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The editor soon
recognized the plagiarism and rebuked the culprit who had
presented the manuscript as original. |
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(A) |
design |
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(B) |
designation |
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(C) |
scheme |
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(D) |
theft of another's writings
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Please stop plaguing
him with so many silly questions. |
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(A) |
assuaging |
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(B) |
mitigating |
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(C) |
allaying |
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(D) |
annoying
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The plaintiff
accused the defendant of fraud. |
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(A) |
person who begins a lawsuit
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(B) |
offender |
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(C) |
attorney |
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(D) |
counsel |
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The plaintive
music almost moved her to tears. |
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(A) |
blithe |
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(B) |
robust |
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(C) |
melancholy
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(D) |
jocund |
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His platitudes
impressed the ignorant only. |
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(A) |
theories |
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(B) |
pledges |
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(C) |
trite remarks
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(D) |
jokes |
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Your excuse is
plausible; I'll think it over. |
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(A) |
true |
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(B) |
false |
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(C) |
genuine |
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(D) |
appearing reasonable
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The young defendant was
pleading for mercy. |
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(A) |
turning down |
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(B) |
asking earnestly
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(C) |
dismissing |
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(D) |
repudiating |
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The candidate's speeches
were aimed at the plebeian minds and emotions; they
disgusted the more refined. |
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(A) |
common
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(B) |
patrician |
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(C) |
noble |
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(D) |
lofty |
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The new school is the
pledge given by the community to its children. |
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(A) |
solemn promise
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(B) |
lip service |
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(C) |
breach |
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(D) |
violence |
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To be a leader, one must
not be too pliable. |
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(A) |
intractable |
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(B) |
flexible
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(C) |
unmalleable |
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(D) |
brittle |
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Answers 1D
2D 3A 4C 5C 6D
7B 8A 9A 10B |
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