English Vocabulary Exam 6

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Eiken Grade 1 test
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Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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