Tài liệu 501 xentence completion questions part 27 docx

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476.
Even though he was only in kindergarten, Joel was very ______
and could intuit when his teacher was not pleased with his
behavior.
a. obtuse
b. oblivious
c. inept
d. perceptive
e. indolent
477.
During his many years of hard work, Paul was promoted several
times and began to rise through the bank’s ______ of employees.
a. declassification
b. surplus
c. hierarchy
d. principality
e. dominion
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478.
The heat was absolutely ______, making everyone irritable, sweaty,
and uncomfortable.
a. taciturn
b. salient
c. replete
d. prosaic
e. oppressive
479.
The biology students were assigned the task of testing the ______ ,
but did not have enough time to prove its validity.
a. lexicon

b. hypothesis
c. motif
d. platitude
e. genesis
480.
It had rained all afternoon, but the fans were still ______ that the
baseball game would still be played.
a. pessimistic
b. sadistic
c. optimistic
d. domineering
e. truant
481.
If you have any special needs or requests, speak to Val; she’s the
one with the most ______ around here.
a. synergy
b. clout
c. affinity
d. guile
e. infamy
482.
Because Virgil had been so ______ as a child, he had an extremely
difficult time adjusting when he enrolled in the military academy.
a. fettered
b. intrepid
c. coddled
d. pallid
e. odious
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483.
Far from being a ______, Bob gets up at dawn every morning to
prepare for a long day at work after which he attends classes in
evening.
a. moderator
b. drone
c. replica
d. sycophant
e. sluggard
484.
The vulgarity used by the football fans at the stadium was ______
and eventually lead to a penalty for the team.
a. rakish
b. quiescent
c. sagacious
d. reproachable
e. mundane
485.
After the debate, Karim ______ upon many of the campaign issues
in a series of detailed editorials.
a. expounded
b. ebbed
c. doffed
d. temporized
e. wrought
486.
Since the judge hearing the case was related to one of the
defendants, she felt she could not offer a truly ______ opinion.
a. unbiased

b. indifferent
c. unilateral
d. uninterested
e. understated
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487.
Abdul found his ten-hour shifts at the paper clip factory repetitive
and ______.
a. fatuous
b. nebulous
c. malleable
d. indelible
e. wearisome
488.
Jonelle is a(n) ______ of the kind of student we seek: someone who
is both academically strong and actively involved in the
community.
a. paradox
b. exemplar
c. catalyst
d. mandate
e. harbinger
489.
Tomas is a(n) ______ businessman who knows a good opportunity
when he sees it.
a. insolent
b. astute
c. mercurial
d. indifferent
e. volatile

490.
Sean would ______ whenever it became his turn to do the dishes.
a. premeditate
b. palter
c. reform
d. distend
e. ponder
491.
The barnyard scene outside the 4-H tent made a charming ______
for visitors to the state fair.
a. melee
b. tabloid
c. tableau
d. rant
e. tangent
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492.
The jellyfish, known for its shimmering ______, is one of nature’s
most intriguing creatures.
a. resonance
b. opulence
c. didactics
d. omniscience
e. translucence
493.
A decade after the ______, the members of the tribe began to drift
home again, hoping to rebuild the community they had fled during
the war.

a. kowtow
b. redaction
c. cloister
d. diaspora
e. chimera
494.
After performing a ______ of the cow, scientists determined that it
did not have mad cow disease, and there was no need to notify the
board of health.
a. extrapolation
b. interrogation
c. interment
d. elongation
e. vivisection
495.
Charged with moral ______, the judge was called off the case even
though he denied receiving bribes from the plaintiff’s counsel.
a. lassitude
b. restitution
c. turpitude
d. torpor
e. vicissitude
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