TEST 3

16. We appreciated his ____ summary of the situation; he wasted no
words yet put his point most persuasively.

A. trite
B. succinct
C. timorous
D. ponderous
E. fractious

17. Waste management is a ____ problem for the modern city, a problem
that is never likely to be addressed unless we change our ____
attitude to recycling.

A. growing - flexible
B. minor - positive
C. trivial - ambivalent
D. perennial - lax
E. recurring - stringent

18. Our accountant is most ____; he has never made a mistake in all
the years he has worked for us.

A. curmudgeonly
B. cantankerous
C. morose
D. meticulous
E. lethargic

19. When he was described on stage as a ____, Johnson threatened to
sue the comedian for ____, claiming that he was as dexterous as the
next man.

A. lummox - slander
B. conjuror - libel
C. wizard - misrepresentation
D. failure - compensation
E. criminal - embezzlement

20. The journalist ____ the efforts of the drug squad to control drug
pedaling, claiming that the police team had actually made the problem
worse.

A. disparaged
B. described
C. desecrated
D. commended
E. misconstrued