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Exercise 36
A) abruptly
B) easily
2. At first the accident seemed to be TRIVIAL.
C) hardly
A) critical D) subtly
B) momentous
C) significant
D) unimportant
8. The officer COMPELLED the prisoner to do exactly as
he wished.
A) allowed
3. There was no TRACE of poison in the coffee the B) beseeched
chemist analyzed.
C) forced
A) colour D) hired
B) indication
C) smell
D) taste
9. The criminal INSINUATED that he had been roughly
treated by the arresting officer.
A) argued convincingly
4. The FROWN on the judge's face showed that he was B) denied positively
displeased.
C) stated flatly
A) look of anger D) suggested indirectly
B) look of delight
C) look of fear
D) look of surprise
10. The boy felt DISGRACED because he knew that he
had been wrong to steal.
A) ashamed
5. The night was so FOGGY that the murderer was easily B) phony
able to escape his pursuers.
C) tempted
A) messy D) worried
B) mild
C) misty
D) moist
11. The judge SENTENCED the convicted man. 12. It is useless to attempt to FLEE from every danger.
Some risk must be taken.
A) gave a pardon to
B) gave high praise to A) hide oneself
C) passed judgement upon B) protect oneself
D) sympathized with C) run away
D) stay away
Answer Key:
1: D 7: B
2: D 8: C
3: B 9: D
4: A 10: A
5: C 11: C
6: D 12: C