggerated
- B) supplemented
- C) increased
- D) extended
- E) submitted
I hate people breaking in on a conversation without waiting for the speaker to stop talking.
- A) Interrupting
- B) withdrawing from
- C) seizing
- D) regarding
- E) allowing
The young man earned the reputation of a brilliant lawyer during two fabulous law cases.
- A) remarkable
- B) shining
- C) studious
- D) mediocre
- E) promising
Before taking a test on vocabulary, one had better brush up on his or her vocabulary.
- A) outline
- B) translate
- C) revise
- D) review
- E) memorize
We were shocked by the brutality of the hooligans. They were simply like a herd of violent animals.
- A) politeness
- B) foolishness
- C) eagerness
- D) happiness
- E) cruelty
The bulk of the wheat exported from Brazil comes from the southern part.
- A) majority
- B) surplus
- C) best
- D) profitability
- E) unity
George Washington's great grandfather came to live in America by accident.
- A) due to a calamity
- B) unintentionally
- C) adversely
- D) decisively
- E) unwittingly
Further arms limitations talks were called off when Congress failed to ratify the treaty.
- A) cancelled
- B) postponed
- C) scheduled
- D) interrupted
- E) announced
A careful teacher spends hours preparing for classes and correcting students papers.
- A) creative
- B) leading
- C) skillful
- D) conscientious
- E) honest
The monetarist case has been vividly expressed by Milton Friedman.
- A) issue
- B) argument
- C) example
- D) strongbox
- E) oddment
The hurricane that hit the city had a catastrophic effect because most of the buildings were constructed of wood.
- A) categories
- B) disastrous
- C) frightening
- D) blowing
- E) strenuous
I have a cavity that causes me a lot of pain.
- A) burn on the arm
- B) hole in a tooth
- C) cut on the leg
- D) bruise on the body
- E) injury on the body
Picasso was a celebrated Italian painter.
- A) artistic
- B) colorful
- C) well-known
- D) knowledgeable
- E) elusive
The judge let the university student off with clemency and a stern warning.
- A) vengefulness
- B) revenge
- C) brutality
- D) mercy
- E) culmination
For order to grow out of the chaos of the universe took millions of years.
- A) adjustment
- B) change
- C) confusion
- D) oscillation
- E) nebulosity
The cost of imported products can be increased with a special charge called a tariff.
- A) rate
- B) debt
- C) regulation
- D) fee
- E) currency
The charges brought against the old politician finally hurt nothing but his vanity, as suggested by his supporters.
- A) assumptions
- B) prospects
- C) accusations
- D) images
- E) defenses
The two leaders had a chat before beginning formal negotiations.
- A) disagreement
- B) serious discussion
- C) heated argument
- D) friendly, unimportant talk
- E) high-level conference
A nursery school is school chiefly for three or four-year old children.
- A) primarily
- B) exclusively
- C) originally
- D) designed
- E) certainly
We were asked to list the chronology of events in the War of Independence on our history test.
- A) catastrophe
- B) time sequence
- C) disaster
- D) discrepancy
- E) revolution
Martin is no good at sports; is too clumsy; it is no wonder he does not participate in any sports activities.
- A) timid
- B) weak
- C) awkward
- D) unhealthy
- E) angry
Generally our memories cluster around certain topics.
- A) flee
- B) pilfer
- C) loaf
- D) meddle
- E) bunch
Finding the missing paper on Frank's cluttered desk is almost impossible.
- A) refurbished
- B) well-organized
- C) tarnished
- D) luminous
- E) littered
Sometimes the most unlikely people manage to collaborate successfully.
- A) put together
- B) judge
- C) stand together
- D) precipitate
- E) work together
The collapse of the stock market last year signaled the beginning of the economic crisis.
- A) rise
- B) failure
- C) rebirth
- D) debt
- E) revival
Taoist principles are presented in Lao Tzu, a collection of essays from several unknown authors.
- A) assortment
- B) method
- C) entity
- D) conspiracy
- E) editorial
The general told the soldiers to commence firing as soon as they saw the enemy.
- A) stop
- B) cease
- C) begin
- D) evoke
- E) spurn
Television, which made its first serious appearance in 1939, did not become common until the early 1950s.
- A) competitive
- B) affordable
- C) popular
- D) ordinary
- E) unique
The officer compelled the suspect to lead him to the scene of the crime.
- A) allowed
- B) hired
- C) beseeched
- D) forced
- E) helped
The feeling of competition in the classroom is noticeable to all teachers, which is not surprising at all.
- A) conquest
- B) discovery
- C) rivalry
- D) cooperation B) torture
I was told that the instructions were easy, but I found them extremely complicated.
- A) distinct
- B) irrelevant
- C) intricate
- D) extraordinary
- E) ridiculous
I didn't comprehend the nature of the project until I had read your brief report.
- A) follow
- B) contend
- C) embrace
- D) placate
- E) understand
Mathematics is a compulsory subject in Turkish high schools.
- A) difficult
- B) easy
- C) required
- D) despised
- E) forcible
The heaviest concentration of niacin is in natural sources such as beans, whole grain cereal products, liver and fish.
- A) mass
- B) recollection
- C) scattering
- D) decency
- E) instantaneous
The newscaster gave a concise account of the hurricane.
- A) long and detailed
- B) sad and depressing
- C) up-to-date
- D) short and clear
- E) complicated and intricate
Bones of the skull are capable of conducting sounds of the human voice to the inner ear.
- A) receiving
- B) transmitting
- C) creating
- D) adjusting
- E) convenes
Mabel feels confident about her grade on the test she has just taken.
- A) depressed
- B) sure
- C) ecstatic
- D) uncertain
- E) staunch
That matter is so confidential that it must not be discussed outside the office of chief inspector.
- A) important
- B) secret
- C) intricate
- D) alarming
- E) boring
It was the English physicist Henry Cavendish who first confirmed that water is a combination of hydrogen and oxygen.
- A) doubted
- B) proposed
- C) researched
- D) arranged
- E) verified
Recent border confrontations between the two countries lend credence to the rumors of an impending war.
- A) enterprises
- B) consequences
- C) conferences
- D) disputes
- E) interims
The congestion on the streets when everybody heads home from work at quitting time make mass transport very desirable in big cities.
- A) crucial
- B) faux pas
- C) crowding
- D) recreation
- E) contamination
The coach congratulated Stella on her outstanding display of leadership.
- A) alluded
- B) scolded
- C) praised
- D) contacted
- E) admonished
Conscientious researchers always pay attention to details while carrying out a research.
- A) clever
- B) meticulous
- C) fearless
- D) hasty
- E) intellectual
The consensus among her family members was that she ought to get married.
- A) agreement
- B) survey
- C) statistics
- D) survey
- E) prohibition
Crying is a healthy way to bring relief from anxiety, and it even prevents a headache or other physical consequence.
- A) cause
- B) origin
- C) source
- D) outcome
- E) destruction
The bulbs of the daffodil are poisonous if consumed.
- A) touched
- B) smelled
- C) eaten
- D) conformed
- E) torn
The Department of Security notified the town council that the water supply was contaminated due to nuclear leakage.
- A) polluted
- B) tinted
- C) diluted
- D) diverted
- E) purified
After several near disasters and especially the one in Chernobyl, a controversy has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.
- A) dispute
- B) seminar
- C) colloquium
- D) conversation
- E) collaboration
The speaker tried to convey her feelings concerning the urgency of a favorable decision.
- A) summon
- B) usurp
- C) impose
- D) communicate
- E) assuage
Teaching provides the chief means of conveying knowledge from generation to generation.
- A) reviewing
- B) mastering
- C) passing on
- D) preserving
- E) speculating
To perfect the book, the writer, the artist and the editor cooperated.
- A) kept in touch
- B) worked in their offices
- C) came together
- D) studied methods
- E) collaborated
There isn't any known cure for dyslexia, but neurologists have developed ways to help Sufferers cope with it.
- A) retard
- B) dispense with
- C) deal with
- D) eradicate
- E) cure
Innovative approaches to manufacturing, coupled with the tremendous size of the domestic market, led to the emergence of the United States as an industrial giant.
- A) followed by
- B) combined with
- C) deriving from
- D) mixed with
- E) by doubling
A number of animals in Aesop's fables are portrayed as being crafty.
- A) dexterous
- B) talented
- C) artistic
- D) cunning
- E) ferocious
Arthur's family have lived for years in a village near one the many creeks flowing into the part of the Mississippi River.
- A) streams
- B) ponds
- C) lakes
- D) swamps
- E) pools
An increase in criminal behavior and lost productivity are two common results of high unemployment.
