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

1. I was asked to submit my (@credentials@ ) to the institution in duplicate.
2. One must often doubt the (@efficacy@ ) of the United Nations in world governance.
3. Members of the public ( @decried@@) the corruption of their leaders.
4. Since I am not (@clairvoyant@ ), I cannot predict the future of our country.
5. That tabloid is often sued for (@slander@ ) and sometimes loses.
6. Churchill (@@imbued@ ) his countrymen with enormous patriotism.
7. He became ( @embroiled@@) in the heated discussion when he tried to arbitrate the dispute.
8. You are (@myopic@ ) to think only of your present needs and ignore the future.
9. The (@didactic@ ) qualities of his poetry overshadow its literary qualities.
10. The military ceremony was (@replete@ ) with honors.

clairvoyant, credential, decry, didactic, efficacy, embroil, imbue, myopic, replete, slander
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(2)To complete each item, choose the best word among the four choices.

1. A university education should awaken our intellect and (@prod@ ) us to ask who we are and where we are going.
  1. prod 2. procure 3. promote 4. promulgate
   
2. The past of the politician gradually ( @unfolded@@) during the course of the police inquiry.
  1. unfolded 2. engulfed 3. undaunted 4. enunciated
   
3. Doctors rushed a(n) ( @antidote@@) to the boy who had been bitten by the venomous snake.
  1. antidote 2. anesthetic 3. antibiotic 4. sedative
   
4. Leukemia is a long and weary process of disease, (@@vanquished@ ) for a fortunate few, marching inexorably toward death for many others.
  1. vanquished 2. relinquished 3. doomed 4. foretold
   
5. The (@@covenant@ ) of the Liberty of Worship was drawn up in Scotland in 1557.
  1. criterion 2. covenant 3. culmination 4. clampdown
   
6. The journalist was accused of ( @smearing@@) the official's good name by writing an article full of half-truths and personal insults.
  1. smudging 2. blurring 3. smearing 4. scouring
   
7. The old man had a proud bearing, and though he wore ( @tattered@@) clothes, you could not help but respect him anyway.
  1. tailored 2. tattered 3. exquisite 4. exorbitant
   
8. You must act with (@@celerity@ ) if you want to buy your airline tickets before tomorrowfs price increase.
  1. celerity 2. clemency 3. lassitude 4. laxity
   
9. A poorly edited book requires the readerfs sedulous attention to make up for the lack of a diligent copy editing and (@@assiduous@ ) proofreading.
  1. assiduous 2. nimble 3. anonymous 4. redundant
   
10. At the age of forty-five, with a worldwide reputation and as yet an unbroken string of notable successes to her credit, Carson was at the (@@zenith@ ) of her career.
  1. paradigm 2. zenith 3. fiasco 4. inception
   
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