Question 1
Answer
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active enmity
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lively
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destroy
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records; history
Question 2
Question 3
Answer
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hostile feeling or intent
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reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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acute pain; extreme suffering
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sharp-cornered; stiff in manner
Question 4
Answer
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lively
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active enmity
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critical remark
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destroy
Question 5
Question
Despite his lawyers' best efforts to stop him, the angry prisoner continued to make ________________ remarks to
the judge.
Answer
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annotate
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anonymity
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anoint
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antagonistic
Question 6
Question
The prophet Samuel _____________ David with oil, crowning him king of Israel.
Answer
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annul
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anodyne
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anoint
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annuity
Question 7
Question
His pain was so great that no ___________ could relieve it.
Answer
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anoint
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anodyne
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anomaly
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annotate
Question 8
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He was placed in the ___________________ position of seeming to approve procedures that he despised.
Answer
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annotate
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anomaly
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anomalous
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antagonistic
Question 9
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The __________________ customs had apparently not changed for thousands of years.
Answer
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anticlimax
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antediluvian
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antiquated
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anthropoid
Question 10
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His extreme _______________ to dispute caused him to avoid argumentative discussions with his friends.
Answer
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antipathy
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antithesis
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antiquated
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antiseptic
Question 11
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She is slim and shy - the very _____________ of her sister.
Answer
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antipathy
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antiseptic
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anticlimax
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antithesis
Question 12
Question
Oscar Wilde was famous for such __________________ as "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes".
Answer
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aphorisms
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apiary
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aplomb
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aphasia
Question 13
Question
He was crippled by an attack of _________________.
Answer
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apogee
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apothecary
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apothegm
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apoplexy
Question 14
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Because he switched from one party to another, his former friends shunned him as an __________________.
Answer
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appal
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apothegm
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apostate
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apogee
Question 15
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He was always able to find the apposite phrase, the correct expression for every occasion.
Answer
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apposite
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appraise
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apprise
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appreciate
Question 16
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When he was ______________ of the dangerous weather conditions, he decided to postpone his trip.
Answer
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apprise
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appraise
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appease
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apposite
Question 17
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of or like an eagle → aquiline
Question 18
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a natural ability or skill: → aptitude
Question 19
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a possession or piece of property that is considered to be a typical feature of a particular way of living: → appurtenances
Question 20
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acquire; take possession of for one's own use → appropriate
Question 21
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a typical example of something → ardour
Question 22
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hard; strenuous → archaic
Question 23
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place where different varieties of trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited → arboretum
Question 24
Answer
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a class of people who hold high social rank
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charge in court; indict
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a piece of music in an opera sung by one person
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marshal; draw up in order
Question 25
Answer
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being in debt
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charge in court; indict
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fragrant
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clothe; adorn