English Vocabulary Exam 3

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Questão 1

Questão
Mike’s second promotion in eleven months confirms he is at the ( ) of his career.
Responda
  • zenith
  • nadir
  • bottom
  • depth

Questão 2

Questão
My mom and dad have been living in a state of ( ) ever since they were married twenty-five years ago.
Responda
  • matrimony
  • compartment
  • maidenhood
  • hegemony

Questão 3

Questão
Joining the priesthood calls for a/an ( )of worldly pleasures.
Responda
  • acceptance
  • espousal
  • renunciation
  • annunciation

Questão 4

Questão
Our government often sends ( ) drones into other countries to assess possible threats.
Responda
  • reconnaissance
  • renaissance
  • cognizance
  • solace

Questão 5

Questão
When the archaeologists began to ( ) the ancient burial site in certain prime spots, they unearthed several impressive artifacts from the ground.
Responda
  • excavate
  • evacuate
  • recuperate
  • obdurate

Questão 6

Questão
The first time her crush talked to her, she was so excited that she was at a loss for words and began to ( ) about the weather.
Responda
  • babble
  • rumble
  • scamper
  • cower

Questão 7

Questão
Watching the squirrel ( ) up the sidewalk was the highlight of the toddler’s day.
Responda
  • amble
  • saunter
  • meander
  • scamper

Questão 8

Questão
Because my brother has to spend more hours at his office than he likes, he tends to ( ) quality time with his family.
Responda
  • covet
  • rivet
  • nurture
  • enure

Questão 9

Questão
He ( ) his colleagues for their laziness.
Responda
  • chastised
  • praised
  • rewarded
  • abhorred

Questão 10

Questão
Seagulls are equipped by nature to ( ) for food.
Responda
  • forage
  • demolish
  • ravish
  • churn out

Questão 11

Questão
If you want to be rich, ( ) a wealthy entrepreneur.
Responda
  • emulate
  • simulate
  • shun
  • forego

Questão 12

Questão
If all children were taught not to ( ) the rules of common decency and good manners, the world would probably be a much better place for everyone.
Responda
  • comply
  • transgress
  • compound
  • devoid

Questão 13

Questão
Even though Ann wanted to buy one of the vendor’s jackets, she was short on cash so she ( ) declined the seller’s offer to try on the coat.
Responda
  • ruefully
  • shamelessly
  • painlessly
  • cheerfully

Questão 14

Questão
Her ( ) nature rebelled against the thought of marrying that brute.
Responda
  • undiscriminating
  • dainty
  • tasteless
  • unpalatable

Questão 15

Questão
The low cost of mobile phones has caused sales to rise ( ).
Responda
  • exponentially
  • blatantly
  • flagrantly
  • conspicuously

Questão 16

Questão
Commercial development in our city has been ( ) because of the weak economy.
Responda
  • sporadic
  • continuous
  • steady
  • discombobulated

Questão 17

Questão
Although the government claims the unemployment rate is decreasing, there is still a/an ( ) of jobs available.
Responda
  • abundance
  • paucity
  • rarity
  • frivolity

Questão 18

Questão
Working together, the two countries hoped they could uproot the dictator and free the small nation from ( ).
Responda
  • tyranny
  • liberality
  • tyrant
  • democracy

Questão 19

Questão
The priest came to ( ) with one of his parishioner whose husband died of a stroke.
Responda
  • condole
  • rescind
  • conjure
  • allay

Questão 20

Questão
The 1960s and 1970s pushed for environmental changes to be made, but there was a ( ) during the 2000s when more environmental problems occurred.
Responda
  • disappearance
  • disintegration
  • recession
  • resurgence

Questão 21

Questão
Knowledge gives you power by making you less ( ) to negative influences.
Responda
  • unformed
  • intractable
  • malleable
  • gullible

Questão 22

Questão
( ) passengers sat clueless on the plane, never realizing that there was a problem with the engine.
Responda
  • Conscious
  • Deliberate
  • Knowing
  • Unwitting

Questão 23

Questão
( ) people tend to believe whatever they are told.
Responda
  • Gullible
  • Cynical
  • Suspicious
  • Reprehensible

Questão 24

Questão
Because we can vote for change in our country, there are no laws that are ( ).
Responda
  • variable
  • changing
  • immutable
  • transfixed

Questão 25

Questão
When I saw the doctor’s ( ) expression, I knew my diagnosis was not a good one.
Responda
  • bright
  • cheerful
  • somber
  • belligerent

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