11. B
All choices refer to an opinion that is not based on solid facts except for authorization, which indicates the act of giving permission to someone.
12. A
All choices refer to a quiet and peaceful place, while hovel indicates a small, plain, or untidy house.
13. A
All choices describe a person who lacks moral values except for venerable, which indicates a person who enjoys the respect of others.
14. B
All choices refer to a person who talks excessively except for laconic, which means describes someone who expresses what they mean using very few words.
15. D
All choices refer to a tendency towards something except for repugnance, which indicates a strong dislike for something.
16. C
All choices refer to the quality of being lenient and forgiving except for relentlessness, which indicates inflexibility and persistence.
17. D
All choices refer to reducing something in size or expressing something in fewer words. To distend means to make an object expand, usually by applying pressure.
18. D
All choices refer to the act of blocking or preventing something except for reinforce, which means to make something stronger.
19. A
All choices describe a person who is brave and unafraid except for ineluctable, which refers to something that is unavoidable.
20. A
All choices refer to something that must be kept secret except for ostentatious, which describes something fancy meant to draw attention.
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These practice questions are very good. I think it would be more helpful if it was in a test format and it then said if it was right or wrong and why.
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7. a. Negligible b. Overriding c. Unimportant d. Insignificant
7. B
All choices are synonyms of negligible, except insignificant.
The answer key does not match itself, the description of the right answer contradicts the right answer.
The answer is correct – 7. B Overriding is not a synonym of insignificant