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TEST 4
1. Many of the heroes of ancient myths and legends appear to be all but
a. powerless
b. omnipotent
c. reticent
2. I had absolutely no
room.
a. conundrum b. doddle
d. guileless
of what to expect as I entered the
c. assessment
3. A certain type of life insurance contract provides double
for the accidental death of policyholder.
a. indemnity
4. His jokes seemed
b. solemnity
c. serenity
d. inkling
d. solidarity
beforehand.
a. planned
b. maladroit
5. Snorkelers flock to the
schools of brightly colored fish.
a. murky
b. opaque
but were in fact carefully prepared
d. bountiful
c. spontaneous
waters of the Caribbean to view
c. limpid
d. stagnant
6. Successful political candidates soon learn how to handle tough questions
fired at them by
a. prudent
b. immanent
7. The
newspaper and TV reporters.
c. brash
d. mecurial
limbs of cypresses dominate many of the
landscapes painted by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh.
a. unblemished b. gnarled
c. jaunty
d. prosthetic
8. Adolescents are not the only people whose behaviour might at times be
considered a bit
a. judicious
9. The campaign workers
b. propitious
c. sage
d.sophomoric
in the unexpected victory of
their candidate.
a. exulted
b. lamented
c. reliquished
d.loathed
a. allocate
b. masticate
10. In their wills many people
favorite charities or educational institutions.
11. State and federal laws now forbid the use of corporal punishment to
a portion of their wealth to
c. confabulate
d.validate
prisoners.
a. commend
b. classify
c. amend
d.chastise