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

Indigent

Indifferent

Assiduous

Lethargic

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

really

exclusively

certainly

equally

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

courtesy

levity

pertinence

solemnity

4. 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

5. 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

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

ordinary

mellifluous

eccentric

intrinsic

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

futlle

sporadic

cold

furtive

8. 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

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

jolted

criticized

fluttered

thwarted

10. Physical laws do not, of course, in themselves force bodies to behave in a certain way but merely --- how they behave.

describe

preclude

counteract

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