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1. The hikers were ... by the thousands of flies that descended on them.
A. extolled
B. vitiated
C. palliated
D. vexed
E. promulgated

2. Seeing the photos of our old home made us feel ...
A. adept
B. fastidious
C. wistful
D. infamous
E. impartial

3. The ... spring weather was a relief after the harsh winter.
A. abortive
B. volatile
C. temperate
D. pragmatic
E. intrinsic

4. The issue of conscription ... the electorate.
A. circumscribed
B. polarised
C. assuaged
D. castugated
E. disseminated

5. She preferred brand name products to the cheaper ... brands.
A. generic
B. hypothetical
C. supercilious
D. amorphous
E. contentious

6. The champions found it hard to deal with the ... of defeat.
A. attrition
B. ignominy
C. prerequisite
D. pencahnt
E. neologism

7. The rolling clouds indicated that a storm was ...
A. ambivalent
B. conciliatory
C. imminent
D. eminent
E. inherent

8. There was nothing ... about his scientific beliefs; they were really quite superficial.
A. sentient
B. vociferous
C. peremptory
D. profound
E. exemplary

9. His wife ... him for being late home on her birthday.
A. instigated
B. reproached
C. flaunted
D. desecrated
E. belied

10. The man ... a strange belief that aliens were coming.
A. espoused
B. scintillated
C. vacillated
D. emulated
E. inundated

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