- A) fault
- B) error
- C) conduct
- D) mistake
- E) crime
It has just crossed my mind that they might want to accompany us.
- A) occurred to me
- B) made me anxious
- C) happened
- D) reminded
- E) escaped my attention
George Ravencroft's invention of lead crystal in the late 17th century was crucial to the development of optical lenses.
- A) essential to
- B) prior to
- C) dependent on
- D) instructive for
- E) propitious for
Gardening is the cultivation of plants, usually in or near home.
- A) germination
- B) growing
- C) classification
- D) sowing
- E) grafting
Since 1970's, all governments efforts to curb inflation in Turkey have been unsuccessful.
- A) resist
- B) control
- C) sustain
- D) induce
- E) reverse
The current edition of the magazine discusses the ancient civilizations of Anatolia.
- A) latest
- B) first
- C) running
- D) special
- E) succinct
The daring young man drove through the dark and filthy back streets of the city looking for her lost dog.
- A) bold
- B) cowardly
- C) persistent
- D) captured
- E) frightened
Dauntless men and women with their children crossed America in covered wagons.
- A) foreign
- B) fearless
- C) penniless
- D) adventuresome
- E) pitiable
Mrs. Callaghan's natural intelligence and her experience always enables her to deal with problems.
- A) grow
- B) play
- C) cope
- D) stay
- E) avoid
The design of wildlife refuges is still a matter of considerable debate.
- A) significance
- B) controversy
- C) urgency
- D) concern
- E) coincidence
The warranty guarantees that all defective parts will be replaced with no charge.
- A) lost
- B) imperfect
- C) unused
- D) dorsal
- E) loathed
Deficiency of vitamin B1 causes a dysfunction of the nervous system and beriberi.
- A) overdose
- B) too much
- C) lack
- D) wrong use
- E) side effects
John was as deft at handing complaints as he was at teaching.
- A) intelligent
- B) angry
- C) skillful
- D) crude
- E) awkward
We should delete some parts of this article.
- A) omit
- B) rewrite
- C) change
- D) improve
- E) include
Samantha deliberately let Tom know that she was dating someone else.
- A) purposely
- B) hastily
- C) adroitly
- D) tactfully
- E) delicately
The commander delivered his speech asking for "liberty or death" just before the attack.
- A) made
- B) wrote
- C) announced
- D) brought
- E) repeated
An ultimatum given by one country to another usually includes a demand for action.
- A) shipment of
- B) understanding of
- C) request for
- D) burden of
- E) tolerance on
The old town hall was demolished and a new recreation center took its place.
- A) renovated
- B) razed
- C) remodeled
- D) vanished
- E) disappeared
The speaker demonstrated her knowledge of the subject by an excellent speech.
- A) corrected
- B) created
- C) repeated
- D) showed
- E) proved
Although Margaret tried to deny the fact, all her friends were sure that she dyed her gray hair red.
- A) encode
- B) envy
- C) assemble
- D) convene
- E) reject
The departed lying here gave their lives for their country.
- A) dead
- B) travelers
- C) adventurers
- D) knaves
- E) vagabonds
I hope that club does not deprive poor children of the opportunity to participate in sports.
- A) deny
- B) retract
- C) improvise
- D) dilute
- E) fret
It has almost been a tradition for artists not to receive the attention they deserve before they die.
- A) expect
- B) long
- C) merit
- D) demand
- E) consumed
The gas company is evacuating all the people living in the building because they detected a gas leak in the main line.
- A) discovered
- B) smelled
- C) expected
- D) predicted
- E) maintained
Floods often devastate the rice crop, the area's principal export, resulting in a year of great torture for the inhabitants.
- A) fracture
- B) scatter
- C) destroy
- D) fertilize
- E) enhance
An odometer is a device for measuring distance traveled.
- A) instrument
- B) figure
- C) item
- D) machine
- E) tool
Dennis devised a few computer games and sold them to one of the computer companies.
- A) played
- B) bought
- C) invented
- D) divided
- E) clinched
Gradually, the sound of the music and laughter died down, and the whole campus went to sleep.
- A) became louder
- B) became softer
- C) was forgotten
- D) became more cheerful
- E) became more irritating
Coffee consumption by Turkish coffee drinkers will be diminished to 1.06 cups per day by next year due to increasing prices.
- A) encouraged
- B) improved
- C) dropped
- D) hindered
- E) forbidden
The Red Crescent arrived at the disaster area within five hours.
- A) calamity
- B) destruction
- C) departure
- D) hurricane
- E) isolated
He knew very well that his father would discipline him for his actions; therefore, he was quite reluctant to go home.
- A) reward
- B) reprove
- C) congratulate
- D) punish
- E) socialize
The new government regulation disallows disclosure of personal tax information.
- A) announcement
- B) public revelation
- C) opening
- D) closing
- E) discredit
Mrs. Allison is such an energetic woman that she is not discouraged even by the illness that crippled her.
- A) disturbed
- B) impoverished
- C) disheartened
- D) alienated
- E) devalued
The boy felt disgraced because he knew that he had been wrong to cheat on the exam.
- A) ashamed
- B) Worried
- C) tempted
- D) cunning
- E) relieved
The circus performer asked for the safety net to be taken down during the performances thinking that in this way he would display his skill more effectively.
- A) generate
- B) improve
- C) deform
- D) obscure
- E) avert
He disregarded his wife's feelings in the matter, which made her furious enough to think of divorce.
- A) did not ignore
- B) paid no attention to
- C) discharged
- D) considered B) was careless
The fact that economists are able to distinguish virtually all of the causes of recessions does not mean they can accurately predict them.
- A) prevent
- B) discern
- C) promote
- D) define
- E) confound
Dogs were kept as domestic animals by early nomadic hunters.
- A) foreign
- B) exotic
- C) alien
- D) tame
- E) hazardous
It is said that brown genes are dominant and blue ones are recessive.
- A) controlling
- B) docile
- C) dormant
- D) doleful
- E) barren
Manufacturers are planning to donate computers to schools in poor areas.
- A) dedicate
- B) go
- C) load
- D) salute
- E) give
The public seems doubtful about the government's last plan on economy.
- A) debit
- B) delightful
- C) delirious
- D) dubious
- E) rational
Millions of Americans were down and out in the 30's.
- A) illiterate
- B) imprudent
- C) divided
- D) impoverished
- E) querulous
The government took some drastic measures against reckless drivers to be able to decrease the number of traffic accidents.
- A) moderate
- B) compromising
- C) radical
- D) sensible
- E) wild
During the 1940's, a long period of drought turned the great Texas plains into a dustbowl.
- A) violent winds
- B) dry weather
- C) rain and sleet
- D) flash floods
- E) earthquakes
Most businessmen are dubious about predictions of a speedy economic recovery in Turkey.
- A) assured
- B) enthusiastic
- C) happy
- D) doubtful
- E) worried
The captives were thrown into a dark, damp, filthy dungeon and were given almost nothing to eat.
- A) hut
- B) tunnel
- C) station
- D) cell
- E) cabin
Can this be a duplicate of the document?
- A) summary
- B) revision
- C) outline
- D) copy
- E) paraphrase
The earliest watches were actually small decks hung from a strap around the neck.
- A) first
- B) timely
- C) most unusual
- D) fastest
- E) most accurate
My uncle is not crazy. He is just a bit eccentric.
- A) intelligent
- B) strange
- C) lunatic
- D) ordinary
- E) dense
In spite of being economical in most things, he spends a lot of money on ties.
- A) extravagant
- B) awkward
- C) thrifty
- D) careless
- E) profitable
The plant has an edible, bulb-shaped stem.
- A) eatable
- B) rotund
- C) convex
- D) sizable
- E) poisonous
The detectives use various means to elicit a confession from murderers.
- A) make
- B) force
- C) frame
- D) temper
- E) draw out
He worked hard for the enlightenment of his people.
- A) lavishness
- B) brightness
- C) qualification
- D) abuse
- E) education
The residents of the small town looked for an eloquent civil servant to give the welcoming address in the ceremony.
- A) a friendly person
- B) a kind person
- C) a good speaker
- D) a calm speaker
- E) a serious speaker
Imagine my embarrassment when I realized that the man I thought was a waiter was the president of the company.
- A) chagrin
- B) indifference
- C) surprise
- D) anger
- E) rapture
Which country emerged as a world power after World War II?
- A) surrendered
- B) came forth
- C) fought
- D) dismissed
- E) lurked
We place emphasis on mutual aid and cooperation in this organization.
