You need to select the 2 answers that are closest in meaning and that fit in the blank.
1) Being disloyal is a clear sign of a lack of ______________ and a lack of ability to be a good friend.
A. lucidity
B.creativity
C. acumen
D. integrity
E. character
F. aptitude
Answers: DE
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2) This article is written in such a ______________ fashion that it is very difficult to take the author seriously.
A. polemical
B. reactive
C. objective
D. controversial
E. indifferent
F. inept
3) Going to school is often viewed as ______________ to young children, but forgoing an education would result
in far more long-term suffering than the children realize.
A. torture
B. unnecessary
C. persecution
D. complex
E. amusing
F. lax
4) The ______________of facts were on the side of the prosecution and it did not look as if the defendant stood
much of a chance.
A. preponderance
B. lack
C. mix
D. weight
E. paucity
F. brunt
5) The doctor could not hold back his ______________ at the patient whom he had warned repeatedly to stop
smoking and who had developed breathing problems after not heeding the doctor's warnings.
A. chagrin
B. curiosity
C. vexation
D. indifference
E. mendacity
F. supplication
6) It was completely inappropriate to broach the subject during the dinner because nobody was in the mood to
witness ______________ between the married couple.
A. enmity
B.banter
C. litigation
D. umbrage
E. civility
F. discourse
7) If you are looking for an ______________ for all the miseries in your life, then you are looking for
something that cannot be found.
A. talisman
B. elixir
C. antidote
D. dominion
E. pastiche
F. parlance
8) Our professor is so incredibly ______________ that I am amazed some of the students actually stay awake
during his lectures.
A. invigorating
B. deadening
C. caustic
D. dispiriting
E. garrulous
F. eccentric
Answers:
1) DE
2) AD
3) AC
4) AD
5) AC
6) AD
7) BC
8) BD
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