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abjure               aristocracy         legislative                        legitimize          indomitable


  • Showing                        courage, the dog swam into the river and saved his master from drowning.

indomitable

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relapse              leaven               levity                        recede               alleviate


  • The minister frowned at the                         in his congregation, and he warned the people to be more seri- ous.

levity                        

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 injunction         incision             partisan                        impart               inconclusive

  • Peter tried to defend his candidate without showing too much______________ sentiment.

partisan                        

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noxious             immortalized                 vivid                        antibiotic                       vivacious


  • The discovery of mold’s                        properties was a huge benefit to the world of medicine.

antibiotic

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Even people experienced in debate were hypnotized by the ______________ of the master speaker.


antonym                nominal                incognito                anonymous                sophistry                

sophistry                

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susceptible         rapacious           omnivorous                        cadence             voracious


  • Like a(n)                          animal, the tornado consumed everything in its path.

voracious

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ambulatory        recurrent           execution                        regress              inconsequential


  • Charles believes that the grades he gets in English are                    because he is going to major in biology.

inconsequential

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semblance         altercation         simulate            inalienable                        metabolism


  • One                         right given in the U.S. Constitution is freedom of speech.

inalienable                        

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cognizant           sophomoric       nominal                        denominations   synonymous

  • Some people think that marriage is _____________ with happiness.

synonymous

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Tom’s                       reason for visiting the library was to sharpen his_____________skills, but he was really going to see if Fred had been there.

  • a) nominal; cognitive
  • b) synonymous; antonym
  • c) anonymous; cognitive
  • d) antonym; anonymous
  • a) nominal; cognitive
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Sheila had the                           opportunity to accompany the                      runner on the last leg of his tenth successful marathon.

  • a) domineering; predominant
  • b) predominant; legislative
  • c) domineering; privileged
  • d) privileged; indomitable
  • d) privileged; indomitable
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Although the club owner did not take the singer seriously at first, the                   in his voice disap- peared as he heard her                 song.

  • a) levity; mellifluous
  • b) concession; affluent
  • c) levity; affluent
  • d) concession; superfluous
  • a) levity; mellifluous
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The head surgeon                        the young student to make a(n)                    across the patient’s abdomen.

  • a) imparted; rejoinder
  • b) imparted; incision
  • c) enjoined; incision
  • d) enjoined; injunction
  • c) enjoined; incision
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____________chemical fumes from the new factory soon made the surrounding neighborhood a deserted,                            area.

  • a) Noxious; biodegradable
  • b) Noxious; moribund
  • c) Vivacious; revival
  • d) Noxious; vivacious
  • b) Noxious; moribund
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If the child dissembles when asked about the missing cake, it is probably because she…

dissembles means to conceal the truth; to deceive. 

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If we weren’t so                         to flashy advertising, would we still be held                 by enticing commercials?

  • a) susceptible; rapacious
  • b) susceptible; rapt
  • c) rapt; rapacious
  • d) rapacious; susceptible
  • b) susceptible; rapt
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Professor Lee’s speech on evolution seemed to   ___________ along nicely until he__________ and began discussing his personal beliefs.

  • a) regress; ambled
  • b) amble; digressed
  • c) incur; regressed
  • d) incur; digressed
  • b) amble; digressed
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The check swindler                              between different                                so that he doesn’t stay under any one name too long.

  • a) alienates; metamorphoses
  • b) simulates; semblances
  • c) dissembles; inalienable
  • d) alternates; aliases
  • d) alternates; aliases
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The                               used in genetic science was originally developed by a(n)____________scientist, whose identity is still unknown.

  • a) sophisticate; sophistry
  • b) anonymous; sophistry
  • c) nomenclature; anonymous
  • d) sophistry; antonym
  • c) nomenclature; anonymous
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Sherry’s recurrent problems with her car’s engine caused her to…

recurrent means happening repeatedly

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was the thirty-second President of the United States, holding office from 1933 until his death in 1945. Elected to the presidency four times, FDR served longer than any other President. Roosevelt  was  a  member  of  the  American              (CRAC), born into a family of wealth and social standing.

aristocracy

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A decrease of family income in the lower economic groups is reflected in the number of American families living below the poverty line. The poverty line is the minimum amount of income necessary to maintain a family of four. In 1990, that annual income level was $13,360. By 2003, it had grown to $18,000, despite changes in the Labor Department income guidelines.   During   the   years   that   have                              (LAPS) since 1990, the large number of people living at or below the poverty level has failed to recede.

elapsed

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When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, it was the result of years of scientific study and the Manhattan Project. J. Robert Oppenheimer was appointed Director of the Manhattan Project. He was a brilliant professor of physics, leading research in the uses of subatomic particles. Under his leadership, the finest minds in physics set to work in solving the issues involved in developing such a bomb. Oppenheimer managed several thousand people, and he was often asked to                     (PART) his knowledge to solve some of the many problems that continually troubled the Project.

impart

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Sir Alexander Fleming, a British doctor and bacteriolo- gist, discovered penicillin in 1928 during his development of lysozyme, a substance that kills bacteria that are not ____________(NIC).  He noticed that a blue mold had accumulated in one of his samples, which he had left on a table. He concluded that the blue mold could be some kind of medicine, because it had dissolved the bacteria around its outer edge. What the doctor observed were the effects of penicillin!

pernicious

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Cross-country running, a sport that requires strength, endurance, and a(n)                                                               (VOR) passion for excellence, is gaining popularity in high schools nationwide. Athletes participating in cross-country do not merely run races. Taking special care to avoid injury, runners must negotiate a wide range of challenging terrains, constantly striving to shorten race times and improve stamina. Through training and discipline, cross-country runners always aim to make marked progress with each race, thus achieving significant personal victories with every competi- tion.

voracious