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1.
ends----goals
2.
take the bull
by the horns----confront the question fearlessly
3.
drunk through
with----overwhelmed by
4.
matter-of-fact----realistic
5.
mean----midway
6.
extreme
moral
rectitude----absolute
moral
righteousness
and
correctness
7.
alphabetize----arrange in alphabetic
order
8.
take
clearer and clearer shape----are gradually formed
and developed
9.
bums and clods----lazy and stupid
10.
g
et the whole thing over
with----finish quickly what they have to do
11.
c
ut a clean swath through
----destroy ruthlessly the main part of
12.
d
rummed into----repeatedly
made known to
13.
b
oomeranged----produced the
result opposite from what was intended
14.
t
hreshold
pains
----pains
of
a
certain
level
above
which
some
effects
will reveal
15.
s
ubjected to----forced to
undergo
16.
w
ork his magic----create
supernaturally wonderful effect
17.
c
ut down in their prime----
forced to drop out at the top of their career
18.
p
sychological cripples----
mentally unbalanced or disabled individuals
sufferers of long-term poor health
19.
u
nremitting barrage----
endless and overwhelming outpouring
20.
i
ntoxicated----excited by
made the most of----used to the
greatest advantage
21.
r
uinous of aspect----decayed
in appearance
aches with----is filled
with
thrills with----is excited by
22.
s
creening----showing
23.
t
ouch----sense
communicate----manifest
24.
a
flavor----a
thing
that
people
can
choose
freely
as
they
please
a
prevailing standard of belief
a temper----state of the mind
25.
s
ociety----company
26.
r
ages----spreads or prevails
forcefully
advantages----benefits
27.
g
ets the day----wins
28.
h
ave
a
correspondent
depth
of
seat
in
the
human
constitution----be
equally
deep-rooted in human nature
29.
s
tands on----depends on
infinitude----state or quality of being
unlimited
30.
t
ends to----pays attention
to
31.
t
he crown of its approbation
----the best it has to offer
1.
We
are caught on the D. horns of a dilemma.
2.
Thousand of
salves had to toil and moil in the A. ferocious
heat of the
South.
3.
Not all the
farmers agree to D. proscribe the importation of
raw fruits.
4.
The rich heiress kept B. dodging the
reporter
’
s questions about
her
…
5.
The election
was a mere C. farce since it was fixed.
6.
Mr.
Edwards
failed
to
become
a
Congressman
by
only
a
small
A.
margin.
7.
The human
fetus usually becomes C. viable by the end of the
seventh
month.
8.
What C. witchcraft is this?
–
Are you trying to tell me
that the dead
…
9.
Because he had
invited two girls to the dance, she found herself
in a
terrible D. predicament.
10.
T
he kids spoke a C. jargon
of their own that no one else understood.
11.
D
uring the
owners
’
absence, the lawn
became dreadfully D. unkempt.
12.
A
ll my pupils are talented,
but Susie is really C. exceptional.
13.
T
he
more
unpopular
an
opinion
is,
the
more
necessary
it
is
that
the
holder should be somewhat A.
punctilious in his observance of
…
14.
T
he nurse C. cleansed the
wound for the injured before stitching it.
15.
T
rees in the schoolyard are
regularly D. trimmed by workers assigned
for the job.
16.
T
he Romans used to B.
flagellate criminals with a whip that
had
…
17.
T
he lorry lost its B.
momentum as it tried to ascend the steep hill.
18.
N
egotiations
between
workers
and
management
reached
an
A.
impasse since neither side would
compromise in any way.
19.
G
eraniums thrive if you C.
transplant them from indoors to
your
…
20.
O
nly a(an) A. bipartisan
senate committee can make a
decision
…
21.
I
s it true that all
politicians love the B. trappings of power?
22.
I
t
is advisable that speakers pause from time to time
to let their words
soak B. in.
23.
T
he studio audience was
disappointed to learn that the guest speaker
was A. indisposed.
24.
A
nyone with a D. modicum of
common sense could have seen
that
…
25.
I
n
the opera
―
La
Boheme
‖
we get a picture of
the C. promiscuous life
led by the
young artists of Paris.
26.
O
ne of Willa
Cather
’
s major B.
preoccupations in her writing
was
…
27.
E
xcept noses are usually
more A. controllable than unexpected
ones
…
28.
A
dictionary will always give us the D. denotation
of a word
…
29.
H
aving
dialed
their
number
all
day
only
to
hear
a
busy
signal,
she
became D. exasperated and called the
operator for assistance.
30.
C
urrent research indicated
that vitamin C has, A. at best, very limited..
31.
C
. Vagrancy and begging has
become rare in this Asian metropolis.
32.
S
he is looking for a more A.
congenial place to live in.
33.
A
n
Italian hostage was released near Kabul today
after more than six
weeks for B.
captivity.
34.
T
he teacher is anxious that
student absenteeism has got D. out of hand
35.
S
ince
an
in-house
search
failed
to
reveal
the
culprit,
an
outside
investigation was A.
instigated.
36.
S
amuel Morse requested from
the Congress of the United States an D.
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