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

1. She sought (@vengeance@ ) for the murder of her beloved husband.
2. Theoretically American dollars can be (@@redeemed@ ) in gold at certain banks.
3. The Supreme Court declared that its ruling was ( @irrevocable@@) .
4. The expedition through the jungle was (@@fraught@ ) with difficulties and danger.
5. The President called for a(n) (@@moratorium@ ) of thirty days in the airline strike.
6. He was universally feared because of his many (@nefarious@ ) deeds.
7. The ( @finesse@@) and adroitness of the surgeon impressed the observers in the operating room.
8. The crowd grew (@@vociferous@ ) in its anger and threatened to take the law into its own hands.
9. The woman was married to a(n) (@@peripatetic@ ) landscape gardener.
10. You have the (@@uncanny@ ) knack of reading my innermost thoughts.

finesse, fraught, irrevocable, moratorium, nefarious, peripatetic, redeem, uncanny, vengeance, vociferous
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(2)To complete each item, choose the best word among the four choices.

1. The actress sued the newspaper for (@libel @ ) when it published an article falsely accusing her of illegal drug use.
  1.forgery 2. libel 3. repute 4. perjury
   
2. The new defense buildup plan calls for the replacement of the ( @obsolete @) air defense system.
  1. eligible 2. counterfeit 3. obsolete 4. reciprocal
   
3. Reports of illegal campaign contributions have ( @tarnished @@) the candidate's reputation, despite his many accomplishments to date.
  1. tarnished 2. staggered 3. scoffed 4. lauded
   
4. The University of California football team (@routed @ ) the team from Oregon by a score of 58-13.
  1. rotated 2. routed 3. refurbished 4. rubbled
   
5. Mary had been confident that John would get the job ,but the (@@rueful @ ) expression on his face after the interview told her otherwise.
  1. artful 2. rueful 3. tactful 4. boastful
   
6. For the ( @abominable@@) way in which he killed his victims, the murderer was given the death penalty.
  1. abominable 2. explosive 3. detrimental 4. lamentable
   
7. Safire as a political commentator is patently never satisfied; he writes ( @peevish @@) editorials about every action the government takes.
  1. deferential 2. biased 3. bemused 4. peevish
   
8. The pianist acknowledged the young upstartfs (@@prowess@ ) on the keyboard.
  1. prowess 2. prominence 3. proximity 4. proclivity
   
9. Despite his strong academic background, the new recruit (@@floundered @ ) when put in charge of the research project and thus had to be replaced.
  1.surged 2. subsided 3. flourished 4. floundered
   
10. The (@@craven@ ) attitudes politicians have today cause them to cower at the slightest hint of controversy.
  1. adamant 2. craven 3. undaunted 4. fractious
   
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