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  1. Although the villagers' lives were profoundly different from her own, Jing-Mae felt a deep ______ for the people when she served in the Peace Corps.
  2. A.
    reparation
    B.
    affinity
    C.
    injunction
    D.
    exigency
    E.
    analogy

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  3. Sometimes late at night Sharon would gaze joyfully at her children as they slept and ______ in their innocence.
  4. A.
    sneer
    B.
    ostracize
    C.
    revel
    D.
    repudiate
    E.
    antiquate

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  5. In the famous balcony scene, Romeo ______ Juliet's beauty in one of the most romantic soliloquies ever written.
  6. A.
    sanctions
    B.
    extols
    C.
    peruses
    D.
    beguiles
    E.
    fetters

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  7. It was ______ to think that it could possibly snow in the middle of the desert.
  8. A.
    advantageous
    B.
    philosophical
    C.
    eroding
    D.
    preventative
    E.
    preposterous

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  9. Every evening at the restaurant, the reporter would eavesdrop on the Mayor's conversations in order to ______ any information that could make headlines.
  10. A.
    ignore
    B.
    glean
    C.
    extol
    D.
    extend
    E.
    narrate

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  11. The surgeon placed a ______ on the femoral artery to bind it during the long and exhausting surgery.
  12. A.
    ligature
    B.
    doctrine
    C.
    premise
    D.
    synopsis
    E.
    degeneration

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  13. By sheer ______ force, the men pushed the truck to the side of the road and out of danger.
  14. A.
    virile
    B.
    persnickety
    C.
    meticulous
    D.
    suave
    E.
    contentious

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  15. Based on his recent poor decisions, it was obvious that Seth lacked even a ______ of good sense.
  16. A.
    debasement
    B.
    diversion
    C.
    disapprobation
    D.
    submission
    E.
    modicum

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  17. To settle the dispute, the students elected a faculty member to serve as a(n) ______.
  18. A.
    maverick
    B.
    dystopia
    C.
    arbiter
    D.
    fiduciary
    E.
    martyr

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  19. The ______ newspaper accounts of the city scandal caused some readers to question the truth of the stories.
  20. A.
    lurid
    B.
    vivacious
    C.
    blithesome
    D.
    prolific
    E.
    amicable

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