| 1. |
The painter's style is
very ( @@eclectic@ )
and defies easy categorization. |
| 2. |
We warned her about the ( @@pitfalls@ ) of pursuing a career in politics. |
| 3. |
The tax ( @@threshold@ ) for a single pensioner
is 445. |
| 4. |
Several local businesspeople
will ( @underwrite@@ ) the concert season. |
| 5. |
The destructive forces ( @unleashed@@ ) cannot
be brought under control. |
| 6. |
His ( @rejoinder@@ )
was often cited as the perfect squelch. |
| 7. |
The salesperson was so ( @@jocose@ ) that many
of his customers suggested that he become a comedian. |
| 8. |
His head was totally bald-not shaven,
for there were no ( @@telltale@ ) black spots on his scalp. |
| 9. |
It is a theme which commonly gets ( @@salacious@ ) treatment in the media. |
| 10. |
The
( @@sheen@ )
of the satin was enhanced by the candlelight. |
| 1. |
Surreptitiously rifling through peoplefs
drawers is morally (@@@unconscionable @@ ), to say the least. |
| |
1. transient 2. uncontroversial 3. unconscionable 4. eradicable |
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| 2. |
Acting on a (@@@hunch @@ ) that the new company's
stock price would rise, I phoned my broker and bought 100
shares. |
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1. zest 2. snap 3. gist 4. hunch |
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| 3. |
By the year 1956 nearly all of North Africa was freed,
but France continued to fight an ( @@embittered@@@) war to
retain Algeria. |
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1.accumulated 2. embedded 3. embittered 4. agitated |
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| 4. |
The quality that distinguishes serious scientists
and scholars is perhaps the (@@persistence@@@ ) of their
curiosity, which causes them to spend months or even years
on a single
quest. |
| |
1. arrogance 2. futility 3. spontaneity 4. persistence |
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| 5. |
The Hollywood movie received one (@@@scathing@@ )
review after another, but that didn't stop millions form
turning
out to
see it. |
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1. smashing 2. smacking 3. scathing 4. lavish |
| |
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| 6. |
Officials today began the (@@gruesome@@@ ) task of
recovering the bodies of the 250 passengers and crew members
killed
in the plane crash. |
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1. idyllic 2. gruesome 3. ghostly 4. benign |
| |
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| 7. |
So intense was his ambitions to attain the pinnacle
of worldly success that not even the opulence and lavishness
of his material possessions seemed adequate to the (@@@fervor @@ ) of that ambition. |
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1. fervor 2. ebullience 3. languor 4. transience |
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| 8. |
A : How much
do you think we'll need for development of the new project?
B : Our forecast is that $10,000 should (@@suffice@@@ ). |
| |
1. prevail 2. suffice 3. transpose 4. redress |
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| 9. |
The accused (@@@parried@@ ) the thorny questions
put forward concerning his involvement in the case. T |
| |
1. purged 2. pursed 3. parried 4. parched |
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| 10. |
I can think of nothing more (@@@vexatious @@ ) than
arriving at the theater and discovering that I had left the
tickets
at
home. |
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1. vicious 2. erroneous 3. vexatious 4. banal |
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