1. Your-remarks spoil the effect of yourspeech; try not to stray from your subject.

innocuous

digressive

derogatory

persistent

2. The young man was quickly promoted when his employers saw how -- he was

Indigent

Indifferent

Assiduous

Lethargic

3. All questions must be original, that is, formulated ---- for the test.

really

exclusively

certainly

equally

4. At such a serious moment, your ----- is inappropriate.

courtesy

levity

pertinence

solemnity

5. Because he was --- by nature, he prefered reading a book in the privacy of his own study to visitng a night club with friends.

an exhibitionist

an introvert

an egoist

an adversary

6. A ---- statement is an comparison it does not compare things explictely, but suggests a likeness between them.

sarcastic....unfair

blatant....overt

sanguine...inherent

metaphorical...implied

7. Although dress is ---- in all other ways he seems to be a perfectly normal man.

ordinary

mellifluous

eccentric

intrinsic

8. The teacher suspected cheating as soon as he noticed the pupils ---- glances at his classmate's paper.

futlle

sporadic

cold

furtive

9. Beacuse it was already known that retroviruses could cause cancer in animals, it seemed only -- to searchfor similar cancer causing viruses in human beings.

culpable

charitable

hypothetical

logical

10. He was very angry as usal. However, his angry words ----- me.

jolted

criticized

fluttered

thwarted