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Vocabulary
Directions: Choose the word or phrase (1), (2), (3), or (4) that best completes each sentence. Then mark the
correct choice on your answer sheet.
1- He ________ all the No Smoking signs and lit up a cigarette.
(1) isolated (2) inundated (3) insisted (4) ignored

2- The ________ of scientific thinking has institutionalized the idea that knowledge has to progress and can do
so only through research.
(1) advice (2) abuse (3) advent (4) albeit

3- He was still ________ over whether to leave or not.
(1) harvesting (2) hesitating (3) hindering (4) handling

4- The law will ________ employers to provide health insurance.
(1) compel (2) convert (3) confine (4) condole

5- Baker had to ________ jurors that his client had been nowhere near the scene of the murder.
(1) convince (2) condole (3) conclude (4) contaminate

6- He was given ________ opportunity to express his opinion.
(1) ample (2) advent (3) albeit (4) ancient

7- The Ferrari can ________ from 0 to 60 mph in 6.3 seconds.
(1) anticipate (2) accelerate (3) amend (4) alleviate

8- The disease has ________ doctors, who are unable to treat it.
(1) brawled (2) betrayed (3) baffled (4) benefited

9- We were greatly ________ by the positive response of the public.
(1) elicited (2) endured (3) eroded (4) encouraged

10- This point can be ________ by two brief examples.
(1) insisted (2) intrigued (3) inhabited (4) illustrated

11- We have to tackle the ________ cause of the problem.
(1) finite (2) famine (3) fertile (4) fundamental

12- He was criticized for his ________ handling of the problem.
(1) illustrated (2) ingenious (3) inept (4) intrepid

13- Steps are to be taken to ________ pollution.
(1) abhor (2) abate (3) amaze (4) assert

14- This is an opportunity to ________ the reputation of our company.
(1) enhance (2) endure (3) exacerbate (4) exempt

15- All the cars are tested for ________ before they leave the factory.
(1) debtors (2) decades (3) defects (4) dilemmas

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16- A tiny baby soon learns to ________ its mother's face from other adults' faces.
(1) dispute (2) distort (3) distinguish (4) diminish

17- The meeting is scheduled to ________ at noon.
(1) commence (2) commend (3) compete (4) compel

18- Leadership and honesty are the ________ of a good manager.
(1) charities (2) colleagues (3) commuters (4) characteristics

19- Gradually, Microsoft became the ________ company in the software business.
(1) drastic (2) dominant (3) dwelling (4) dismal

20- Employees who were exposed to ________ substances are now claiming compensation.
(1) harvest (2) hasty (3) hazardous (4) heir

21- The company is ready to meet the ________ of the next few years.
(1) campuses (2) centuries (3) corpses (4) challenges

22- Three men were charged with the ________ murder.
(1) bulky (2) brutal (3) ballot (4) baggage

23- Van Gogh, perhaps Holland's most ________ artist, died in poverty.
(1) classified (2) collided (3) celebrated (4) candor

24- Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to ________ regions.
(1) absurd (2) arid (3) atheist (4) audible

25- The report revealed that workers had been ________ to high levels of radiation.
(1) enriched (2) elicited (3) expanded (4) exposed

26- Solar heating is technically and economically ________.
(1) feminine (2) feasible (3) fracas (4) frank

27- All the money raised by the concert will go to ________.
(1) charity (2) centuries (3) corpses (4) caution

28- Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way ________ to death.
(1) annual (2) accurate (3) ambiguous (4) analogous

29- Jenny is a conscientious manager, very popular with her ________.
(1) calamities (2) colleagues (3) centuries (4) collapses

30- The governor said the earthquake was the worst natural ________ to hit India for over 50 years.
(1) dispute (2) doubt (3) disaster (4) duress