1.
| His pleasant ways beguiled everyone into thinking he was a good man. | ||||||
(A) | confirmed | ||||||
(B) | belated | ||||||
(C) | begrudged | ||||||
(D) |
deceived
| ||||||
2. | The volcano belched smoke and ashes. | ||||||
(A) | behested | ||||||
(B) |
erupted
| ||||||
(C) | battered | ||||||
(D) | bated | ||||||
3. | President Carter has been beleaguered with problems at home and abroad. | ||||||
(A) | behooved | ||||||
(B) |
besieged
| ||||||
(C) | pleased | ||||||
(D) | straightened | ||||||
4. | He is in a bellicose mood. | ||||||
(A) | gentle | ||||||
(B) | moderate | ||||||
(C) | temperate | ||||||
(D) |
quarrelsome
| ||||||
5. | The minister made a belligerent reply to a diplomatic note. | ||||||
(A) | pacific | ||||||
(B) |
bellicose
| ||||||
(C) | amicable | ||||||
(D) | conciliatory | ||||||
6. | When summer comes, the sun is no benediction here. | ||||||
(A) | disaster | ||||||
(B) | catastrophe | ||||||
(C) | cataclysm | ||||||
(D) |
blessing
| ||||||
7. | All the children in the neighborhood will be the beneficiaries of the new playground. | ||||||
(A) | benefactors | ||||||
(B) | profiteers | ||||||
(C) |
receivers
| ||||||
(D) | belles | ||||||
8. | They organized a benevolent club to help the underprivileged. | ||||||
(A) | malevolent | ||||||
(B) | malicious | ||||||
(C) |
charitable
| ||||||
(D) | niggardly | ||||||
9. | Everybody likes the benign old lady. | ||||||
(A) |
kind
| ||||||
(B) | acrid | ||||||
(C) | acrimonious | ||||||
(D) | malignant | ||||||
10. | One age bequeaths its civilization to the next. | ||||||
(A) | destroys | ||||||
(B) |
hands down
| ||||||
(C) | annihilates | ||||||
(D) | decimates | ||||||
Answers1D 2B 3B 4D 5B 6D 7C 8C 9A 10B |
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Vocab
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