- A) reward
- B) work
- C) stress
- D) pressure
- E) suspense
The speaker emphasized that cooperation in the project we were to undertake was of utmost importance.
- A) accentuated
- B) downplayed
- C) discussed
- D) displayed
- E) bragged
The most frequently employed technique for the purification of solid substances is crystallization.
- A) used
- B) enjoined
- C) belabored
- D) added
- E) fused
So engrossed in his writing was the young writer that he barely noticed the passing of time.
- A) delighted
- B) frustrated
- C) approached
- D) involved
- E) detached
Modern methods of movie-making such as the wide screen, color film and improved song, have enhanced realism and audience enjoyment.
- A) elaborated
- B) flattered
- C) improved
- D) transcended
- E) challenged
Psychology has always been an enigma to me.
- A) energy
- B) problem
- C) mystery
- D) trial
- E) draft
Enraged by being overcharged, Mr. Thompson refused to pay the bill.
- A) disappointed
- B) infuriated
- C) alienated
- D) endangered
- E) alleviated
This vitamin is abundant in enriched and whole grain breads, cheese, lean meats, eggs, leafy vegetables and liver.
- A) adored
- B) admired
- C) fortified
- D) enhanced
- E) concise
Cooperative education is regarded as a valued educational enterprise.
- A) blender
- B) venture
- C) fraud
- D) revenue
- E) prelude
Both a person's heredity and his environment help to shape his character.
- A) family
- B) education
- C) nationality
- D) surroundings
- E) genes
Today a great number of new medicines eradicate diseases before they become too widespread.
- A) wipe out
- B) identify
- C) prolong
- D) suspend
- E) exploit
The theory that business could operate totally without the aid of government has proved to be an erroneous belief.
- A) authentic
- B) argument
- C) false
- D) asset
- E) feasible
Experienced mountaineers usually escorted the amateurs.
- A) organized
- B) financed
- C) accompanied
- D) tracked
- E) trained
Since essential causes of schizophrenia are not yet known, current treatment methods are based on both clinical research and experience.
- A) accessory
- B) basic
- C) massive
- D) resolute
- E) impartial
The civil Defense officers evacuated all inhabitants from the area where the earthquake was predicted to strike.
- A) aided
- B) warned
- C) notified
- D) removed
- E) acknowledged
Even the richest nations will eventually have to adapt to smaller, more economical automobiles.
- A) never
- B) better than never
- C) reluctantly
- D) gradually
- E) sooner or later
By means of a new technique developed in his laboratory, the scientist examined the fossils closely to determine their age.
- A) processed
- B) cleaned
- C) compared
- D) inspected
- E) treated
Excavation for the first atomic power plant started officially in 1954.
- A) planning
- B) preparations
- C) exploration
- D) digging
- E) surveys
Excessive exposure to sunlight is one of the most common causes of skin cancer.
- A) wasteful
- B) extreme
- C) extravagant
- D) exclusive
- E) exceptional
Biologists believe that hair is found exclusively in mammals.
- A) particularly
- B) commonly
- C) exceptionally
- D) only
- E) occasionally
Kitaro is often described by critics being an exemplary man of creative music.
- A) atypical
- B) extraordinary
- C) unusual
- D) best
- E) model
Aristotle believed that a thrown ball traveled in a straight line until the force that impelled it was exhausted.
- A) used up
- B) debilitated
- C) diverted
- D) tired out
- E) accelerated
Please let me sit down; I'm exhausted.
- A) worn down
- B) worn off
- C) worn out
- D) worn away
- E) energetic
No one can exist for very long without water.
- A) indicate
- B) reproduce
- C) prosper
- D) transcend
- E) survive
Mr. Steed was not promoted because his work did not meet the director's expectations.
- A) anticipations
- B) expenditures
- C) expertise
- D) gauziness
- E) means
The principal threatened to expel her from school if she didn't behave herself.
- A) excise
- B) exert
- C) send out
- D) try out
- E) exhale
The new tax law is explicit; there can be no doubt that type of computers is tax-exempt.
- A) definite
- B) deficient
- C) vague
- D) imprecise
- E) unfair
Hazel nuts are extensively grown in most parts of the Black Sea region.
- A) widely
- B) hardly
- C) permanently
- D) increasingly
- E) gradually
The extinction of some animals changed the history of early nomadic hunters.
- A) extermination
- B) bellow
- C) avarice
- D) plea
- E) exclusion
Daniel is very extravagant, he is always buying clothes he can't really afford.
- A) expensive
- B) mean
- C) stingy
- D) extrovert
- E) wasteful
The Olympic Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities including a stadium swimming pools and living accommodation
- A) incompetence
- B) dexterity
- C) cleverness
- D) equipment and services
- E) aptness
The detective looking for the lost woman heard a voice, but it was so faint that it was impossible to be sure what it was or even where it came from.
- A) frightening
- B) pale
- C) loud
- D) indistinct
- E) weird
The first ice-boxes were quite fancy pieces of dining-room furniture.
- A) whimsical
- B) delightful
- C) elaborate
- D) delicate
- E) tiny
The clown in the circus fascinates not only the children but their parents as well.
- A) charms
- B) bans
- C) repulses
- D) divulges
- E) frustrates
In spite of the medical advances of recent years , AIDS is basically as fatal as ever before.
- A) curable
- B) painful
- C) deadly
- D) disabling
- E) long-lasting
Istanbul enjoys a favorable geographical location.
- A) preferential
- B) pleasing
- C) exceptional
- D) advantageous
- E) profitable
The Turkish athlete got a gold medal for the feat of lifting 300 kilos.
- A) accomplishment
- B) fear
- C) trial
- D) event
- E) plaudit
The old man was too feeble to sit down at his table and write his letter, so his nephew wrote down what he wanted to say.
- A) tired
- B) weak
- C) timid
- D) blind
- E) crazy
This animal has a ferocious appearance and sometimes a combative nature.
- A) grim
- B) harmful
- C) savage
- D) harsh
- E) docile
Spies generally use fictitious names when they deal with the enemies.
- A) foul
- B) false
- C) real
- D) foreign
- E) cogent
Students have to fill out many forms before beginning classes.
- A) complete
- B) eliminate
- C) produce
- D) distribute
- E) apply for
The man neglected to file his income tax form and therefore had to pay a fine.
- A) penalty
- B) failure
- C) promise
- D) refusal
- E) praise
Gasoline is fired by spark plugs in the engine.
- A) excited
- B) ignited
- C) scorched
- D) struck
- E) extinguished
The fitness of a person depends upon the amount of food, exercise, and rest he gets.
- A) readiness
- B) eligibility
- C) health
- D) preparation
- E) offence
Supporters of no-fault automobile insurance believe it corrects flaws in the older system, which requires that blame be determined before claims are settled.
- A) amenities
- B) defects
- C) discrepancies
- D) ingredients
- E) instruments
It is useless to attempt to flee from every danger; some risks must be taken, be it an individual or a nation.
- A) hide oneself
- B) run away
- C) protect oneself
- D) hesitate
- E) deal with
Earth is just the right distance from the sun to maintain the conditions for life to flourish.
- A) commence
- B) thrive
- C) flounder
- D) vegetate
- E) wither
Although the price of gold fluctuates daily, it is quite safe if you want to invest in it.
- A) increases
- B) changes
- C) stabilizes
- D) decreases
- E) pleases
The focus of economics is the production and distribution of goods and services.
- A) fixation
- B) dissipation
- C) result
- D) concern
- E) output
The founder of the Turkish Republic is Ataturk.
- A) leader
- B) backer
- C) discoverer
- D) originator
- E) donor
Blackberries are very fragile, but they are also delectable to eat.
- A) delicate
- B) poisonous
- C) spicy
- D) salty
- E) sour
A tapestry is functional as well as decorative in that it serves to insulate rooms.
- A) satisfactory
- B) ornamental
- C) enormous
- D) useful
- E) irreplaceable
Miss Ford became furious when she received the insulting letter.
- A) ghastly
- B) resentful
- C) fugitive
- D) irate
- E) spry
The chemist tried to fuse the two wires, but he failed to do so.
- A) separate
- B) unite
- C) bend
- D) straighten
- E) jerked
It is usually futile to argue with a person once he has made up his mind.
- A) unpleasant
- B) encouraging
- C) helpful
- D) useless
- E) harmful
Nobody has the faintest idea where the politician gained all his wealth. All that is known about his is that he was leading a humble life not long ago.
- A) confiscated
- B) obscured
- C) purloined
- D) conquered
- E) acquired
A hush fell over the guests who had gathered for the graduation ceremony.
