Fill in the blanks.
1Ants love to eat ...............
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A currant is a small berry used in buns.
2............... fashions are more casual than those of the 1960’s.
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Current means present day.
3He gave the report a ............... glance and tossed it aside.
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A cursory glance is a quick glance.
4He arrived with his ............... promptness.
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Customary means habitual or usual.
5The nation must put a ............... on its spending to balance the economy.
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As a noun curb means restraint or control.
6His loss didn’t ............... his zest for living.
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As a verb damp can mean reduce, diminish or depress. Dampen means the same.
7With that ............... outlook he does not trust anyone.
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Cynical means scornful, derisive or sarcastic.
8The negotiations reached a ............... after two hours.
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All of these words mean the same.
9The boy’s directions ............... us, and we never did find the lake.
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To mislead someone is to give them false information unintentionally or unknowingly.
10She ............... her fiancé by dating others.
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To deceive someone is to give them a false impression either knowingly or intentionally.
11The magazine doesn’t accept any ............... ads.
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12From her conversation, I ............... that she had a large family.
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Deduce means conclude or comprehend.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Ants love to eat currants
- Current fashions are more casual than those of the 1960’s.
- He gave the report a cursory glance and tossed it aside.
- He arrived with his customary promptness.
- The nation must put a curb on its spending to balance the economy.
- His loss didn’t Either could be used here his zest for living.
- With that cynical outlook he does not trust anyone.
- The negotiations reached a All of the above after two hours.
- The boy’s directions misled us, and we never did find the lake.
- She deceived her fiancé by dating others.
- The magazine doesn’t accept any All of the above ads.
- From her conversation, I deduced that she had a large family.
