1. Martin Luther King detested injustice.

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□ suffered	□ recognized	□ confronted	□ abhorred

2. The impact of the devastating flood will be felt for months and perhaps years-to-come.

□ supernatural	□ precipitous	□ eruptive	□ disastrous

3. You can't expect an apprentice to have the same dexterity as a master craftsman.

□ avarice	□ senility	□ tranquility	□ adroitness

4. The economic stability of nations and continents is often affected by the abundance or dearth of precipitation.

□ force	□ condensation	□ rainfall	□ lack

5. Employees are expected to prevent any ______ product from leaving the plant.

□ defective	□ determined	□ different	□ detriment

6. He worked to the detriment of his health.

□ injury	□ serenity	□ fortitude	□ recovery

7. The Coriolis force causes all moving projectiles on Earth to be deflected from a straight line.

□ reflected	□ deviated	□ floated	□ collided	□ projected

8. My friend felt no pity but only disdain for the person who got caught stealing.

□ fallacy	□ scorn	□ remuneration	□ horror	□ humiliation

9. Though most of the students have nearly finished, Jane has not yet started her homework. She is still ______.

□ smart	□ timid	□ dawdling	□ stubborn

10. Pure silver is nearly white, lustrous, soft, and very ductile.

□ versatile	□ pliable	□ serviceable	□ shiny

11. A close examination will reveal a discrepancy in the final results.

□ difficulty	□ discretion	□ discontinuity	□ difference

12. Does change mean revitalization or does it mean corruption and deterioration?

□ assessment	□ aggravation	□ prosperity	□ encroachment

13. The delicate aroma and subtle flavor of this wine need a sensitive nose and discriminating palate to be appreciated.

□ incriminating	□ dissipating	□ dispensing	□ discerning

14. The police ______ the suspected murderer for further questioning.

□ cordoned	□ smuggled	□ detained	□ deduced	□ probed

15. His efforts to link common structures with effectiveness were a dismal failure. He could find no such correlation.

□ leading to death	□ not well connected

□ causing sadness or depression	□ conceptual, speculative but unproven

16. The normally fatal immune system _____ means the body cannot fighting infection. The only _____ in this case is a bone-marrow transplant.

□ deficiency - treatment	□ deficit - cure

□ dearth - healing	□ scarcity - dedication	□ scantiness - medicine

17. Rather than trying to ______, one should try to ______.

□ hurt, harm	□ abolish, destroy	□ console, comfort	□ demolish, enhance

18. "A state cannot deem a class of persons a stranger to its laws," declare the Supreme Court last year.

□ judge	□ execute	□ lighten	□ curse

19. The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

□ happy work	□ unworthy work	□ unpleasant work	□ worthy work

20. The defense minister said that Russian officials have decided they can't afford their vast but dilapidated military.

□ disintegrated	□ disapproved	□ liquidated	□ enlarged

21. In spite of their disparaging remarks, he was proud of his son's painting.

□ belittling	□ equitable	□ incisive	□ unfair

22. Entrenched in the psyche is the idea that old age inevitably brings about the mind's ______. However, neuroscientists are now finding that older brains have surprising abilities and strengths.

□ maturity	□ decline	□ stability	□ rejuvenation