- A) witnessed
- B) gaped
- C) participated
- D) assembled
- E) sweltered
The only successful control of weather has been the seeding of clouds to generate rain.
- A) accumulate
- B) channel
- C) accomplish
- D) conduct
- E) induce
Genetic components are often responsible for some phases of learning disabilities.
- A) hereditary
- B) inert
- C) precise
- D) leisure
- E) generic
The jeweler reported that the stolen diamonds were not genuine, which comforted the insurance company more than anybody else.
- A) perfect
- B) imitations
- C) real
- D) valuable
- E) expensive
Some musicians have a special gift for melodious interpretation.
- A) regression
- B) talent
- C) tendency
- D) tune
- E) instrument
Only recently has more attention been paid in the United States to providing special facilities for gifted children.
- A) adopted
- B) talented
- C) maltreated
- D) severely handicapped
- E) emotionally disturbed
The government got nowhere with its plan to curtail housing shortage.
- A) moved nowhere
- B) became obsessed
- C) fooled no one
- D) accomplished nothing
- E) succeeded completely
The sales representatives were asked to go over the figures in their reports before the conference.
- A) relate
- B) revise
- C) review
- D) calculate
- E) ignore
Vicky is such a good-natured person that his friends sometimes take advantage of her.
- A) accessible
- B) affable
- C) wealthy
- D) weak
- E) assertive
After struggling hard, the young politician gradually succeeded in having people accept the truth of his theory,
- A) slowly
- B) momentarily
- C) suddenly
- D) graciously
- E) presently
In some primitive cultures, a person who touches a forbidden object will suffer grave injury.
- A) unexpected
- B) frequent
- C) critical
- D) explosive
- E) sufficient
When people heard the news of Christopher Reeve's death , almost everybody was overcome with grief.
- A) sorrow
- B) rage
- C) terror
- D) emotion
- E) holiness
Price, ease of maintenance, guarantee of accuracy and appearance are important when we buy a watch.
- A) innovation
- B) brink
- C) warranty
- D) ordeal
- E) extension
Under the guise of asking the way to the station, the detective approached the suspicious-looking young man.
- A) assistance
- B) clad
- C) secrecy
- D) outfit
- E) pretense
Efforts to ameliorate housing conditions for the old and the poor were halted because government funds were cut off.
- A) increased
- B) improved
- C) examined
- D) stopped
- E) accelerated
The writer states that not being born black but being born a female was a handicap she faced.
- A) ailment
- B) enhancement
- C) advantage
- D) burden
- E) wrath
Children can learn how to handle paints and brushes by starting with simple drawings.
- A) touch
- B) hide
- C) manipulate
- D) be creative
- E) impede
By now everybody knows that smoking is harmful to the health.
- A) fundamental
- B) hazardous
- C) lethal
- D) deplorable
- E) deadly
All the cleaning products are hazardous to the skin and eyes; therefore, keep them out of reach of children.
- A) dangerous
- B) liquefied
- C) enjoyable
- D) arduous
- E) incomprehensible
Icy roads and poor visibility are familiar traffic hazards in this region.
- A) chances
- B) dangers
- C) condition
- D) occurrences
- E) sessions
According to latest findings, both a person's heredity and his environment help to shape his character.
- A) obstacles of life
- B) qualities by birth
- C) social status
- D) intelligence
- E) terminal behavior
Handicraft skills are part of the heritage of many persons who live in the mountainous areas of the district.
- A) lifestyle
- B) patrimony
- C) employment
- D) adage
- E) traditions
The boy scouts took a long hike on their first morning at camp, which exhausted all of them.
- A) horseback ride
- B) walk
- C) bicycle ride
- D) swim
- E) jogging
The movie critic said that the film 007.5, the parody of James Bond movies, was more hilarious than most comedies produced lately.
- A) suspenseful
- B) very funny
- C) realistic
- D) cumbersome
- E) extremely foolish
The play was so hilarious that it set all of us to laughing.
- A) melancholy
- B) solemn
- C) mournful
- D) hideous
- E) laughable
The president was given no hint regarding the new project.
- A) details
- B) authority
- C) explanation
- D) indication
- E) details
The Galapagos Islands are host to a variety of strange creatures.
- A) guest
- B) horde
- C) home
- D) swarm
- E) tenant
The Uffizi Palace of Florence houses one of the finest art collections in the world.
- A) contains
- B) promotes
- C) resides
- D) creates
- E) boards
After the tremendous improvements in size of recent years, the hugeness of the first computers is almost shocking to us today.
- A) slowness
- B) primitive appearance
- C) ugliness
- D) vast size
- E) influence
Most wealthy men of our day are known to have been born in humble homes.
- A) poverty-stricken
- B) modest
- C) promising
- D) merry
- E) trouble
I hate people who are idle and do nothing all day.
- A) slothful
- B) patent
- C) futile
- D) strenuous
- E) brisk
Ignoring something will not make it go away; you must see a doctor for that pain in your chest.
- A) taking an interest in
- B) looking closely at
- C) taking care of
- D) studying the causes of
- E) paying no attention to
The serum was supposedly make the patient immune from further infection.
- A) contagious
- B) not susceptible
- C) open
- D) sick
- E) subject to
The candidates' final speeches had a tremendous impact on the crowds.
- A) effect
- B) collision
- C) uplift
- D) uproar
- E) insight
Punctuality is imperative in your new job.
- A) impossible
- B) likely
- C) irrelevant
- D) tentative
- E) indispensable
Fortunately our country is free from such terrible hurricanes causing incalculable damage.
- A) minor
- B) very little
- C) abusive
- D) very calculating
- E) great
Modern architecture seems incompatible in a city rich in history.
- A) unlikely
- B) unwitting
- C) incongruous
- D) unkempt
- E) unsearchable
The detective said the suspect's replies were inconsistent with her previous testimony.
- A) contradicted
- B) incorporated
- C) admitted
- D) enhanced
- E) were compatible with
It's incredible to see him in such good health after the accident.
- A) creditable
- B) unthinkable
- C) increasing
- D) imperative
- E) corruptive
Since his qualifications for the graduate assistantship are indisputable, he is sure to get the post.
- A) fraudulent
- B) invalid
- C) outstanding
- D) unquestionable
- E) overwhelming
The government's developing a new jobs program seems an indisputable fact.
- A) indefinite
- B) indispensable
- C) indefinable
- D) unquestionable
- E) outlandish
Tankers are so-called because they consist of a series of walled sections forming individual tanks.
- A) private
- B) subjective
- C) personal
- D) separate
- E) objective
That the smaller companies should merge with the larger ones is inescapable.
- A) urgent
- B) unavoidable
- C) important
- D) necessary
- E) arduous
It is inevitable that smoking will damage your health.
- A) invading
- B) unhealthy
- C) fallacious
- D) intriguing
- E) unavoidable
Nobody can fight the inevitable.
- A) inaccurate
- B) improper
- C) inescapable
- D) inestimable
- E) inhabitable
The minister preferred to resign rather than be accused publicly of infamous conduct.
- A) outstanding
- B) unprecedented
- C) mysterious
- D) disgraceful
- E) meritorious
The cunning politician is infamous for accepting bribes from business circles.
- A) notorious
- B) dreaded
- C) loathed
- D) investigated
- E) praised
It may seem unbelievable, but Walter's enthusiasm, laughter and confidence are really infectious.
- A) dangerous
- B) contagious
- C) beneficial
- D) prone to relapse
- E) subject to quarantine
Tides are caused by the gravitational influence of the moon on ocean level.
- A) evolution
- B) coercion
- C) uninvolvement
- D) levitation
- E) impact
E. C. Stanton and her friends held the famous convention in New York in 1848 to publicize the long-standing injustice to women.
- A) indifference
- B) unfairness
- C) equity
- D) impartiality
- E) apathy
There are many innovations in teaching a foreign language which really makes learning easier.
- A) new machines
- B) new prohibitions
- C) new instructors
- D) new methods
- E) new interpretation
The inquiry concerning the accident on the highway was handled by the chief of police.
- A) enticement
- B) inquisitiveness
- C) investigation
- D) recording
- E) survey
It is ridiculous to become angry about so insignificant matter as football.
- A) sinful
- B) tragic
- C) absurd
- D) unpardonable
- E) trivial
Editorial cartoons inspire readers to form opinions on current affairs.
- A) motivate
- B) bore
- C) discourage
- D) dismay
- E) appall
After she discussed the matter with the president of the bank, the businesswoman instantly received the loan.
