English Vocabulary Exam 7

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Questão 1

Questão
Issues like abortion and gay marriage always seem to ( ) emotional responses from people on both sides of the coin.
Responda
  • ignite
  • infatuate
  • pundit
  • gloat

Questão 2

Questão
The property was bought with ( ) money.
Responda
  • laundered
  • retorted
  • faltered
  • lingered

Questão 3

Questão
Clara is comfortably ( ) in a beach chair and has no immediate plans to return to work.
Responda
  • ensconced
  • bolstered
  • slaughtered
  • plundered

Questão 4

Questão
Because of water ( ) my stomach appears swollen.
Responda
  • retention
  • hydration
  • conflation
  • cessation

Questão 5

Questão
The murderer tried to use an ( ) defense to convince the jury that he was out of his mind at the time of the killing.
Responda
  • insanity
  • causality
  • hostility
  • futility

Questão 6

Questão
After the blind man played a perfect sonata on the piano, the crowd gave him a standing ( ).
Responda
  • ovation
  • supplication
  • genuflection
  • infatuation

Questão 7

Questão
Judging other people simply based on their race or ethnicity is outright ( ) and should not be allowed.
Responda
  • bigotry
  • authenticity
  • mimicry
  • depravity

Questão 8

Questão
The selfish king is amused when poor people ( ) at his feet and ask for favors.
Responda
  • grovel
  • hovel
  • shovel
  • trowel

Questão 9

Questão
As a modern civilization, we need to make progress towards equality for all and not ( ) into an age of endless civil rights violations.
Responda
  • regress
  • digress
  • egress
  • ingress

Questão 10

Questão
The road construction will definitely ( ) major traffic delays during rush hour.
Responda
  • instigate
  • propagate
  • profligate
  • navigate

Questão 11

Questão
After being ( ), the death row inmate was freed from his jail cell.
Responda
  • exonerated
  • capitulated
  • taunted
  • unscathed

Questão 12

Questão
Because she raised him as a single parent, Brian had both admiration and ( ) for his awe-inspiring mother.
Responda
  • veneration
  • sensation
  • approbation
  • probation

Questão 13

Questão
In the cafeteria, the students rush through the lines and ( ) to get the best tables near the windows.
Responda
  • jostle
  • frazzle
  • dazzle
  • sizzle

Questão 14

Questão
Eddie has a tendency to ( ) his entire allowance on comic books and action figures.
Responda
  • squander
  • render
  • coriander
  • colander

Questão 15

Questão
The pretty woman’s ( ) was so kind that Jared did not feel bad when she turned down his offer to dance.
Responda
  • rebuff
  • buffer
  • proffer
  • muffler

Questão 16

Questão
Because the wedding dress is ( ) with pearls and diamonds, it is valued at nearly half a million dollars.
Responda
  • ornate
  • ornery
  • erroneous
  • bruin

Questão 17

Questão
I thought that ( ) plants were supposed to grow from year to year, but I’ve had to plant new seedlings of this flower every spring.
Responda
  • perennial
  • millennial
  • Centennial
  • perineal

Questão 18

Questão
If the politicians cannot reach a ( ) on the energy bill in the next few hours, they will have to continue their discussion after the holiday break.
Responda
  • consensus
  • census
  • sensual
  • consequential

Questão 19

Questão
In the past, the belief that the world was flat was completely ( ) yet could not be disproven.
Responda
  • groundless
  • needless
  • heedless
  • peerless

Questão 20

Questão
Even though Terry was ( ) with his coworker, he was too shy to express his feelings.
Responda
  • infatuated
  • situated
  • attenuated
  • resuscitated

Questão 21

Questão
My husband has a weak stomach and becomes ( ) whenever he sees blood.
Responda
  • squeamish
  • blemish
  • famish
  • ravenous

Questão 22

Questão
Although Bill has an advanced degree, he has no problem performing ( ) work as a cashier to provide for his family.
Responda
  • menial
  • sinecure
  • genial
  • epicure

Questão 23

Questão
Unless you are an expert skier, you should avoid the ( ) mountain known as the Skier Slayer.
Responda
  • treacherous
  • lecherous
  • cantankerous
  • sonorous

Questão 24

Questão
Since James arrived at the doctor’s office an hour early, he decided to ( ) outside for a while.
Responda
  • loiter
  • liter
  • litter
  • goiter

Questão 25

Questão
The air traffic controller panicked when the plane began to ( ) off course and radioed to see if anything was wrong.
Responda
  • veer
  • careen
  • leer
  • seer

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