1.

Choose the answer that tells what

the all capital word means:

Upon getting angry, Mayor Ramsi

started to gesticulate so that he

would be able to share his feelings

with the other people.

a. gesture .

b. pacifying

c. angry

d. praising

gesticulate (verb):

3rd person present: gesticulates;

past tense: gesticulated;

past participle: gesticulated;

gerund or present participle: gesticulating

use gestures, especially dramatic ones,

instead of speaking or to emphasize one's

words.

2. What does the word conjecture

mean?

a. principle
b. lecture

c. ideas

d. guess

conjecture (noun):

plural noun: conjectures

an opinion or conclusion formed on the

basis of incomplete information.

3. Its almost hubris to talk that way.

a. charming

b. a hobby

c. exaggerated self confidence .

d. humble

hubris (noun):

excessive pride or self-confidence.

4. Accordingly, I concur only in the

Courts judgment.
a. agree

b. believe

c. like

d. hear

concur ( (verb):

past tense: concurred;

past participle: concurred

5. Choose the answer that tells what

the underlined word means:

It is common for teenagers to

desecrate the cemetery by drinking

and partying till the late nights.

a. venarate

b. none of the choices .

c. observing silence

d. treat with respect

desecrate (verb):

3rd person present: desecrates,

past tense: desecrated;

past participle: desecrated;

gerund or present participle: desecrating

treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent

disrespect.

6. Choose the answer that tells what

the underlined word means:

It took five men to move the

gargantuan sofa into the house.

a. difficult

b. enormous

c. incredible

d. pretty

gargantuan (adjective):

enormous.

7. Choose the answer that tells what

the underlined word means:

The animosity between the two

business tycoons was palpable.

a. friendship

b. hostility .

c. dependence

d. fear
Animosity (noun) means hatred or hostility.

It can be used to suggest intense dislike or

enmity towards a person or in between

groups of people.

Animosity can be caused by a variety of

emotions such as jealousy, betrayal,

remorse and vengeance.

8. Choose the answer that tells what

the underlined word means:

The property is situated in a

convenient location, close to all local

amenities.

a. pleasant

b. convenience

c. injury .

d. calamities

plural noun: amenities

a desirable or useful feature or facility of a

building or place.
9. If you do not take your medicine, you

will put your health in jeopardy.

a. illness

b. crisis

c. danger

d. control

jeopardy (noun):

plural jeopardies

hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm,

death, or injury:

peril or danger

Law -the danger or hazard of being found

guilty, and of consequent punishment,

undergone by criminal defendants on trial.

10. The show was critically acclaimed,

and its audience is growing.

a. certify

b. criticized

c. analyze

d. glorified .

acclaim (verb):
past tense: acclaimed;

past participle: acclaimed praise

enthusiastically and publicly.

praise enthusiastically and publicly.

11. Choose the mispelled first word with

its corresponding correct spelling.

a. scion = scioun

b. forluogh = furlough .

c. frolic = frolic

d. irisisteble = irresistible

furlough (noun):

plural noun: furloughs

leave of absence, especially that granted to

a member of the services or a missionary

12. Find the correctly spelt word.

a. judicious .

b. cancious

c. delicious

d. gracious

judicious (adjective)

having, showing, or done with good

judgement or sense.

13. Find the correctly spelt word.

a. betterment

b. employd

c. efficient .

d. treameant

efficient (adjective):

(of a system or machine) achieving

maximum productivity with minimum

wasted effort or expense.

14. For each of the tricky words below,

choose the spelling you think is

correct.

a. foreign .

b. fareign

c. forigne

d. forign

Foreign (adjective):

of, relating to, or derived from another

Country or nation,
15. Find the correctly spelt word.

a. occasion .

b. ocassion

c. ocasion

d. occassion

occasion (noun):

plural noun; occasions

a particular event, or the time at which it

takes place.

16. Find the correctly spelt word.

a. accumodation

b. accommodation .

c. acommodation

d. accomodation

accommodation (noun):

plural noun: accommodations

a room, group of rooms, or building in

which someone may live or stay.

17. I like to put my books in abecedarian

order. because it is easier to find the

one I am looking for if it is A to Z.

a. pierrille
b. pierrille

c. purrile

d. puerile .

abecedarian (adjective):

arranged alphabetically

18. Don't exaggerate your predicaments

and make them sound like

unsolvable dilemmas.

a. problematic situation .

b. none of the choices

c. happy moments

d. pleasant memories

predicament (noun):

plural noun: predicaments

a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing

situation.

19. Accordingly, I concur only in the

Court's judgment.

a. hear

b. believe

c. agree .

d. like

concur (verb):

past tense: concurred;

past participle: concurred

: be of the same opinion, agree.

20. Many of the latter reportedl

been cannibalized for spare parts.

a. removing reusable parts .

b. none of the choices

c. selling spare parts

d. restoring data

cannibalized

the act of removing reusable parts from a

damaged machine/equipment, for utilization in some repair work

.eat human flesh