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LA Vocab Unit 7
Matching Test #4 of 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| At lunchtime, the room rang with the sound of (reprehensible,m vociferous) debates between the fans of rival reams | vociferous |
| The Tech team was offside on the play; but since we had thrown them for an eight-yeard loss, we (waived, abhorred) the five yard penalty. | waived |
| Which great poet said that his head was "bloody but unbowed" under the (buffeting, chaos) of fate? | buffeting |
| Even in his old age, Thomas Jefferson kept up a (voluminous, turbulent) correspondence with important people in America and abroad | voluminous |
| The founding fathers set up a method of (amending, obviating) the Constitution that is neither too easy nor too difficult to use. | amending |
| We can expect (chaos, martinets) in the years ahead if we do not develop a tough realistic conversation policy. | chaos |
| If you examine the evidence carefully, you will soon (discern, amend) the contradictions in the witness's story. | discern |
| I don't know which was more (somber, reprehensible) making improper use of the money or lying about it later. | reprehensible |
| The time has come for us to (implicate, inter) our ancient disputes and go forward as a truly united people. | inter |
| in 1940, Winston Churchill conveyed to the British people the (somber, voluminous)( truth that they were fighting for their national existence. | somber |
| A compromise agreement reached in the judge's chambers would clearly (discern, obviate)the need for a long, costly lawsuit. | obviate |
| When he accused me of playing fast and loose with the rules, I lost my temper and called him an officious (renegade, martinet). | martinet |
| I'm not so sure that I want to rent a bungalow to (commodious, squalid) that I'll have room for guests every weekend. | commodious |
| I wouldn't say that I (inter, abhor)( housework, but I must admit that I avoid it whenever IO can. | abhor |
| Instead of trying to help the people who had elected him, he became involved in a (squalid, extant) little quarrel about handing out jobs. | squalid |
| It is hard for us to realize that the great men who led our revolution were considered (renegades, buffets) by the British king. | renegades |
| History gives us many examples of how the (vociferous, corrosive) effects of religious hatred can weaken the entire social structure. | corrosive |
| Didn't it occur to them that by signing the letter "Sophomores of Central High," they would (implicate, waive) the entire class in the protest? | implicate |
| Some people prefer the (discernment, turbulence) of life in a big city to the more placid atmosphere of a small town. | turbulence |
| The custom by which a young man buys his bride through a payment to her father is still (commodious, extant)in some parts of the world. | extant |
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