Essential_350 C P19 ∼ P26

1. CAPRICIOUS :

□ active	□ fickle	□ sheeplike	□ slippery

2. After he had fined $100 for careless driving, he began, to observe the traffic signs with more caution.

□ jealous	□ vicarious	□ amiable	□ reckless

3. A clandestine meeting

□ prearranged	□ hurried	□ important	□ secret

4. Businesses sometimes establish firms in foreign countries to circumvent local restrictions.

□ avoid	□ compensate for	□ adjust to	□ comply with

5. Their air of cheerful self-sacrifice and endless complaisance won them undeserved praise, for their seeming gallantry was wholly motivated by a ______ wish to avoid conflict of any sort.

□ poignant	□ sincere	□ plaintive	□ laudable	□craven

6. Because he was unable to substantiate his claim that he has found a cure for the dread disease, he was called a ____.

□ charisma	□ chauvinist	□ chiropodist	□ charlatan

7. In Europe's Romantic Age men favored the wan, cadaverous look in women. Women sometimes drank vinegar or stayed up all night to look pale and interesting. Fragility was all.

□ dangerous	□ charming	□ plump	□ corpse-like	□interesting

8. I felt chagrined that my father could never read and write.

□ delighted	□ hopeless	□ guilt-ridden	□ annoyed

9. I am glad to hear about your good convalescence.

□ success	□ job	□ reputation	□ marriage	□recovery

10. The tumbrels, French two-wheeled wagons, gained wide celebrity as the vehicle used to bear prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.

□ publicity	□ celibacy	□ usage	□ function	□ celebration

11. The contiguity of the house and garage is a convenience in bad weather.

□ contagion	□ congruity	□ usefulness	□ proximity

12. In spite of its limited ______, the magazine had a strong ______ on political thought in the country.

□ circulation - influence	□ insights - reminder	□ values - survival	□ appeal - repression

13. In 1998, the IMF crisis curbed demand for oil.

□ effected	□ affected	□ restricted	□ created

14. The middle class has taken the brunt of the currency and stock market collapse.

□ construction	□ intrusion	□ breakdown	□ change

15. Our English class wrote essay on this Schopenhauer quote : "Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.!"

□ scorn	□ humility	□ dignity	□ reverence

16. Every summer we sent each other cryptic messages, especially when we were planning a trip across the lake to the girl's camp.

□ brief	□ amorous	□ platonic	□ mysterious

17. Ms. Simpson told Mike that because his ideas were disorganized, his composition lacked ____.

□ adherence	□ coherence	□ transcendence	□ correspondence

18. The young volunteer from Denver was sweating in the Indian heat, planting seeds with twenty local villagers. She was there not for money or fame , but because she wanted to help the poor people in this small village. In short, she had _______.

□ innocence	□ grace	□ compassion	□ wits

19. The construction committee decided to raise the legal commission ceilings, which vary according to the sales price of the property, as a measure to encourage compliance.

□ sales amount	□ acquiescence	□ fair trade	□ competition

20. Most Americans do not know the difference between viruses and bacteria, so the word germ is useful, It is a catchall word. Colds are ______. In other word, the germs can travel from person to person. They travel in the air and from shared eating utensils. Therefore, we should not get close to a person with a cold.

□ common	□ curable	□ contingent	□ contagious

21. The candidate issued electoral commitment during the bandwagon.

□ concurrence	□ promise	□ deed	□ harvest

22. Cumbersome

□ habitual	□ hasty	□ clumsy	□ uneducated	□ blameworthy

23. CORRUPT : INTEGRITY

□ talented : ability	□ irresolute : commitment	□ available : argument	□ restrained : concession

24. Neither country has comprehensive AIDS awareness programs or adequate health care.

□ useful	□ understandable	□ magic	□ extensive

25. The freeze on population funds was a catastrophe for poor women and their children.

□ disaster	□ blessing	□ surprise	□ disappointment

26. If someone is ____, it means that the person is excessively proud of his or her abilities or achievements.

□ infallible	□ astute	□ conceited	□ shrewd

27. The analysis of teeth and jaws is ______ to the understanding of how modern man evolved.

□ crucial	□ boastful	□ extensive	□ confidential	□ incongruent

28. During times of danger, the settlers would congregate in the fort. They felt safe behind its strong log walls.

□ live	□ coordinate	□ gather	□ hide

29. Their arguments cut no ______ with me. They are not impressive at all.

□ ice	□ choice	□ place	□ water