1She was in such a ............... She didn’t know to whom to turn.
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When you are in a quandary, you are in a dilemma.
2The dictator’s army ............... the rebellion.
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All of these words can mean suppress or crush.
3The door was ............... left open.
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Purposely means deliberately.
4The student ............... studied all night in order to secure good grades.
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When you do something purposefully, you do it with a specific goal in mind.
5If he drank too much he would become ...............
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Pugnacious means quarrelsome.
6His ............... remarks started an argument.
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The correct expression is provocative.
7............... laws discouraged the drug trade.
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Both words mean the same; prohibitive means restrictive.
8The family’s ............... was pitiable.
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Privation means poverty.
9He had nothing left of his inheritance because of his ............... ways.
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All of these words mean wasteful.
10It took a great deal of ............... to insult the mayor at his own party.
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All of these words mean the same.
11His mother’s work as a nurse ............... him to become a doctor.
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To predispose is to encourage or urge.
12My family takes ............... over my work.
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Precedence means importance.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- She was in such a quandary She didn’t know to whom to turn.
- The dictator’s army All of the above the rebellion.
- The door was purposely left open.
- The student purposefully studied all night in order to secure good grades.
- If he drank too much he would become pugnacious
- His provocative remarks started an argument.
- Either could be used here laws discouraged the drug trade.
- The family’s privation was pitiable.
- He had nothing left of his inheritance because of his All of the above ways.
- It took a great deal of All of the above to insult the mayor at his own party.
- His mother’s work as a nurse predisposed him to become a doctor.
- My family takes precedence over my work.