- A) casually
- B) finally
- C) soon
- D) immediately
- E) disdainfully
The capable leaders instilled a spirit of nationalism in most African peoples.
- A) deterred
- B) extinguished
- C) implanted
- D) extracted
- E) yielded
The detectives have been interrogating the suspects for five hours.
- A) baiting
- B) watching
- C) questioning
- D) infiltrating
- E) dominating
Since they have completely different cultural backgrounds it is difficult for them to have an intimate relationship.
- A) cordial
- B) detached
- C) fresh
- D) snug
- E) remote
Steven suffers from stage fright and he is easily intimidated by a large audience.
- A) inspired
- B) applauded
- C) frightened
- D) expelled
- E) prevailed
Not everyone is qualified to be a teacher; some great scholars in the world are completely inept when it comes to passing on their knowledge to others.
- A) incompetent
- B) marvelous
- C) unwilling
- D) reluctant
- E) inspiring
The introduction of Henry Ford's ideas revolutionized the automaking industry.
- A) implementation
- B) publication
- C) production
- D) presentation
- E) imposition
The stroke left the famous writer an invalid.
- A) marshal
- B) sick person
- C) proprietor
- D) tutor
- E) devoted
Registering a patent involves a number expenses.
- A) includes
- B) saves
- C) entails
- D) precludes
- E) ravages
Little Cecily cannot speak well because she has a speech impediment.
- A) skeptic
- B) defect
- C) imposition
- D) aspect
- E) grit
Some language student find studying vocabulary an irksome task.
- A) easy
- B) pleasant
- C) tedious
- D) irate
- E) creative
This matter is totally irrelevant to the discussion we have just had.
- A) suitable
- B) alien
- C) uninviting
- D) disappointing
- E) terse
The lack of rain caused irreparable damage to the sunflower crop.
- A) irresolute
- B) irresponsible
- C) irrecoverable
- D) irregular
- E) irrelevant
Unless the crops are irrigated soon, the harvest will be sparse.
- A) watered
- B) plowed
- C) planted
- D) fertilized
- E) inflated
The politician's conviction for tax fraud jeopardized his future.
- A) jettisoned
- B) penalized
- C) rejuvenated
- D) endangered
- E) jubilated
The Kangal, the national dog of Turkey, has a keen sense of smell.
- A) sharp
- B) outstanding
- C) aggressive
- D) enviable
- E) slight
Diving is known to be the leading cause of spinal-cord injuries.
- A) primary
- B) ultimate
- C) conducive
- D) utmost
- E) restrictive
According to a Turkish legend, Turks once had to made their way through a mountain of iron.
- A) report
- B) myth
- C) history
- D) narration
- E) anecdote
Since I have been ill for a week, my appetite has lessened and I eat almost nothing.
- A) risen
- B) diminished
- C) extended
- D) increased
- E) acclaimed
A gun is a lethal weapon, not a toy; therefore, children should never be allowed to play with one.
- A) dangerous
- B) enjoyable
- C) deadly
- D) expensive
- E) costly
Only one of the world's ten highest peaks lies outside the Himalayas
- A) rises up
- B) is located
- C) originates
- D) is discernible
- E) occur
Holiday crowds litter picnic areas in such a way that they look like a junkyard.
- A) dirty
- B) fill
- C) clean
- D) leave
- E) empty
The city is at an elevation of 1200 meters, which makes it one of the loftiest cities in the area.
- A) mildest
- B) highest
- C) largest
- D) flattest
- E) coldest
The police took measures to prevent looting.
- A) signing
- B) espionage
- C) smuggling
- D) escaping
- E) plundering
Tennis wear is a very lucrative business for manufacturers because tennis somehow attracts wealthy people.
- A) illegal
- B) circumstantial
- C) expansive
- D) profitable
- E) enviable
We don't think we will be able to make the conference in Japan.
- A) construct
- B) do
- C) attend
- D) decide
- E) hold
Recently more and more men have begun to use make-up products.
- A) artificial
- B) diet
- C) cosmetic
- D) health
- E) unisex
It is imperative that you deliver the merchandise on the arranged date; otherwise, we will refuse to pay for your service.
- A) mandatory
- B) suggested
- C) hoped
- D) intended
- E) recommended
The rule states that if a boxer is knocked down, he must stay down for a mandatory eight seconds.
- A) long
- B) delayed
- C) obligatory
- D) crucial
- E) optional
The martial music roused everybody to a peak of excitement.
- A) pertaining to marriage
- B) peaceful
- C) seasoned
- D) warlike
- E) country
Doctors may prescribe massive dozes of penicillin for patients with pneumonia.
- A) daily
- B) heavy
- C) double
- D) adequate
- E) deadly
We are merely here to help you.
- A) only
- B) willingly
- C) often
- D) always
- E) inadvertently
The two companies are going to merge by the first month of the year.
- A) become one
- B) divide into two
- C) dissolve
- D) change owners
- E) compete
A minute crack in the motor block can ruin a car.
- A) long-lasting
- B) multiple
- C) short
- D) very small
- E) frequent
Technicolor, originally a two-collar process, was modified in 1932 to become a three-color process.
- A) designed
- B) manipulated
- C) altered
- D) invented
- E) acquired
The groundnut is found in moist places in some parts of Turkey.
- A) various
- B) damp
- C) fertile
- D) sandy
- E) arid
Stock-market analysts monitor a great variety of financial indicators.
- A) come up with
- B) look into
- C) keep track of
- D) take charge of
- E) over-rate
She is such a moody person that her husband never knows what really makes her sad or happy.
- A) vigilant
- B) timid
- C) reserved
- D) passionate
- E) temperamental
The death toll is believed to mount to 60 after the earthquake.
- A) fly
- B) dismantle
- C) support
- D) increase
- E) descend
Granite is light colored, and its crystals are large enough to be seen with naked eye.
- A) undressed
- B) unaided
- C) uncensored
- D) bespectacled
- E) near-sighted
We must not neglect to file our income tax if we don't want to pay a fine.
- A) hope
- B) forget
- C) promise
- D) refuse
- E) remind
The jury found that the manufacturer was negligent in installing safety devices.
- A) carefree
- B) careless
- C) careworn
- D) careful
- E) haggard
Mrs. Taylor is exhausted today because all her students have been naughty all day long.
- A) inquisitive
- B) disobedient
- C) silent
- D) passive
- E) curt
Rachel thinks she is overweight, so she will go on a crash diet.
- A) fatal
- B) obese
- C) greasy
- D) monstrous
- E) fake
The objective of any government should be protecting the rights and freedoms of the people.
- A) intention
- B) inception
- C) premise
- D) origin
- E) exertion
She is a student who understands her obligations and attends to them.
- A) restrictions
- B) annoyances
- C) observations
- D) duties
- E) acquaintances
Some people think that discussions of the dangers of cigarette smoking obscure the real issue of restricting smokers' rights.
- A) clarify
- B) simplify
- C) mask
- D) explain
- E) expand
Her swollen tonsils are obstructing the doctor's view of her throat.
- A) encouraging
- B) assisting
- C) aiding
- D) impeding
- E) revealing
He has always been too obstinate to admit he had been wrong.
- A) stubborn
- B) frightened
- C) selfish
- D) cautious
- E) inert
If the information we need is easily obtainable, we will find it immediately.
- A) acceptable
- B) accessory
- C) accessible
- D) probable
- E) incessant
The Scottish kilt is a checkered skirt worn by men for both formal and informal occasions.
- A) purposes
- B) events
- C) probabilities
- D) clothing
- E) ceremonies
The word "Christmas," which is derived from the Old English for "Christ's Mass" is believed to occur for the first time in the eleventh century.
- A) vanish
- B) recycle
- C) appear
- D) suggest
- E) revive
In animal communication, odor is substituted for sound as a main form of language.
- A) smell
- B) aroma
- C) perfume
- D) awareness
- E) fragrant
Your application will be returned to you if you omit any answers.
- A) include
- B) insert
- C) introduce
- D) leave out
- E) infuse
Ballet is believed to originate in the courts of Italian royal families in the 1400s.
- A) develop into
- B) begin in
- C) be supported by
- D) coexist with
- E) be forbidden
There were a number of limiting factors on the output of consumer durables in 1973-74.
- A) outflow
- B) production
- C) income
- D) reduction
- E) stability
Your outrageous behavior was more shocking than entertaining.
- A) diminutive
- B) sinful
- C) tentative
- D) offensive
- E) atrocious
Perhaps you have overlooked your mistakes in your last test and that is why you made the same mistakes on this test.
