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A leader should not have
pliant will. |
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pliable
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intractable |
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(C) |
inflexible |
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unpliable |
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The children whose
father died in an accident were in a sad plight. |
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(A) |
auspices |
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(B) |
patronage |
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predicament
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avarice |
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The farmer was
plodding his weary way. |
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(A) |
walking laboriously
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(B) |
swaggering |
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(C) |
strutting |
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(D) |
rushing |
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Those who plot
the overthrow of the government will be sentenced to death. |
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(A) |
oppose |
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(B) |
rebuff |
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(C) |
plan secretly
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(D) |
plow |
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She plumes
herself on the fact that she was educated in America. |
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(A) |
wishes |
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(B) |
prides
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(C) |
pines |
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(D) |
craves |
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The pirates carried the
plunder in their ship. |
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(A) |
merchandise |
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(B) |
commodity |
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(C) |
item |
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(D) |
booty
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Do not plunge
your friend into a quarrel. |
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(A) |
extricate |
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(B) |
thrust
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(C) |
ease |
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(D) |
slide |
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8. |
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The dressmaker plies
her needle so neatly. |
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(A) |
polishes |
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(B) |
works with
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(C) |
rusts |
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(D) |
plummets |
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Her suffering is
poignant because she faces the gap between what she is and
what she wants to be. |
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(A) |
dull |
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(B) |
intense
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(C) |
blunt |
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(D) |
curt |
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The graceful lady has a
fine poise. |
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(A) |
nerves |
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(B) |
nadir |
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(C) |
composure
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(D) |
narcissism |
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Answers 1A
2C 3A 4C 5B 6D
7B 8B 9B 10C |
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