Two-Blank Questions
Because many people are used to enduring the mostly harmless _____ of mild colds and allergies, when true influence presents itself, an outbreak might last days before it is _____.
a. deterioration.....contracted
b. symptoms.....detected
c. immunity diagnosed
d. improvements.....forfeited
e. contamination.....transmitted
What is B: SYMPTOMS.....DETECTED
1.Rock and roll music represents an amalgamation of influences that resulted from a _____ of blues, rhythms, and country and western instruments.
a. synthesis
b.differentiation
c. controversy
d. analogy
e. retrenchment
What is A: SYNTHESIS?
1. Rather than appear _____, the painter attempted to promote shock and novelty in his work.
a. erratic
b. informal
c. elaborate
d. predictable
e. idiosyncratic
What is D: PREDICTABLE?
It means an uproar or outcry:
a. fuhrer
b. furrow
c. furor
d. fore
What is C: FUROR?
1. The opposite of INIMICAL IS:
a. adverse
b. favorable
c. indifferent
d. ill
What is B: FAVORABLE?
The utilization of the internet to _____ learning is most valuable when a student _____ his or her personal studies with some sort of additional curriculum in a structured way.
a. supplement.....integrates
b.substantiate.....undermines
c.remedy.....compromises
d. disparage.....reinforces
e. foster.....curtails
What is A: SUPPLEMENT.....INTEGRATES
2.Discovering that the advertised ____ of his new bicycle was overstated, Cory sadly wheeled the mangled wreck into the repair shop.
a. vulnerability
b. density
c. resilience
d. solvency
e. volatility
What is C: RESILIENCE?
2. _____ humiliation followed the scene with the elders.
a. spate
b. reviled
c. dear
d. pitiable
e.consensus
What is D: PITIABLE?
2. It means disbelief or doubt:
a. incredible
b. incredulity
c. instantaneous
d. insurmountable
What is B: INCREDULITY?
2. The opposite of DIMINUTIVE is:
a. bitty
b. button
c. immense
d. dogmatic
What is C: IMMENSE?
3. The play's _____ and ingratiating main character was highly memorable for his grating antics and irritating behavior, but he had the _____ effect of driving some of the audience out of the theater in disgust.
a.scurrilous.....elusive
b. obnoxious.....adverse
c.aggressive.....unprecedented
d.conciliatory.....numbing
e.studied.....amicable
What is B: OBNOXIOUS.....ADVERSE
3. Eric had been deciphering the linguistic intricacies of Old English for quite some time, so he was able to render the enigmatic manuscript _____ for his students.
a. intelligible
b. convoluted
c.florid
d. constrained
e. elevated
What is B: CONVOLUTED?
3. There has been a _____ of immigrants more now than during the Obama administration.
a. proliferation
b. spite
c. florid
d. constrained
e. elevated
What is A: PROLIFERATION?
3. it means airtight, or shut:
a. endemic
b. pandemic
c. epidemic
d. hermetic
What is D: HERMETIC?
3. The opposite of CATASTROPHIC is:
a. fatal
b. catastrophal
c. calumny
d. fortunate
What is D: FORTUNATE?
4. While there had been a _____ of computer cafes in South Korea, the businesses began to _____ as their necessity started to wane due to the popularity of smartphones.
a. regression.....migrate
b. proliferation.....decline
c. dearth.....shrink
d. scarcity.....stabilize
e. profusion.....expand
What is B: PROLIFERATION.....DECLINE
4. The hiring of three new accounts addressed a distinct lack the staff had been suffering from, specifically a _____ of people capable of balancing a bank statement.
a.spate
b.revision
c.dearth
d. dispersal
e. consensus
What is C: DEARTH?
4. Successfully incorporating the disparate styles of both men, the album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts was a joint _____ effort by David Byrne and Brian Eno.
a. stratified
b. fitful
c. collaborative
d. vicarious
e.corresponding
What is C: COLLABORATIVE?
4. It means suitable for growing crops:
a. palatable
b. amiable
c. arable
d. sustainable
What is C: ARABLE?
4. The opposite of PUGNACIOUS is:
a. laid back
b. salty
c. pragmatic
d. punishing
What is A: LAID BACK?
5. Once the backbone of commerce in the United States, the shopping mall has rapidly declined from _____ to _____ place in the daily lives of consumers.
a. elitist.....an egalitarian
b.an important.....a preeminent
c. a central.....a peripheral
d. an uncertain.....an assured
e. a suppressed.....a tyrannical
What is C: A CENTRAL.....A PERIPHERAL
5. Optical illusions created by a clever facade presented the _____ appearance that the building was bigger than it truly was.
a. legitimate
b. exacting
c.intelligible
d. inordinate
e. deceptive
What is E: DECEPTIVE?
5. Despite the _____differences in appearance, the cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of other birds and relies on them for caring for its young.
a. swift
b. aggressive
c. cumbersome
d. conspicuous
e. raucous
What is D: CONSPICUOUS?
5. it means having been reduced in force, effect, or value:
a. attenuated
b. differentiated
c. consubstantiated
d. transilluminated.
What is A: ATTENUATED?
5. The opposite of CONFLAGRATION is:
a. combustion
b. frigidity
c. ablaze
d. constituents
What is B: FRIGIDITY?