- A) perused
- B) confused
- C) neglected
- D) not received
- E) browsed
It was no surprise when they were told that their great-grand mother had passed away.
- A) survived
- B) slipped
- C) died
- D) gone on a trip
- E) dozed off
Watermelon crops must be rotated periodically with other crops to avoid fungal disease.
- A) constantly
- B) simultaneously
- C) regularly
- D) rarely
- E) eternally
As the saying goes, those who live by the sword will perish by the sword.
- A) breathe
- B) survive
- C) vanish
- D) win
- E) flourish
Tattooing involves putting permanent designs on the body by pricking holes and filling them with ink.
- A) lasting
- B) colorful
- C) visible
- D) short-lived
- E) skin-deep
Everybody should read periodicals which are related to his profession.
- A) appropriate
- B) apparent
- C) perceptive
- D) discriminating
- E) exceptional
While they were away on vacation, they allowed their mail to pile up at the post office.
- A) be delivered
- B) accumulate
- C) get lost
- D) be returned
- E) dispel
A Japanese company pioneered the use of the Bessemer process for making steel and improved the quality of steel.
- A) hid
- B) initiated
- C) explored
- D) disguised
- E) illustrated
Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning.
- A) fell
- B) retrieved
- C) skyrocketed
- D) recovered
- E) fluctuated
The toxic material coming out of the factory chimney polluted the atmosphere.
- A) contaminated
- B) intoxicated
- C) congested
- D) cremated
- E) littered
The doctor was forced to postpone his vacation because so many of his patients were ill.
- A) expand
- B) schedule
- C) limit
- D) put off
- E) cancel
We were forced to postpone the meeting when one of the managers had a traffic accident.
- A) call off
- B) do without
- C) put off
- D) see about
- E) announce
During the war, the shipping lanes proved prone to attacks, so measures had to be taken to deter them.
- A) futile
- B) dangerous
- C) susceptible
- D) feasible
- E) impossible
The praiseworthy rescue of the men stranded on the mountaintop was really a creditable deed.
- A) hard to believe
- B) daring
- C) unusual
- D) risky
- E) challenging
Peace will soon prevail in spite of those who want the war to continue.
- A) fail
- B) surrender
- C) triumph
- D) collapse
- E) comprise
If a pilot prevents a plane crash by making a safe emergency landing he may laugh later as he describes his experience.
- A) defends
- B) permits
- C) averts
- D) allows
- E) obscures
Most meat-eating animals use their teeth to seize and kill prey.
- A) attackers
- B) nourishment
- C) enemies
- D) victims
- E) carcass
The superintendent was the principal speaker at the school board meeting.
- A) sole
- B) main
- C) outstanding
- D) director
- E) last
Many of the old people do not get housing benefits because the government is slow in processing applications.
- A) providing
- B) working on
- C) raising
- D) trying
- E) justifying
The 1950s were one of the most distinguished and productive periods in the history of American poetry.
- A) tactful
- B) fertile
- C) profitable
- D) talented
- E) proficient
Her mother tried in vain to wake Ann from a profound sleep.
- A) proper
- B) light
- C) drowsy
- D) deep
- E) sweet
Smoking has already been prohibited in many government offices in the United States.
- A) permitted
- B) taught
- C) banned
- D) revoked
- E) encouraged
Although most Politicians would like to think they are infallible, they are prone to error, like the rest of us.
- A) disgusted with
- B) afraid of
- C) disposed to
- D) inclined to
- E) attracted to
Many properties of the atmosphere affect the amount of solar radiation that reaches the earth.
- A) belongings
- B) impurities
- C) levels
- D) characteristics
- E) layers
Today only a few countries enjoy prosperous economies.
- A) static
- B) stable
- C) flourishing
- D) poor
- E) parsimonious
Mr. Brown is a provident person who saves something each month.
- A) punctual
- B) rash
- C) thrifty
- D) adventurous
- E) considerate
Professor Smith said that punctuality was imperative at the university.
- A) being efficient
- B) being courteous
- C) being on time
- D) being cheerful
- E) being flawless
He purchased some antique furniture, paintings and statues and shipped them to America.
- A) picked out
- B) exchanged
- C) sold
- D) bought
- E) mended
The basic drive in philosopher's life was the pursuit of knowledge and of happiness.
- A) glorification
- B) communication
- C) quest
- D) dissemination
- E) examination
She tells all kinds of queer stories, and she enjoys a large audience.
- A) interesting
- B) boring
- C) strange
- D) clever
- E) confusing
The quest for the cure for AIDS is still going on in many Countries.
- A) hypothesis
- B) search
- C) margin
- D) prelude
- E) absence
She said even her doctors warnings would not compel her to quit smoking.
- A) condemn
- B) prohibit
- C) stop
- D) extol
- E) prosecute
Unconscious learning is now considered to be of questionable worth.
- A) invaluable
- B) dubious
- C) superficial
- D) secondary
- E) primary
The young politician radiates goodwill when he speaks of projects to help the poor.
- A) hates
- B) exposes
- C) emits
- D) hides
- E) loathes
Most energy from an earthquake radiates out from the epicenter in the form of seismic waves.
- A) explodes
- B) devastates
- C) spreads
- D) reverts
- E) reflects
Fear of pirate raids caused some countries to fortify their coastline.
- A) invasion
- B) ships
- C) arms
- D) investigations
- E) quests
The people they interview for the survey are selected randomly.
- A) carefully
- B) carelessly
- C) indiscriminately
- D) thoughtfully
- E) rashly
A sense of taste is triggered when the tongue touches a wide range of chemical substances.
- A) chain
- B) span
- C) series
- D) variety
- E) sort
Economic profit ranks as a chief reason for a nation to seek foreign territories.
- A) is classified
- B) outweighs
- C) describes
- D) achieves
- E) is depicted
His works rank among the most significant studies of the twentieth century.
- A) share
- B) establish
- C) stand
- D) conceal
- E) are exhibited
In the history of the New York Stock exchange, 1929 must be rated as the most shattering year.
- A) condemned
- B) quoted
- C) ranked
- D) impugned
- E) calculate
The indecisive man was readily persuaded to change his mind again.
- A) easily
- B) hardly
- C) subtly
- D) abruptly
- E) punctually
What a red letter day it was! Five victories in five events!
- A) colorful
- B) forgettable
- C) neon
- D) memorable
- E) marvelous
The dog started barking at his reflection in the pool.
- A) image
- B) bone
- C) imagination
- D) leash
- E) caption
The boys were refused admission to the cocktail party for not wearing formal clothes
- A) granted
- B) denied
- C) acquiesced
- D) appealed
- E) pestered
He is generally regarded as the founder of the Green Peace Organization.
- A) condemned
- B) punished
- C) concerned
- D) viewed
- E) respected
Pain is relayed to the brain through the nervous system in the form of electrical impulses.
- A) devoted
- B) carried
- C) compared
- D) accustomed
- E) provided
Everybody should read periodicals which are related to his profession.
- A) appropriate
- B) apparent
- C) perceptive
- D) discriminating
- E) exceptional
Before the 1700s, most European cities relied on pamphlets, handwritten newsletters, and town criers for news.
- A) focused on
- B) scanned
- C) depended on
- D) browsed through
- E) tangled with
Kurt Cobain, renowned member of the world famous rock group, Nirvana, committed a suicide in April, 1994.
- A) obscure
- B) famous
- C) anonymous
- D) unrecognized
- E) impotent
A virus is a lifeless particle that cannot reproduce outside a living cell.
- A) redistribute
- B) function
- C) reactivate
- D) multiply
- E) survive
Distinguishing between two forms of science is important. Pure science involves research while applied science involves technology.
- A) skills
- B) theory
- C) investigation
- D) chemistry
- E) concern
The ancient people generally represented gold with a solar symbol thinking that it resembled the sun.
- A) derived from
- B) introduced
- C) reflected
- D) symbolized
- E) looked like
Having lost all his investment in his new business, he resolved to act more wisely in the future.
- A) promised
- B) hoped
- C) consented
- D) decided
- E) renounced
Scientists have found Surprising evidence of a response in plants to physical abuse.
- A) reaction
- B) warning signal
- C) disposition
- D) trigger mechanism
- E) movement
Students must restrain their urge to talk during the lectures.
- A) impel
- B) spur
- C) encourage
- D) limit
- E) stimulate
The world recession and conservation measures are expected to restrict demand for oil.
- A) inquire
- B) involve
- C) spread
- D) affect
- E) curb
After a long lunch hour, business resumes as usual.
- A) responds
- B) delay
- C) continues
- D) resurfaces
- E) assume
At the battle of Gallipoly, the British forces had to retreat in the face of Turkish offensive.
