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LA Vocab Unit 7
Matching Test #3 off 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -battered- by fluctuations in the stock market | buffeted |
| a -spacious- and elegant hotel lobby | commodious |
| -detected- a change in public opinion | discerned |
| a cold and heartless -taskmaster- | martinet |
| willing to -modify-long-standing company policy | amend |
| -precludes- further debate | obviates |
| -clamorous- objections to the plan | vociferous |
| condemned by all as a t-turncoat- | renegade |
| -disorder- in the courtroom | chaos |
| found in appallingly -dingy- surroundings | squalid |
| -entangled- in a web of deceit | implicated |
| the -mournful- tolling of church bells | somber |
| -detested- all snobbery and conceit | abhorred |
| -forgo- payment for their services | waive |
| letters containing -spiteful- remarks | corrosive |
| a prolonged period of -calm- weather (ant) | turbulence |
| -exhumed- the victim's body (ant) | interred |
| took -brief- notes during the meeting (ant) | voluminous |
| a truly =-meritorious- policy (ant) | reprehensible |
| an -extinct- flightless bird (ant) | extant |