Thursday, June 14, 2012

Vocab


1.
 Milk can serve as an antidote for some poisons.
        
  (A)anthem 
(B)
remedy
  (C)anthropology 
  (D)antecedent 
        
2. Some people have a strong antipathy to modern art.
        
  (A)affection 
(B)predilection
  (C)
aversion
 
  (D)preference 
        
3. These antiquated notions should be erased.
        
  (A)radical 
(B)premature
  (C)
old-fashioned
 
  (D)modernistic 
        
4. Don't be apathetic toward people's suffering.
        
  (A)alert 
(B)
insensible
  (C)vigilant 
  (D)receptive 
        
5. The manager has reached his apex of career.
        
  (A)ebb 
(B)
acme
  (C)bottom 
  (D)downfall 
        
6. " The style is the man himself " is an aphorism not always true.
        
  (A)sarcasm 
(B)warning
  (C)
maxim
 
  (D)zenith 
        
7. An expert in one field will often show an appalling ignorance in other fields.
        
  (A)fondling 
(B)glorifying
  (C)culminating 
  (D)
shocking
 
        
8. That publication was said to be a Communist espionage apparatus.
        
  (A)
tool
 
(B)aperture
  (C)antithesis 
  (D)apothecary 
        
9. When spring comes, gay apparels are every seen.
        
  (A)birds 
(B)animals
  (C)leaves 
  (D)
clothes
 
        
10. Appeasement often brings blackmail.
        
  (A)exasperation 
(B)
conciliation
  (C)aggravation 
  (D)vexation 
 
  

Answers
1B   2C   3C   4B   5B   6C   7D   8A   9D   10B

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