1. I'm not a nosy person so I try to stay out of other people's business.

Essential 350 N P77 O P78 ~ P80

□ overbearing	□ helpful	□ inquisitive	□ picky

2. In this perpetually changing world people are suspicious of novelty and it takes them some time; before they accustom themselves to it.

□ reform	□ newness	□ rapidity	□ dullness	□ vagueness

3. Nutty characters can be dangerous. If you see one of them on the street, you should call the police.

□ mad	□ drunk	□ strutting	□ swaggering

1. He was too obstinate to admit he had been wrong.

□ stubborn	□ frightened	□ selfish	□ cautious

2. John said he was obliged to his neighbors for all their help.

□ polite	□ opposed	□ accepted	□ thankful

3. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

□ resentful	□ prudent	□ direct	□ judicious

4. The side effects of some drugs tend to outweigh the possible benefits.

□ exceed	□ balance	□ maximize	□ inhibit

5. This variety of hybrid tea rose is more odorous than the one you have in your garden.

□ mundane	□ stingy	□ oblique	□ fragrant

6. Do not obfuscate the issues by dragging an irrelevant argument.

□ detonate	□ illumine	□ elucidate	□ obscure

7. As Asian countries become more affluent, many people are adopting a more Westernized diet, which may cause obesity, says the World Health Organization.

□ poverty	□ obedience	□ obligation	□ heart disease	□ overweight

8. The snow was so heavy that it obliterated the highway.

□ froze	□ effaced	□ blocked	□ endangered

9. Some political analysts feel that the power of the northeastern United States is on the wane.

□ increasing	□ fluctuating	□ rampant	□ dwindling	□ powerful

10. The full moon is a bit ______ in western cultures.

□ oblique	□ omniscient	□ ominous	□ opaque	□ obsolete

11. Anxiety arises in response to inner stimuli which obtrude from the unconscious levels of the mind.

□ vanish	□ relinquish	□ suffer	□ emerge

12. Such an ______ act of hostility can be only lead to war.

□ overt	□ opportunistic	□ occasional	□ oscillating