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(A) 1.a 2.b 3.d 4.a 5.c 6.d 7.d 8.b 9.b 10.a
11.a 12.a 13.a 14.d 15.b 16.c 17.a 18.c 19.c 20.c
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(B) 1. quashed 2. quench 3. replenish 4. reproached
5. reverberated 6. revered 7. salvaged 8. scattered
9. shattered 10. shunned 11. squandered 12. prevailed
13. proliferated 14. vindicated 15. strive 16. subjugated
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(C) 1. ponderous – slow and awkward, boring 2. precipitous –
steep 3. presumptuous – disrespectful and brazen/ rude in
speech or behaviour 4. treacherous – extremely dangerous
5. tentative – careful, uncertain of being completed 6. volatile –
dangerously unpredictable, infrequent 7. sketchy – containing
few details, vague 8. sporadic – occasional 9. taciturn – saying
little 10. surreptitious – discrete, secret 11. tenacious – deter-
mined 12. superfluous – unnecessary 13. prudent – careful
and cautious 14. provident – making provision for the future
15. reciprocal – connected so that one completes the other 16.
scrupulous – having moral integrity 17. reclusive – withdrawn,
very anti-social
18. petulant – rude in speech/disrespectful and brazen
19. nocturnal – active at night 20. ghastly – awful 21. haughty
– overly proud of self 22. intrepid – resolutely fearless
23. noxious – physically harmful 24. nominal – in name or
thought only 25. heterogenous – made up of different parts of
things
(D) 1. haughty 2. ghastly 3. noxious 4. nominal 5. nocturnal
6. reciprocal 7. reclusive 8. intrepid 9. sporadic 10. sketchy
11. precipitous 12. volatile 13. ponderous 14. superfluous
15. surreptitious
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(E) 1. stifle 2. vilified 3. revered 4. postulate 5. pillaged
6. perched 7. pervades 8. endeavour 9. exacerbate
10. extolled 11. disparaging 12. alleviate 13. curtail
14. enchanted 15. grumble 16. instigated 17. lamented
18. annexed 19. concocted 20. maligned 21. ingratiate
22. chastised 23. elucidated 24. enthralled
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(F) 1. a person with great ability that shows itself early on in life
2. nearness to something 3. basic 4. a novice, someone new
to an activity 5. a lot of angry complaints about something
6. the expression of strong feelings 7. a trace, mark or sign left
by something which has now disappeared 8. general
agreement, majority of opinion 9. the act of weakening or dam-
aging by harassment, abuse or attack 10. vague, unclear, un-
certain, open to interpretation 11. ill will or bad feeling
12. dishonest talk or behaviour, saying contradictory things to
different sides 13. a barrier to progress, an obstacle 14. a
slight difference in appearance, meaning, or sound etc.
15. sickness, when you feel ill enough to vomit 16. a right you
have not necessarily afforded to everyone 17. abuse, lack of
care, failure to carry out your responsibilities 18. exposure to
death, loss, threat etc., at risk
(G) 1. animosity 2. ambiguous 3. attrition 4. jeopardy
5. consensus 6. prerogative 7. impediment 8. neglect
9. rudimentary 10. nuances 11. Nausea 12. tyro 13. vestige
14. prodigy 15. proximity 16. uproar 17. duplicity
18. vehemence
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(H) 1. rigorous 2. rancorous 3. tremorous 4. vigilant 5. vain
6. gluttonous 7. hypocritical 8. philanthropic 9. diligent
10. aromatic 11. deferential 12. comprehensive 13. meddlesome
14. self-effacing 15. officious / official 16. indulgent
17. reverential 18. vindictive
(I) 1. vindictive 2. official 3. reverential 4. meddlesome
5. aromatic 6. deferential 7. vain 8. gluttonous 9. rigorous
10. diligent 11. self-effacing 12. indulgent 13. comprehensive
14. philanthropic 15. vigilant 16. tremorous 17. rancorous
18. hypocritical
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(J) 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. a 5. a 6. b 7. b 8. a 9. d 10. a
11. d 12. d 13. a 14. b 15. a 16. c 17. a 18. c 19. c
20. a 21. b 22. c 23. d 24. d 25. c
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(K) 1. quibble 2. throwback 3. gaffe 4. puissance
5. penchant / predilection 6. propensity 7. aberration 8. pen-
chant / predilection
(L) 1. quintessential 2. cumbersome 3. feckless 4. fallible
5. indecorous 6. pedantic
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