- A) attack
- B) pursue
- C) withdraw
- D) intercept
- E) move fast
The reporter promised not to reveal any of the information he got.
- A) recall
- B) divulge
- C) retrain
- D) redirect
- E) revere
Property taxes are assessed on homes as a source of revenue.
- A) funds
- B) collection
- C) readjustment
- D) bonus
- E) donation
The political leader was revered by the people of his country.
- A) loved
- B) feared
- C) distrusted
- D) abandoned
- E) surpassed
Deciding that the terrible accident was largely due to his reckless driving, the police revoked his drivers license.
- A) reconsidered
- B) exorcised
- C) canceled
- D) investigated
- E) examined
It is believed that the ritual of bedtime stories can stimulate a child's imagination
- A) rite
- B) ceremony
- C) formality
- D) custom
- E) recital
The rivalry between the two construction companies was obvious since it had led to more affordable house prices.
- A) competition
- B) cooperation
- C) compromise
- D) campaign
- E) enmity
While on vacation, the group of boys roamed the countryside on their bikes.
- A) rounded
- B) rocked
- C) wandered
- D) rustled
- E) inhabited
Agriculture, one of the world's oldest industries, has its roots in Anatolia.
- A) origin
- B) problems
- C) growth
- D) development
- E) seeds
It takes roughly 4000 pounds of petals to make a single pound of rose oil.
- A) as much as
- B) amazingly
- C) more or less
- D) relatively
- E) at least
The chairman did not rule out the possibility of an agreement however remote it sounded.
- A) promise
- B) reject
- C) accept
- D) forestall
- E) command
Most people would agree that life in rural areas is always peaceful.
- A) urban
- B) country
- C) citified
- D) plausible
- E) arid
As the minute hand approaches the hour, hordes of students throughout the campus rush towards gates.
- A) move
- B) scatter
- C) hurry
- D) ascend
- E) march
Savage enemy swept across the region and ruthlessly killed everybody in their way.
- A) without stopping
- B) without weapons
- C) without pity
- D) without warning
- E) without purpose
Mr. Simon's treatment of his employees is ruthless.
- A) rash
- B) without mercy
- C) rational
- D) liberal
- E) sluggish
The ancient Egyptians viewed cats as sacred and honored them in art forms.
- A) holy
- B) pure
- C) intact
- D) haughty
- E) wicked
Immigrants have always been prepared to work hard and in appalling conditions for the sake of their descendants.
- A) benefit
- B) health
- C) property
- D) entertainment
- E) recognition
The attempt made to salvage the ship and its contents was unsuccessful.
- A) stalk
- B) surface
- C) sink
- D) submerge
- E) save
His understanding of basic mathematics puts advanced physics beyond his scope.
- A) memory
- B) telescope
- C) view
- D) hollow
- E) range
Backed by the full faith and credit of the French government, savings bonds are considered to be secure investments.
- A) dependable
- B) unreliable
- C) affluent
- D) hazardous
- E) tricky
Computer firms are seeking ways of cramming more bits of information onto tiny silicon chips.
- A) finding
- B) looking for
- C) staking out
- D) revealing
- E) propelling
Martin Luther King fought to put an end to segregation in the United States.
- A) integration
- B) education
- C) separation
- D) torture
- E) desertion
Scott seized the opportunity to present his proposal to the director
- A) realized
- B) grasped
- C) rendered
- D) delivered
- E) manifested
Though it can sense the slightest touch anywhere on the body, the brain itself is insensitive to pain.
- A) intellectualize
- B) reveal
- C) sensualize
- D) feel
- E) seize
That house on the hill has a mysterious air of serenity about it.
- A) melancholy
- B) joy
- C) sadness
- D) calmness
- E) calamity
That big house surrounded with great trees had served as a hospital during the war.
- A) functioned
- B) exerted
- C) moaned
- D) reconciled
- E) placated
An important population shift in Turkey during the second half of the 20th century has been from rural to urban areas.
- A) rotation
- B) explosion
- C) movement
- D) transition
- E) alteration
The Caspian Sea has been shrinking over the years due to a number of negative factors.
- A) receding
- B) migrating
- C) expanding
- D) revitalizing
- E) evaporating
It is no simple matter for chimpanzees accustomed to living with human beings to return to the wild.
- A) foolish
- B) easy
- C) common
- D) unique
- E) unusual
it is generally believed that child-care centers should be situated on the ground floor of a building.
- A) barricaded
- B) destroyed
- C) synchronized
- D) concocted
- E) founded
None of the members of the cabinet is skeptical about the success of the economic measures of April 5.
- A) confident
- B) anxious
- C) indifferent
- D) doubtful
- E) informed
Prices skyrocket when there is severe shortage of any product.
- A) tower
- B) slow
- C) fall
- D) soar
- E) decrease
The university students are starting a campaign against the hunters slaughtering the baby seals mercilessly.
- A) netting
- B) capturing
- C) killing
- D) skinning
- E) surviving
Soaring rates of interest have recently made it difficult for young couples to buy their own homes.
- A) rapidly rising
- B) very expensive
- C) slowly rising
- D) extremely painful
- E) erroneous
It is a pity that we often forget the invaluable adage that a soft response frequently turns away wrath.
- A) pleasant
- B) loud
- C) impolite
- D) angry
- E) odious
Mrs. Dylan's sole objective is to open a small bakery, where she will bake and sell home made cakes, cookies and pies.
- A) only
- B) principal
- C) important
- D) foul
- E) immediate
It was sound advice but the researchers paid little attention to it.
- A) good
- B) sensitive
- C) noisy
- D) disruptive
- E) vital
Mr. Cater's new spacious new office overlooking the city gives him ample space to do things.
- A) quiet
- B) colorful
- C) roomy
- D) comfortable
- E) lucrative
Life expectancy is the measure of the average life span of a particular group of people.
- A) age
- B) range
- C) condition
- D) mortality
- E) trait
BBC has a program called "Sesame Street", which is designed specifically for young children.
- A) distinctly
- B) individually
- C) completely
- D) artistically
- E) specially
Accidental oil spills due to a number of causes are a major source of pollution of the earth's oceans.
- A) barters
- B) shortages
- C) transactions
- D) misfortunes
- E) releases
Niacin is one of the most stable of all vitamins
- A) vacillating
- B) fluctuating
- C) secure
- D) tenuous
- E) dazzling
At the end of the race my stamina gave out and I lost the race.
- A) vision
- B) decision
- C) determination
- D) vigor
- E) imagination
The basketball game started at 4:00 p.m.
- A) transpired
- B) commenced
- C) ended
- D) continued
- E) was postponed
The professor tried to stimulate interest in archaeology by taking his students on expeditions.
- A) oppress
- B) fake
- C) encourage
- D) diminish
- E) subdue
When he was challenged, the salesman stood up for his product.
- A) defended
- B) sold
- C) spoke of
- D) fought
- E) imported
Learning how to relax is the best strategy for avoiding stress.
- A) tactic
- B) jeopardy
- C) segment
- D) plateau
- E) purpose
A kite is a light wooden framework over which paper or cloth is stretched.
- A) confined
- B) pulled
- C) wrapped
- D) contracted
- E) fused
Everybody was stunned by the election news; nobody had expected Prosperity Party to do so well.
- A) elated
- B) excited
- C) deserted
- D) delighted
- E) astounded
Sonar devices can determine the location of submerged objects through echoes.
- A) lost
- B) joined
- C) irregular
- D) underwater
- E) buried
Carol, who used to be quite submissive, suddenly turned rebellious for reasons unknown to us.
- A) sullen
- B) conscientious
- C) permissive
- D) timid
- E) obedient
Subsequent events proved the old politician to be right.
- A) Few
- B) Later
- C) Earlier
- D) Many
- E) Some
The first wallpaper was used as a substitute for tapestries, which had been used for centuries.
- A) precursor of
- B) accomplice of
- C) associate of
- D) alternative to
- E) contribution to
When the General Director resigned a younger person succeeded him in the company.
- A) fulfilled
- B) rotated
- C) replaced
- D) attained
- E) reached
Only after her third attempt she succeeded in selling one of her paintings at a reasonable price.
- A) assisted
- B) quoted
- C) accomplish
- D) expected
- E) renounced
A thousand dollars today will suffice to buy a personal computer with amazing power.
- A) be insufficient
- B) induce
- C) seduce
- D) be enough
- E) necessitate
I do not want to suggest by this criticism that there is something fundamentally wrong with your argument.
