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Words in Context

Complete the passage by filling in the missing words. Select the correct word from the four given and insert the corresponding letter in the blank.

With the 1. __________ of the TV computerized games, many set owners have become 2. __________ in trying to outwit the electronic toys. The 3. __________ finds it almost impossible to react quickly enough. Before he or she can 4. __________ what is going on, the little lights have sped by. Those who have a 5. __________ for thinking and reacting quickly find these games a

6. __________ problem. While the experts' behavior appears 7. __________, they really are 8. __________ and 9. __________. If one is 10. __________ about trying again and again, then the 11. __________ of TV computer games can be mastered.

1.	(a) rhetoric	(b) prelude	(c) advent	(d) retrospect
2.	(a) reticent	(b) engrossed	(c) slovenly	(d) trivial
3.	(a) wary	(b) tyro	(c)profuse	(d) deplorable
4.	(a) ascertain	(b) obviate	(c) deem	(d) cajole
5.	(a) lassitude	(b) pall	(c) legerdemain	(d) penchant
6.	(a) perverse	(b) negligible	(c) lugubrious	(d) glib
7.	(a) conjugal	(b) frenetic	(c) devout	(d) ambiguous
8.	(a) connubial	(b) brash	(c) facile	(d) blunt
9.	(a) aloof	(b) affluent	(c) overt	(d) imperturbable
10.	(a) bogus	(b) elusive	(c) tenacious	(d) pecuniary
11.	(a) effigy	(b) malady	(c) paroxysm	(d) repertoire

It is 12. __________ that women have 13. __________ into fields of work that were, until recently, the 14. __________ of men. It

did not happen because of the 15. __________ of the males, but it was largely due to the 16. __________ insistence by women that

they occupy their rightful place in our society. While some men still 17. __________ women who seek to fill jobs previously closed

to them, others take the 18. __________ view that the only 19. __________ for women should be their ability to do the work, and
that 20. __________ obstacles have no place in a democracy.
12.	(a) unctuous	(b) voluble	(c) manifest	(d) wistful
13.	(a) perpetuated	(b) burgeoned	(c) advocated	(d) spewed
14.	(a) acme	(b) taboo	(c) antipathy	(d) prerogative
15.	(a) largess	(b) ultimate	(c) complicity	(d) avarice
16.	(a) pernicious	(b) tenacious	(c) ostensible	(d) phlegmatic
17.	(a) deprecate	(b) aspire	(c) permeate	(d) covet

18.	(a) discreet	(b) pragmatic			(c) precocious		(d) rash
19.	(a) remuneration	(b) reproach			(c) duplicity		(d) criterion
20.	(a) puissant	(b) sporadic			(c) capricious		(d) zealous
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Analogy Review

Write the letter of the word that best completes the analogy in the space provided.

____ 1. ABHOR:DETEST::HARASS: a. rub b. gesticulate c. annoy d. criticize

____ 2. ENTREAT:APPEAL::NETTLE: a. peruse b. irritate c. impose d. sabotage

____ 3. IMPRUDENT:UNWISE::IMPERATIVE: a. threatening b. solid c. sudden d. urgent

____ 4. DISPERSED:SCATTERED::NEUTRALIZED: a. counteracted b. lampooned c. deceived d. vacillated

____ 5. PREVALENT:COMMON::INTRINSIC: a. profitable b. brief c. essential d. convincing

____ 6. ENNUI:EXCITEMENT::INVECTIVE: a. age b. praise c. anger d. wisdom

____ 7. HUMILITY:VANITY::LEVITY: a. strength b. amazement c. health d. sadness

____ 8. EXHORT:URGE::ALLUDE: a. refer b. scold c. distribute d. teach

____ 9. SPURIOUS:AUTHENTIC::ARCHAIC: a. foreign b. friendly c. trustworthy d. modern

____ 10. SUCCINCT:LENGTHY::SALUBRIOUS: a. romantic b. wealthy c. unpopular d. unwholesome

____ 11. TURPITUDE:VILENESS::SOJOURN: a. teacher b. announcer c. holiday d. illness

____ 12. CONSTRICT:LIMIT::MALIGN: a. endanger b. hope c. abuse d. resent

____ 13. INNOCUOUS:TERRORIST::PRUDENT: a. speculator b. actor c. dancer d. translator

____ 14. EMULATE:IMITATE::REPROACH: a. rebuke b. tease c. destroy d. insist

____ 15. LABYRINTH:MAZE::CARNAGE:

a. airplane b. graveyard c. TV studio d. battlefield

____ 16. GRIMACE:SMILE::CESSATION: a. intelligence b. start c. talent d. judgment

____ 17. INGRATIATE:POLITICIAN::DEXTERITY: a. bus driver b. nurse c. magician d. dieter

____ 18. IMBIBE:ABSTAIN::MOTIVATE: a. accomplish b. hinder c. widen d. forgive

____ 19. RETORT:QUESTION::OUST: a. invite b. promise c. offer d. reject

____ 20. PROPRIETY:BEHAVIOR::DULCET: a. taste b. tone c. feeling d. amount

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