VERBAL HOMEWORK #3
(SENTENCE COMPLETION)
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Date________________
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1.
This _______ verse mourns for the valiant soldiers who lost their lives in the
battle.
derivative
elegiac
ironic
satiric
desultory
2.
Scientific investigations of fluid flow behavior around objects like high-speed
aircrafts are complex; however, the systems are _______ when experiments are
performed in scaled-down versions such as wind tunnels.
turbulent
implacable
malleable
tractable
permeable
3.
The aria was _______ with the tempo changing continuously in a most
unpredictable fashion.
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impecunious
capricious
antediluvian
abstemious
cacophonous
4.
The senior professor was _______ thinker who believed in doing even tedious
calculations by hand rather than using a computer.
an insensible
an eclectic
a doctrinaire
a cogent
an ingenuous
5.
Any increase in coal-fired furnaces beyond a particular level necessitates greater
_______ the fossil fuels; thus, the capability of an economy to effectively manage
energy resources depends partially on _______ the number of industrial fired
heaters.
yield from..conforming
depletion of..renewing
expenditure on..budgeting
recourse to..restricting
trust in..enhancing
6.
The air-conditioning unit was operated so as to strike some balance between the
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danger of _______ electricity bills and the desire of employees to be comfortable
during the summer months.
exigent
optimum
inordinate
prudent
inchoate
7.
It is economically beneficial to increase the capacity of an industrial plant when the
revenue can be increased without a _______ increase in the cost of
production.
compliant
commensurate
warranted
controlled
precarious
8.
Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the _______ of the tornado last
year was _______.
ferocity..unprecedented
inevitability..mercurial
levity..lethal
portent..poignant
probity..portentous
9.
Although there was hardly any scope to find fault with the minister's cautiously
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worded response, several members of the opposition took _______ it.
pleasure in
advice from
liberties with
liking for
exception to
10.
Although several critics denounced his _______ techniques, there was unanimous
praise for his _______ performances over the last season.
innovative..mediocre
precarious..unexceptional
laudable..internecine
unorthodox..unexceptionable
anomalous..apocryphal
11.
The management and the labor union reached an unexpected agreement in the best
interests of the company after managing to _______ the conflicts they
had.
delineate
bolster
reconcile
confound
deride
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12.
She was _______ liar who had mastered the art of making untrue statements in a
manner they sounded _______.
a blatant..incongruous
a convincing..illogical
a mundane..credulous
an incorrigible..plausible
a congenital..creditable
13. The _______ allowance he received as a pension forced him to spend the rest of his
life in _______.
munificent..conundrum
meager..penury
mundane..malady
mendacious..luxury
magnanimous..austerity
14. The educational system had _______ over a period of time when the authorities got
preoccupied with petty politics and did not bother to update the
curriculum.
burnished
underscored
ossified
adulterated
relegated
15. After having _______ arguments virtually every other day, the couple agreed that it
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was best for them to separate.
saturnine
assiduous
acerbic
effulgent
astringent
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