Advanced Vocabulary: Quandary, Purposely and Precedence Exercise

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1. She was in such a quandary that she didn’t know to whom to turn.
2. The dictator’s army quashed / squashed / quelled the rebellion.
3. The door was purposely / purposefully left open, not left open by accident.
4. The student purposefully / purposely studied all night in order to get good grades.
5. If he drank too much, he would become pugnacious.
6. His provocative remarks started an argument.
7. Prohibitive / Prohibitory laws discouraged the drug trade.
8. The family’s privation was pitiable.
9. He had nothing left of his inheritance because of his prodigal / spendthrift / wanton ways.
10. It took a great deal of presumption / audacity / impertinence to insult the mayor at his own party.
11. His mother’s work as a nurse predisposed him to become a doctor.
12. My family takes precedence over my work.