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The gorilla is said to
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(A) |
way |
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(B) |
custom |
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(C) |
natural environment
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(D) |
habiliments |
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The explorers hacked
a path through the jungle. |
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(A) |
flirted |
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(B) |
cut
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(C) |
flouted |
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(D) |
encumbered |
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The teacher criticized
his story because of its hackneyed plot. |
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(A) |
trite
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(B) |
unusual |
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(C) |
unrealistic |
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(D) |
bizarre |
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After his long illness,
he was pale and haggard. |
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(A) |
corpulent |
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(B) |
gaunt
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(C) |
plump |
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(D) |
obese |
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The housewife used to
haggle with shopkeepers. |
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(A) |
bicker |
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(B) |
concur |
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(C) |
strut |
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(D) |
argue about prices
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Cheerful voices
hailed the hero as he entered the hall. |
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(A) |
greeted
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(B) |
disparaged |
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(C) |
berated |
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(D) |
deprecated |
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We don't like his
hairsplitting habits. |
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(A) |
callous |
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(B) |
casual |
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(C) |
flagrant |
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(D) |
concerned with
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It is really unusual
that the ninety-year-old man is still so hale and hearty. |
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(A) |
infirm |
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(B) |
gaunt |
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(C) |
emaciated |
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(D) |
healthy
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The martyr was laid to
rest in hallowed ground. |
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(A) |
hollow |
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(B) |
blasphemous |
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(C) |
guttural |
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(D) |
consecrated
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The drunken man's
hallucination was so vivid that he cried out in anguish. |
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(A) |
delusion
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(B) |
hag |
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(C) |
risk |
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(D) |
danger |
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Answers 1C
2B 3A 4B 5D 6A
7D 8D 9D 10A |
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