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

1. His (@@profane@ ) language made the genteel women blush.
2. Corruption within the government was (@@insidious@ ) and widespread.
3. His beautiful nose was (@disfigured@ ) in the horrible traffic accident.
4. Her father (@@disowned@ ) and disinherited the degenerate daughter.
5. There was an increasing (@@hubbub@ ) from the great reception hall below.
6. His (@@erudite@ ) writing was difficult to read because of the many allusions which were unfamiliarto most readers.
7. I enjoy her dinner parties because the food is excellent and the conversation (@scintillates@@ ).
8. The young driverfs body was (@@lacerated@ ) in the automobile crash.
9. For a brief moment, the entire skyline was bathed in an orange-red hue in the (@evanescent@@ ) raysof the sunset.
10. The guests, having eaten until they were (@satiated@ ), now listened inattentively to the speakers.

disfigure, disown, erudite, evanescent, hubbub, insidious, lacerate, profane, satiate, scintillate
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(2)To complete each item, choose the best word among the four choices.

1. This TV station tries to ( @cater @@ ) to all its viewers by broadcasting a variety of programs.
  1.cater 2. concede 3. convey 4. transmit
   
2. With the (@@onset@ ) of cold weather, sales of kerosene picked up.
  1. onset 2. offshoot 3. outcome 4. fallout
   
3. Intoxicated by the ( @@adulation@ ) of his fans, Rodney waved happily to the crowds.
  1. dexterity 2. humility 3. adulation 4. supremacy
   
4. Changed from its original meaning, the word esophistryf now has negative connotation, suggesting a(n) (@@specious@ ) argument resulting from deceitful tactics put forth skillfully.
  1. specious 2. debatable 3. forensic 4. willful
   
5. Given the unstable market conditions, managers found themselves in a (@@quandary@ ) over whether to increase or decrease production.
  1. brigade 2. candor 3. quandary 4. cinch
   
6. The evidence the defendant produced was too (@@tenuous@ ) to prove his innocence.
  1. filthy 2. outrageous 3. tenuous 4. backward
   
7. The designer of that wonderful new space rocket must have been an ( @ingenious@@ ) engineer.
  1. ingenuous 2. ingenious 3. iniquitous 4. inept
   
8. The teacher was struck by the ( @incongruity@@ ) between the student's excellent final exam results and his previous low test scores.
  1.affinity 2. mediocrity 3. animosity 4. incongruity
   
9. People with ( @@sedentary@ ) occupations should exercise regularly.
  1.sedentary 2. sentient 3. secular 4. sectional
   
10. Standing less than five feet tall, Linda was a ( @@diminutive@ ) figure, though this was compensated for by her forceful personality.
  1. baffled 2. covert 3. diminutive 4. formidable
   
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