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

1. She is conditioned to (@@sublimate@ ) her own desires in nurturing others.
2. The leaves of the beeches become (@@translucent@ )@in the setting sun.
3. The party members offered only ( @lukewarm@@) support for the daring project.
4. At this time of year, most of the faculty feel (@beleaguered@ ) by exam preparation.
5. Her (@@scrupulous@ ) attention to detail makes her an excellent editor.
6. The (@bravado@ ) of the young criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal attack.
7. Pupil behavior was seen as g the ( @touchstone@@) of guilty h of the school system.
8. The police found the killerfs motives impossible to (@fathom@ ).
9. If we cannot cure this disease at present, we can, at least, try to (@@palliate@ ) it.
10. The renowned pianist played the concerto with tremendous (@verve@ ).

beleaguer , bravado, fathom, lukewarm, palliate, scrupulous, sublimate, touchstone, translucent, verve
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(2)To complete each item, choose the best word among the four choices.

1. Before the (@advent@ ) of railroads, the availability of major waterways determined the location of shipping centers.
  1. advent 2. launch 3. interim 4. destiny
   
2. Mexicofs discovery of oil created a nation-wide economic boom that ( @induced@@) many Mexican-American scientists and engineers to take jobs with thriving Mexican companies.
  1. convinced 2. required 3. induced 4. doomed
   
3. The ( @median@@) annual income for a doctor is approximately thirty million yen.
  1. mundane 2. median 3. medium 4. menial
   
4. As the fairy dust flaked off the corporate image, other setbacks seemed more
(@foreboding@ ).
  1. wriggling 2. mediating 3. hedging 4. foreboding
   
5. Having been a colleague of Rachel's for many years, I can (@vouch@ ) for her honesty and diligence.
  1. vie 2. vouch 3. poach 4. wince
   
6. Professional politicians are nothing if not ( @adept@@) readers of the public mood.
  1. acoustic 2. avuncular 3. acidic 4. adept
   
7. For those who admire realism, Louis Mallefs recent film succeeds because it consciously shuns the stuff of legend and tells aianj( @unembellished@) story as it might actually unfold with fallible people in earthly time.
  1. antiquated 2. unembellished 3. ethereal 4. mythic
   
8. Although often victims of circumstance, the heroines of Shakespearean comedy tend to be (@resourceful@ ) women, usually ready with a clever stratagem or verbal ploy for getting out of a difficult situation.
  1. imperious 2. ebullient 3. resourceful 4. ethereal
   
9. The (@cataclysm@ ) that would bring the world to an end is likely to happen in the future.
  1.commotion 2. vicissitude 3. vandalism 4. cataclysm
   
10. Only when properly tuned can a piano produce (@@euphonious@ ) sound.
  1. luxuriant 2. euphonious 3. discordant 4. ceremonious
   
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