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Teflvoc04

D.Education

 

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question 1

dissension

A conflict; disagreement; disparity
B hired soldier; greedy person
C poise; composure; dignity; aplomb
D boredom; apathy; lethargy; tedium


question 2

archetype

A original pattern or model
B opinion contrary to popular belief
C scarcity; shortage; lack
D sudden notion or passing fancy; caprice; impulse


question 3

erratum

A ability to be separated or divided
B swamp; marshland; wet spongy ground
C misprint; typo; printing error
D person who leads a simple life of self-denial; recluse; hermit


question 4

proletariat

A incorrectness; unsuitableness
B working class; social class comprised of manual laborers
C disorderly quarrel; tumult; riot; skirmish
D behavior; bearing; conduct; appearance


question 5

denunciation

A denouncement; condemnation
B homesickness; sentimentality
C disguise; group of people in disguise or fancy costumes
D distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling; anger; disapproval


question 6

obviate

A to make unnecessary; to prevent; to remove an obstacle in advance
B to express disapproval of; to protest against; to disparage; belittle
C to crush; to render void; to quell; to suppress; annul
D to drive away; to scatter; to lessen


question 7

avarice

A reproof; warning; reproval
B thoughtlessness; state of complete forgetfulness
C inordinate desire for gaining and possessing wealth; greed
D destruction; poison; misfortune


question 8

deluge

A witty or satirical poem or statement; letter; ingenious saying; proverb; phrase
B something out of place in time (e.g. an airplane in 1492); something that is obsolete or out of date
C person who denies that God exists
D great flood; downpour; inundation; drenching rain


question 9

peccadillo

A one who manipulates public emotions to gain power or popularity
B amazement or terror that causes confusion; shock; dismay; alarm
C copy; model; pattern; sample
D slight fault or offense; minor sin


question 10

panacea

A destruction; poison; misfortune
B burden; duty; obligation; responsibility
C remedy for all ills
D agreement; harmony; settlement


question 11

blight

A to complete; to bring to perfection; to fulfill; to perfect
B to confuse; to embarrass; to fluster; to worry
C to erase; to cancel; to take out; to remove totally
D to ruin; to decay; to destroy


question 12

harangue

A to echo; to resonate; to resound
B to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly; to vacillate
C to talk or write excitedly; to scold; to lecture
D to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one's country; to expel


question 13

obtrude

A to crush; to render void; to quell; to suppress; annul
B to beg earnestly; to implore; to plead
C to force oneself or one's ideas upon another; to thrust forward; to eject; to invade; to interrupt
D to approve; to support; to tolerate; to permit


question 14

besmirch

A to dirty; to stain; to sully; to soil
B to trim; to decorate; to embellish; to adorn
C to comply with; to consent to; to agree with; to concur
D to speak or write at great length; to describe in full


question 15

immunize

A to calm; to lessen in severity; to mollify; to relieve
B to grow together; to merge; to unite
C to make insusceptible to a disease
D to display or wave boastfully


question 16

low

A to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand
B to moo; to utter the sound made by cattle
C to recognize; to perceive; to grasp; to comprehend
D to accuse of wrongdoing; to cast discredit upon; to remove from office


question 17

waive

A to declare sacred; to dedicate; to bless
B to restate in a brief; concise form; to sum up; conclude; to summarize
C to boast; to brag
D to give up; to put off until later


question 18

recapitulate

A to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one's country; to expel
B to wind; to ramble; to roam; walk about aimlessly; carry on in a leisurely way; wander
C to scold or blame loudly; to find fault with in abusive language; to condemn
D to restate in a brief; concise form; to sum up; conclude; to summarize


question 19

consummate

A to twist about (usually with pain)
B to draw out; to extract from
C to complete; to bring to perfection; to fulfill; to perfect
D to estrange; to isolate; to requisition; to confiscate


question 20

temporize

A to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen
B to catch; to anticipate; to arrest; to understand; to conceive
C to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time; to avoid an answer
D to warn; to find fault; to reprove; to scold