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(1)To complete each item, choose the best word among the ten choices.

1. His (@@humdrum@ ) life led him to quit his job and travel all over the world.
2. The (@repercussions@@ ) for noncompliance by any one of you would be serious.
3. An excellent job opportunity came my way at a(n) ( @@opportune @) time.
4. Cats in the wild typically ( @outwitted@@ ) their prey silently before striking.
5. The world economy seems in (@@disarray@ ) after the collapse of Asian currencies.
6. By some (@@fluke@ ) the judges passed over the obvious choices and chose her.
7. The schools were fighting endlessly to combat ( @@truancy @) .
8. Donft be (@@foolhardy@ ). Get the advice of experienced people before undertaking this venture.
9. The (@@acerbity@ ) of some wines is such as to make them an acquired taste.
10. The brash insurance salesman invaded the (@@sacrosanct@ ) privacy of the presidentfs office.

acerbity, disarray, fluke, foolhardy, humdrum, opportune, outwit, repercussion, sacrosanct, truancy
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(2)To complete each item, choose the best word among the four choices.

1. The basic assumption has been so thoroughly discussed that it needs little (@@elaboration @ ) here.
  1.infiltration 2. collocation 3. elaboration 4. collation
   
2. In hospitals there are usually ( @dispensaries@@) where medicines are prepared and given out to patients.
  1. clinics 2. surgeries 3. drugstores 4. dispensaries
   
3. The gourmet was a ( @connoisseur@@) of gastronomic delights.
  1. progeny 2. connoisseur 3. facilitator 4. virtuoso
   
4. The boy walked down the (@@precipice @ ) through the middle of the meadow between the tall grass where the snakes slithered and hissed.
  1. swatch 2. swath 3. precipice 4. periphery
   
5. Each spring the (@@moribund@ ) tree put out fewer and fewer leaves.
  1. ambient 2. desultory 3. moribund 4. reclusive
   
6. Susie's ( @infatuation@@) with power and prestige blinded her to the true nature of her evil, but wealthy fiance.
  1. infatuation 2. offense 3. intimidation 4. counsel
   
7. The new instrument proved to be of little usefulness to the geologists; because it had no midrange sensitivity, it only registered disturbances that were either inconsequential or ( @cataclysmic@@).
  1. cataclysmic 2. untenable 3. instantaneous 4. unintelligible
   
8. The last bank failure did not affect the (@@solvency@ ) of the local credit union.
  1. solicitation 2. solvency 3. succor 4. serrated
   
9. Wine sales (@@languished@ ) when consumer preferences shifted to beer.
  1.flourished 2. fatigued 3. prospered 4. languished
   
10. He was modest about winning the prize, (@@unassuming@ ), by giving credit to those who had helped him, and unpretentious about the new importance it gave him.
  1. brisk 2. vivacious 3. unassuming 4. strenuous
   
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