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The chef produced a sweet for dessert. He made
a. a nutrient
b. a condiment
c. a confection
d. soda bread
c. a confection
The happy couple wandered aimlessly across the meadow. The couple was
a. foraging
b. interloping
c. meandering
d. trespassing
c. meandering
They remodeled the office and ordered new furniture, draperies, and rugs as part
of a plan to
a. consecrate
b. habitate
c. revise
d. renovate
d. renovate
The rules of behavior that people are expected to follow in any group are called
a. etiquette
b. inititaion
c. socialism
d. elitism
a. etiquette
The host offered them a quaff. He offered a
a. canape
b. sandwich
c. drink
d. cake
c. drink
When the undercover agent traveled, he concealed his identity. He traveled
a. inexorably
b. insensate
c. incognito
d. indiscreetly
c. incognito
Her position seemed dangerously uncertain. It seemed
a. precarious
b. unassailabe
c. racalcitrant
d. intractable
, a. precarious
Some medications alleviate pain. Alleviate means
a. increase
b. prevent
c. deaden
d. lessen
d. lessen
The class learned how to type a letter with a postscript. A postscript is
a. a salutation
b. an attention line
c. an added note
d. an inside address
c. an added note
A tapeworm lives in the digestive system of its host and feeds there. The host
organism is harmed by this relationship. The tape worm is a
a. predator
b. culprit
c. parasite
d. scullion
c. parasite
Gina tried to emulate her mother. Emulate means
a. disobey
b. imitate
c. ignore
d. help
b. imitate
Casual clothing is not appropriate in that milieu. Milieu means
a. school
b. environment
c. family
d. company
b. environment
When it comes to cooking, Sharon is a neophyte. Neophyte means
a. failure
b. beginner
c. expert
d. gourmet
b. beginner
She took umbrage at the newspaper article about her. She felt
a. delighted
b. offended
c. flattered
d. surprised
b. offended
The demonstrators were loudly insistent on their point of view. They were
a. slanderous