1. The olympic games were watched by ----- billions of people all over the world.

exactly

usually

truly

literally

2. I was so bored with the verbose and redundant style of victorian novelists that welcomed the change of the ---- style of Hemingway.

prolix

consistent

terse

logistical

3. Because the novel was so long, Jamil decided to read the ---- version.

lengthend

generous

abridged

famous

4. I have a profound respect for his political---

personality

ambition

temperament

sagacity

5. The plot of this story is so --- that I can predict the outcome.

intricate

theoretical

pivotal

title

6. If you are seeking ---- that will resolved all our aliments, you are undertaking an impossible task.

a precedent

a panacea

an abstraction

a direction

7. Even if you do not --- what I have to say. I would appreciate your listening to me with an open mind.

concur with

reject

clarify

deviate from

8. The selection committee for the exhibit was amazed to see such fine work done by a mere-----

connoissur

artist

amateur

entrepreneur

9. The prices of the commodities ------ during the fuel crisis but the producers incurred ---- in profits.

increased/a downfall

shot up/an expansion

stabilized/a boon

fluctuated/a deprivation

10. We wouldn't mind ----.

wait

to waiting

to have waited

waiting