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The jeweler
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(A) |
groveled |
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(B) |
inhibited |
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(C) |
examined
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(D) |
irrigated |
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Something unfair
happened in the match and the boys scuffled with the
cheater. |
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(A) |
hurdled |
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(B) |
wrestled
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(C) |
growled |
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(D) |
grumbled |
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Billiards is a good
indoor game, but the billiard saloon is often filled with the
scum of the town. |
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(A) |
worthless people
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(B) |
aristocrats |
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patricians |
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drunkards |
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Living in an old house,
we could hear the mice scurrying about in the walls. |
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(A) |
nibbling |
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(B) |
screeching |
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(C) |
shrieking |
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running quickly
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The hounds scuttled
off into the woods to chase the hares. |
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(A) |
ran quickly
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(B) |
strolled |
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(C) |
staggered |
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sauntered |
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As a cop, he has seen
much of the seamy side of life. |
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(A) |
bright |
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(B) |
virtuous |
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(C) |
sordid
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(D) |
pure |
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The temperature was so
high that it seared some leaves. |
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(A) |
instigated |
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(B) |
dried up
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(C) |
inoculated |
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(D) |
infringed |
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The secession of
the Southern states provided Lincoln with his first major
problem after his inauguration. |
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(A) |
confederation |
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(B) |
union |
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(C) |
withdrawal
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(D) |
coalition |
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In the convent she was
secluded from secular life. |
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(A) |
associated |
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(B) |
separated
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(C) |
ignited |
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(D) |
imbibed |
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Each religious sect
in the city has its own church. |
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(A) |
cathedral |
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mosque |
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(C) |
convent |
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(D) |
group; body
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Answers 1C
2B 3A 4D 5A 6C
7B 8C 9B 10D |
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