1. Only the fear of immediate --- prevents that country from launching an attack.

reprisal

surrender

truce

surveillance

2. It is an old ----- that says 'only the wearer known where the shoe pinches

belief

perception

person

notion

3. Since there are so few liberal thinkers on the committee, their influence on its recommendations is----

monumental

negligible

discriminatory

distorted

4. Success comes to those who are vigilant not to permit ---- from the chosen path.

diversion

deviation

.obstruction

distraction

5. The surgeons were worried about the possibility of finding ---- growth in the patient.

a benign

an organic

a malignant

indignant

6. Plagiarism is ------.

the art of writing

the science of human thoughts and reading minds

the art of politics

stealing someone else's ideas and passing them off as one's own

7. Because he is so ---. We can never predict what he will do at any moment.

incoherent

capricious

superficial

deleterious

8. Having published over 300 books in 50 years, he is the most --- author of our day.

fastidious

insecure

ancient

prolific

9. It is stereotyping ---- that all people prefer basketball as a sport over all others.

belief

information

fact

reality

10. --- is a vice.

Vanity

Efficacy

Skepticism

Astuteness