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D.Education

profusem01B

Dimitris Sclias

Instructions
There are 40 questions in this paper. To complete the test you have to answer all 40 questions.
Time allowed to complete the test (all the questions) 15 minutes
Do not waste any time, if you can't answer one question, guess it and continue.
You must try to complete the test within the time limit, otherwise you'll have to take the test again.
To pass the test successfully you must get at least 80% correct answers.
Please write the correct answer a,b.c or d in the box.

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question 1

profusem01B
Part 2 Vocabulary

Find the word or phrase that is closest in the meaning to the underlined word with capital letters or the word which is omitted by choosing the correct answer a, b, c, or d.

Example 1. It's too windy to go for a STROLL.
a. swim b. sail c. drive d. walk -> correct answer -> d

2. Because of the storm it would be foolish to go out sailing
today in a small............. .
a. automobile b. house c. boat d. beast -> correct answer -> c


41. Water and air are INDISPENSABLE to life.
a. indisputable b. unnecessary c. helpful d. essential

42. The way children are treated in this school is SCANDALOUS.
a. ungentlemanly b. notorious c. disgraceful d. humiliated

43. She has a slender FRAME.
a. silhouette b. waist c. body d. framework

44. He RENOUNCED his title.
a. criticized b. gave up c. refused d. attacked

45. There is a FAINT hope that he may have survived.
a. slight b. giddy c. good d. fantastic

46. No matter what I said, she would not be CONSOLED.
a. placated b. encouraged c. abated d. comforted

47. We were all TAKEN ABACK at the news.
a. excited b. startled c. horrified d. enthusiastic

48. He SCRAPED THROUGH the university entrance examinations.
a. failed b. skipped c. only just passed d. was distinguished

49. He ENCOUNTERED great difficulties.
a. enumerated b. met with c. counted d. envisaged

50. He was CAPTIVATED by her charm.
a. frightened b. arrested c. repelled d. fascinated

51. He seemed to be INDEFATIGABLE.
a. unbeaten b. undiminished c. undefeated d. untiring

52. What can we do to AVERT a new war ?
a. foretell b. precipitate c. prevent d. hamper

53. There were heaps of DUNG in the farmyard.
a. grain b. sand c. refuse d. manure

54. They REVELLED all through the night.
a. fought b. made merry c. struggled d. floundered

55. He laid himself open to RIDICULE.
a. persuasion b. conversion c. derision d. calumny

56. You should never ALLUDE TO our agreement.
a. mention b. betray c. break d. conclude

57. No decent person could CONDONE such conduct.
a. blame b. forgive c. criticize d. understand

58. I made a BARGAIN with him over it.
a. deal b. row c. fuss d. point

59. The accused man was REMANDED for a month.
a. released b. out on bail c. sent home d. sent to prison

60. He was amply REMUNERATED.
a. punished b. rewarded c. provided d. justified

61. Unfortunately there exists no..........for happiness.
a. recipient b. prescription c. recipe d. receipt

62. An angle between 90 and 180 is called.........
a. blunt b. acute c. sharp d. obtuse

63. She was completely...........in the book she was reading.
a. fascinated b. absorbed c. distracted d. given

64. He asked her to marry him but she...........his proposal.
a. rejected b. denied c. ejected d. failed

65. The only.............is across the fields.
a. gateway b. entrance c. access d. accession

66. How many guests can this hotel.........?
a. stay b. seat c. hold d. accommodate

67. They took a............to decide who was going to be the leader of the group.
a. ballet b. ballot c. bullet d. plunge

68. They..........the driver's legs and took him to hospital.
a. gagged b. tied c. bandaged d. bound

69. A farmer usually keeps his grain in a......
a. hut b. shack c. shed d. barn

70. When the famous conductor raised his.......the audience held their breath.
a. stick b. cane c. baton d. club

71. He was.........from a provincial branch to the head office in Athens
a. transmitted b. conveyed c. transported d. transferred

72. The situation was...........with danger.
a. frigid b. frightful c. fraught d. fraudulent

73. Unfortunately we can't meet the expense that your project......
a. entitles b. entails c. entertains d. ensures

74. Miniskirts are..........upon in this part of the country.
a. laughed b. criticized c. frowned d. disapproved

75. He was overcome by a sudden feeling of.........and futility.
a. lassitude b. latitude c. amplitude d. fortitude

76. She told him to........out the water from his swimming-trunks.
a. wrench b. wring c. wriggle d. ring

77. Only those who have done overtime are..........to extra pay.
a. enlisted b. entitled c. titled d. entailed

78. His study was littered with cigarette........
a. smoke b. butts c. fumes d. tops

79. The firemen were almost.........by the smoke.
a. throttled b. drowned c. choked d. died

80. A special..........was entrusted with the president's message to the Pope.
a. commissary b. emissary c. missionary d. commissionaire

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