English Vocabulary Exam 6

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Questão 1

Questão
Paper is easy to ( ) but hard to straighten back out.
Responda
  • crumple
  • crumble
  • distort
  • knead

Questão 2

Questão
“If you put one more book on that wobbly bookshelf,” the mother told her husband, “it will ( ) to the floor.”
Responda
  • topple
  • swoop
  • bustle
  • supple

Questão 3

Questão
Police were there to arrest the woman trying to ( ) drugs into the airport.
Responda
  • smuggle
  • detain
  • curate
  • fasten

Questão 4

Questão
We installed a guard rail at the top of the steps to prevent the little boy from taking a ( ) down two flights of stairs.
Responda
  • tumble
  • crumble
  • pucker
  • quiver

Questão 5

Questão
A prison ( ) began in the cafeteria when two inmates got angry at each other.
Responda
  • brawl
  • trample
  • outbreak
  • backstab

Questão 6

Questão
I was looking forward to bushels of fresh, home-grown tomatoes, but a ( ) killed all my plants just before they became ripe.
Responda
  • blight
  • famine
  • bushel
  • peat

Questão 7

Questão
The relocation of the car factory to our struggling town is an economic ( ).
Responda
  • boon
  • stupor
  • relapse
  • scarcity

Questão 8

Questão
Some dieters say they cannot help ( ) on chocolate
Responda
  • binging
  • purging
  • rebuffing
  • mollifying

Questão 9

Questão
The trial judge was only interested in evidence that was ( ) and visible.
Responda
  • tangible
  • circumstantial
  • pervasive
  • circumspect

Questão 10

Questão
We do not expect my ( ) grandfather to live much longer.
Responda
  • ailing
  • sleazy
  • infantile
  • abysmal

Questão 11

Questão
The ( ) smell of the dead body sent me running from the house.
Responda
  • repulsive
  • acerbic
  • churlish
  • gaudy

Questão 12

Questão
As evidenced by her excessive weight, Amber has a ( ) appetite.
Responda
  • prodigious
  • comely
  • delectable
  • statuesque

Questão 13

Questão
Because Haley is a ( ) cleaner, every inch of her house is spotless.
Responda
  • meticulous
  • fastidious
  • prowess
  • jubilant

Questão 14

Questão
The attorney’s ( ) ways earned him a reputation as a dishonest crook.
Responda
  • roguish
  • bigoted
  • philanthropic
  • stereotypical

Questão 15

Questão
John was very ( ) and would lend a helping hand at any time for his community outreach program.
Responda
  • benevolent
  • maleficent
  • chivalrous
  • deplorable

Questão 16

Questão
I am ( ) to learn that my sister is finally having a baby.
Responda
  • jubilant
  • sprightly
  • frivolous
  • complacent

Questão 17

Questão
Before there were calculators, merchants would use an abacus to ( ) up debts owed.
Responda
  • tally
  • launder
  • douse
  • fare

Questão 18

Questão
When I am working in my home office, my kids often ( ) for my attention by screaming my name.
Responda
  • clamor
  • marvel
  • instigate
  • veer

Questão 19

Questão
The groom watched in ( ) as his beautiful bride walked down the aisle.
Responda
  • awe
  • milieu
  • wander
  • condemnation

Questão 20

Questão
Frank deals with the pain of his wife’s death by drinking himself into a ( ) every night.
Responda
  • stupor
  • doldrums
  • concoction
  • flout

Questão 21

Questão
Christina used her hunting ( ) to survive in the woods for a week.
Responda
  • prowess
  • sconce
  • ovation
  • squadron

Questão 22

Questão
Bill had been sober for ten years, but then he had a ( ) and started drinking again.
Responda
  • relapse
  • collapse
  • prolapse
  • apse

Questão 23

Questão
Even though Sarah has a/an ( ) to snakes, she is still brave enough to walk through the forest with us on our hiking trips.
Responda
  • aversion
  • perversion
  • subversion
  • immersion

Questão 24

Questão
Many suspects that the building of the chemical plant is going to be a ( ) to the town’s freshwater supply.
Responda
  • detriment
  • compliment
  • complement
  • supplement

Questão 25

Questão
If I get one more speeding ticket, the driver’s bureau is going to ( ) my license.
Responda
  • revoke
  • invoke
  • provoke
  • evoke

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