Next followed the thought that much of the future peace of mind
depended on his quiet fortitude. So, by degrees, he calmed into a better
state, when he could raise his thoughts much higher, and draw comfort
down. - ANSWER determination
Choose the word that is the same or most nearly the same in meaning
as the bolded word.
post the remaining guards at the exits - ANSWER deploy
Choose the word that is the same or most nearly the same in meaning
as the bolded word.
need to enlarge the computer's memory - ANSWER augment
Choose the word that is the same or most nearly the same in meaning
as the bolded word.
proceed carefully in unknown waters - ANSWER warily
Choose the word that is most nearly the opposite in meaning as the
bolded word.
a person with a rigid view point - ANSWER pliable
I must have been (bereft, pliable) of my senses when I bought that old
car! - ANSWER bereft
East, West, North, and South, through the woods, four heavy-treading,
unkempt figures crushed the high grass and cracked branches, striding
on cautiously to come together in the courtyard.
, Someone who is unkempt is - ANSWER disheveled
Choose the word that is the same or most nearly the same in meaning
as the bolded word.
gawk at the huge jaws of crocodile - ANSWER gape
In Shakespeare's famous tragedy Othello, Iago comes to Othello in the
_________ of a friend but proves to be a deadly enemy. - ANSWER
guise
Question 10
pts
The gentleman from Tellson's had nothing left for it but to empty his
glass with an air of stolid desperation, settle his odd little flaxen wig at
the ears, and follow the waiter to Miss Manette's apartment.
Stolid means - ANSWER unemotional
Do you believe that the curriculum has been (deployed, adulterated) by
the inclusion of courses on aspects of popular culture? - ANSWER
adulterated
Choose the word that is most nearly the opposite in meaning as the
bolded word.
a definite date for the party - ANSWER tentative
How annoying to hear the same silly advertising slogans (gaped,
reiterated) endlessly on television. - ANSWER reiterated
Choose the word that is most nearly the opposite in meaning as the
bolded word.
his direct statement to the board of directors - ANSWER intimation
Though all hope of victory had faded, the remaining troops continued to
resist the enemy with a (bereft, dour) tenacity. - ANSWER dour
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