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We must keep his
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impotent |
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(B) |
frail |
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(C) |
powerful
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debilitated |
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The minister who
occupied the pulpit was well beloved by the countryfolk. |
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(A) |
platform in a church
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(B) |
edifice |
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mansion |
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(D) |
patch |
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We could see the blood
vessels in his temple pulsate as he became more
exasperated. |
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(A) |
throb
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(B) |
precipitate |
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(C) |
puke |
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(D) |
protrude |
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A nuclear bomb can
pulverize cities or even nations. |
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(A) |
condense |
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(B) |
smash
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(C) |
solidify |
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(D) |
rehabilitate |
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As a nurse, she is
punctilious in obeying the doctor's orders. |
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(A) |
parsimonious |
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(B) |
pallid |
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(C) |
careful and exact
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(D) |
palpable |
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The pungent aroma
of the smoke made the cook cough. |
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(A) |
banal |
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(B) |
insipid |
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(C) |
prosaic |
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(D) |
sharp and acrid
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He asked for punitive
measure against the offender. |
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(A) |
sagacious |
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(B) |
judicious |
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(C) |
sapient |
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(D) |
punishing
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Their puny
efforts to stop the flood were futile. |
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tremendous |
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(B) |
colossal |
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(C) |
enormous |
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(D) |
petty
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Could the sinner's soul
be saved in the purgatory ? |
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(A) |
place of spiritual expiation
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(B) |
paradise |
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(C) |
puppet |
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haven |
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10. |
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Stalin purged all
the Party dissidents. |
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(A) |
rehabilitated |
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(B) |
solidified
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(C) |
eliminated
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tolerated |
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Answers 1C
2A 3A 4B 5C 6D
7D 8D 9A 10C |
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