Choosing The Right Word
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Pick the word that more satisfactory completes each of the following sentences.
Questions and Answers
- 1.His attempts to rid his administration of inefficiency were so _______________that he came to called the " reformer by fits and starts".
- A.
Unbridled
- B.
Spasmodic
- 2.The "robber barons" were a group of 19th century captains of industry who amassed wealth by means that a __________________ might use .
- A.
Brigand
- B.
Salvager
- 3.The evidence intended to show that some races or nationalities are superior to others proved to completly ________________.
- A.
Spurious
- B.
Cumbersome
- 4.How can you expect to succeed at your new job when you are _______________to believe that is "not right" for you?
- A.
Diffused
- B.
Predisposed
- 5.The dean ________________ the members of the team for neglecting their homework assignment.
- A.
Effaced
- B.
Admonished
- 6.The Senator refused to ______________ the floor to any other speaker before had finished his statement.
- A.
Efface
- B.
Relinquish
- 7.Instead of trying to _____________ the support of the student body, we must earn it by showing our sincerity and ability.
- A.
Commandeer
- B.
Admonish
- 8.Like the rings a pebble makes in a pool of water, the good feelings generated by the speech ____________ through the crowd.
- A.
Disfused
- B.
Relinquished
- 9.Since she is so convinced that there is only one right way - her way -I find her too _________for my liking.
- A.
Circumspect
- B.
Opinionated
- 10.An economy in which the marketplace is considered "open" is one in which competition is more or less ____________.
- A.
Muddled
- B.
Unbridled
- 11.Is it too much to expect that I will be able to ____________ a few sheds of self-respect from my humiliating failure?
- A.
Admonish
- B.
Salvage
- 12.Developing nations in all parts of the world face that _____________ problem of gaining a higher level of economic growth.
- A.
Perennial
- B.
Spurious
- 13.Thus the nation was faced with ______________ in which either advance or retreat might endanger its vital interests.
- A.
Dilemma
- B.
Salvage
- 14.My mother broke the _____________ in the quarrel between my brother and me by saying that neighter of us could use the car.
- A.
Debris
- B.
Deadlock
- 15.For the very reason that we are the most powerful nation in the world , we must be extremely _____________ in our foreign policy
- A.
Circumspect
- B.
Cumbersome
- 16.If only I could ______________ the memory of the shock and disappointment on my mother's face.
- A.
Admonish
- B.
Efface
- 17.Our city government seems to have ____________ into a first rate financial crisis.
- A.
Muddled
- B.
Breached
- 18.The organization of the government is so ________________ that it is all but imposible toknow who is responsible for various activities.
- A.
Cumbersome
- B.
Spurous
- 19.After the fatal blaze, the first patrol searched through the _____________ for clues that might reveal the cause.
- A.
Debris
- B.
Breach
- 20.Even Sue's refusal to dance with him did not seem to make a ______________in his gigantic conceit.
- A.
Deadlock
- B.
Breach
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