- A) conceal
- B) claim
- C) assert
- D) assume
- E) imply
She cleaned the house superficially but a close look at the furniture showed she had done very little.
- A) on the surface
- B) in the corners
- C) inside
- D) from a distance
- E) successively
Superstition may easily lead a great many people astray.
- A) irrational belief
- B) succession
- C) logic
- D) misdirection
- E) stipulation
The ancient Scandinavians venerated the mistletoe because it supposedly brought good luck and fertility.
- A) doubtfully
- B) presumably
- C) actually
- D) hopefully
- E) fortunately
The attendance at the music festival surpassed all expectations.
- A) overwhelmed
- B) overestimated
- C) increased
- D) overcame
- E) excelled
There is a large area of swamp that will have to be cleared before construction can begin.
- A) forest
- B) soft, wet land
- C) dry, sandy soil
- D) prairie
- E) huge forest
Digital watches that display time electronically are swiftly replacing analog watches.
- A) gradually
- B) eventually
- C) previously
- D) rapidly
- E) steadily
The symptoms of "senility" include serious forgetfulness, confusion, and certain other changes in personality and behavior.
- A) diagnosis
- B) signs
- C) anomalies
- D) retorts
- E) claims
The manager is always tactful when he deals with angry customers.
- A) firm
- B) sensitive
- C) outspoken
- D) rude
- E) cunning
As a professional sport, women's basketball has taken off in recent years.
- A) distributed
- B) removed
- C) grown
- D) leveled
- E) been introduced
Most wild animals are easy to tame.
- A) domesticate
- B) catch
- C) identify
- D) feed
- E) take care of
A report is usually tangible proof that the research has been completed.
- A) evasive
- B) concrete
- C) vague
- D) inevitable
- E) ambiguous
Her friends tried to tempt her to go to the movies although they knew she had to study.
- A) trace
- B) enervate
- C) implore
- D) entice
- E) long for
All the tenants in our apartment building are complaining about the lack of hot water.
- A) old people
- B) landlords
- C) superintendents
- D) settlers
- E) occupants
Professor Fox has a thorough knowledge of Turkish history.
- A) complete
- B) hazy
- C) wonderful
- D) scientific
- E) trite
Tina thwarted her brother's every effort to sell the old house which they grew up in.
- A) assisted
- B) blocked
- C) reported
- D) hoped
- E) supplicated
Dictators do not tolerate opposition of any kind.
- A) understand
- B) permit
- C) justify
- D) execute
- E) specify
Sandy is still touchy on this subject; be careful not to mention the matter to her.
- A) handy
- B) sensitive
- C) manual
- D) ill-mannered
- E) inclement
There was no trace of poison in the coffee the chemist analyzed, which disappointed the police.
- A) indication
- B) taste
- C) color
- D) smell
- E) sediment
The elegant decorations transformed the garage into a ballroom.
- A) reverted
- B) changed
- C) sustained
- D) interrupted
- E) retained
Some plants thrive if you transplant them from indoors to the garden in the hot weather.
- A) transfer
- B) substitute
- C) trade
- D) dig
- E) plant
Many minor tremors cart be felt before an earthquake hits an area.
- A) temptations
- B) noises
- C) vibrations
- D) beatings
- E) voices
Among certain groups drug taking has become the latest trend. Actors pop singers and people prominent in the entertainment industry have certainly set the fashion.
- A) situation
- B) gist
- C) drift
- D) fad
- E) tradition
Scientists have long discovered that emotions trigger physiological reactions- and vice versa.
- A) blunt
- B) activate
- C) encounter
- D) obscure
- E) impede
At first, the incident seemed to be trivial, giving no hint of the terrible consequences it would lead to.
- A) significant
- B) momentous
- C) unimportant
- D) critical
- E) of great importance
A quiet moment, spent alone, often takes one out of turmoil of a stressful situation.
- A) tranquility
- B) peace
- C) chaos
- D) inspiration
- E) gloom
The country is plagued by turmoil.
- A) revolution
- B) earthquakes
- C) utter confusion
- D) fuel shortages
- E) contagious disease
Nearsightedness is a defect of sight in which distant objects that should be seen clearly are unclear.
- A) marred
- B) unrecognizable
- C) invisible
- D) blurred
- E) tiny
It is undoubtedly true that the Watergate scandal was the worst of all in U.S. political history.
- A) considerably
- B) arguably
- C) indecisively
- D) without question
- E) sternly
Our company possesses unique research capabilities.
- A) only
- B) solely
- C) unequaled
- D) unbalanced
- E) uniform
She is quite an unlikely candidate for the position.
- A) amicable
- B) admirable
- C) improbable
- D) unqualified
- E) irreproachable
His unsophisticated manner caused him severe problems when he went to Istanbul to do business.
- A) experienced
- B) naive
- C) knowledgeable
- D) cosmopolitan
- E) profuse
The human urge to express feelings through rhythmic motion is expressed in dance.
- A) repulse
- B) addiction
- C) sensation
- D) desire
- E) collaboration
The wool of a cashmere goat is valued for its fine, silky texture.
- A) charged
- B) raised
- C) exploited
- D) prized
- E) sought
The alien spacecraft hovered over the corn field for a while, and then it vanished, never to be sighted again.
- A) landed
- B) disappeared
- C) attacked
- D) rose
- E) engulfed
In early summer, Mexico's vast wheat fields look like golden seas of grain.
- A) pregnant
- B) boundless
- C) swift
- D) teeming
- E) cultivated
After listening to the testimony, the members of the jury delivered their verdict.
- A) sentence
- B) cross-examination
- C) decision
- D) foreman
- E) speech
The 1961 missile crisis brought the world to the verge of all-out war.
- A) horror
- B) brink
- C) prospect
- D) danger
- E) security
The ambassador verified the report before he called the State Department to make sure he wasn't causing unwarranted anxiety.
- A) canceled
- B) confirmed
- C) proofread
- D) purloined
- E) hid
A forest is a vibrant, complex community of many forms of life, and it should be protected at all costs.
- A) active
- B) fatal
- C) slick
- D) fabulous
- E) fierce
The candidate's victory at the polls was overwhelming.
- A) treachery
- B) defeat
- C) triumph
- D) popularity
- E) certificate
Views regarding private education appear to be changing.
- A) forecasts
- B) predictions
- C) opinions
- D) proponents
- E) advocates
Some parts of the world, such as the Arctic and Antarctica, remain virtually unexplored.
- A) actually
- B) partially
- C) superficially
- D) practically
- E) completely
As I expected, I did not have to say much. He had actually agreed to the plan voluntarily.
- A) to his benefit
- B) enthusiastically
- C) unwillingly
- D) unhesitatingly
- E) of his own accord
Will their vows be made publicly or privately?
- A) opening remarks
- B) thoughts
- C) promises
- D) emotions
- E) trials
The army was out in the open and therefore vulnerable to the enemy attack.
- A) exposed
- B) eager
- C) closed
- D) remote
- E) attainable
Only wealthy people can maintain such a big yacht.
- A) fearless
- B) gifted
- C) mechanical
- D) affluent
- E) imbecile
Mr. Moore's behavior was often considered weird, even by his friends.
- A) strange
- B) foreign
- C) cold
- D) unknown
- E) shameless
Having spent all his money on clothes, Laura is not well-off enough even to buy a loaf of bread.
- A) destitute
- B) arrogant
- C) wealthy
- D) afraid
- E) peevish
Whenever she reads a good mystery, it whets her appetite for more books by any author.
- A) waits
- B) cajoles
- C) sharpens
- D) resolves
- E) idles
That railroads were ultimate mode of transport was a widespread belief before the 20th century.
- A) contagious
- B) expansive
- C) common
- D) broad
- E) esteemed
The city managed to withstand the years-long siege by Serbian forces.
- A) resist
- B) rise against
- C) prepare for
- D) predict
- E) overwhelm
Only a small number of the wounded people in Gorazde were carried to the aircrafts by the soldiers of the United Nations.
- A) unconscious
- B) injured
- C) deceased
- D) inept
- E) distressed
He yearns to ask his girlfriend to marry him, but he is too bashful to do so.
- A) hopes
- B) wants
- C) plans
- D) refuses
- E) discourages
My aunt worked in her garden with such zeal that she grew more vegetables than she could possibly eat.
- A) fertilizers
- B) garden tools
- C) unwillingness
- D) enthusiasm
- E) vanity
A cave is a natural opening in the ground extending beyond the zone of light, and large enough to permit the entry of man.
- A) region
- B) hamlet
- C) refrain
- D) aversion
- E) articulation

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