UNIT 2

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1. drivel 2. ex officio 3. epitome 4. inveighed 5. precipitate 6. occult 7. lassitude
8. surmise 9. infringe 10. aplomb 11. stringent 12. permeated 13. callow 14.
bombastic 15. millennia 16. ameliorate 17. ingratiate 18. intrinsic 19. interlopers
20. exhort
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. interloper 2. permeated 3. bombastic 4. epitome 5. ingratiate 6. inveigh 7.
aplomb 8. drivel 9. stringent 10. surmise 11. infringe 12. exhort 13. callow 14. ex
officio 15. occult 16. intrinsic 17. lassitude 18. precipitate 19. millennium 20.
ameliorate
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1. b 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. d

UNIT 3
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1. expiated 2. proclivity 3. seditious 4. enjoin 5. fermenting 6. abominate 7.
acculturation 8. ascribe 9. nominal 10. circuitous 11. tenuous 12. expedite 13.
commiserate 14. sangfroid 15. adventitious 16. peculated 17. vitriolic 18.
wheedle 19. noncommittal 20. inadvertent
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. enjoin 2. expedite 3. ascribed 4. peculate 5. wheedled 6. vitriolic 7.
acculturation 8. expiate 9. nominal 10. commiserate 11. ferment 12. tenuous 13.
sangfroid 14. proclivity 15. adventitious 16. abominate 17. inadvertent 18.
noncommittal 19. seditious 20. circuitous
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Vocab in Context
1. d 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. c 6. d

UNIT 4
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1. amorphous 2. resilient 3. contraband 4. scurrilous 5. irrevocable 6.
reverberated 7. aura 8. aggrandize 9. repudiate 10. erudite 11. gossamer 12.
remonstrate 13. querulous 14. affable 15. inscrutable 16. infer 17. insular 18.
propensity 19. Sleazy 20. sedulous
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. remonstrate 2. aura 3. irrevocable 4. reverberate 5. inscrutable 6. amorous 7.
repudiate 8. affable 9. infer 10. erudite 11. sleazy 12. sedulous 13. resilient 14.
contraband 15. querulous 16. insular 17. scurrilous 18. propensity 19. gossamer
20. aggrandize
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c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. a

UNIT 5
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1. precept 2. autonomy 3. extricate 4. sepulchral 5. axiomatic 6. equitable 7.
amnesty 8. scourge 9. straitlaced 10. caveats 11. unwieldy 12. vapid 13. filch 14.
scathing 15. fractious 16. transient 17. salutary 18. flouts 19. blazoned 20.
soporific
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. precepts 2. sepulchral 3. flout 4. caveat 5. unwieldy 6. amnesty 7. equitable 8.
extricate 9. filch 10. fractious 11. transient 12. scourge 13. vapid 14. scathing 15.
axiomatic 16. salutary 17. autonomy 18. straitlaced 19. soporific 20. blazon
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c 2. d 3. a 4. d 5. a 6. b

UNIT 6
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1. surreptitious 2. heinous 3. insurgents 4. vicarious 5. fetters 6. contrive 7.
ennui 8. bizarre 9. cajoled 10. disabuse 11. immutable 12. magalomania 13.
sinecure 14. transmute 15. demagogue 16. castigated 17. anomalous 18.
transgressed 19. brusque 20. aspersions
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. heinous 2. aspersion 3. fetter 4. demagogue 5. disabuse 6. castigate 7.
insurgent 8. contrive 9. anomalous 10. cajole 11. bizarre 12. immutable 13.
sinecures 14. transmute 15. surreptitious 16. brusque 17. ennui 18.
magalomaniac 19. transgress 20. vicarious
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d 2. c 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. a

UNIT 7
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1. redoubtable 2. prate 3. cadaverous 4. punctilious 5. austere 6. inconsequential
7. infraction 8. grandiose 9. beneficent 10. restitution 11. mitgated 12.
desecrated 13. concoct 14. crass 15. vulnerable 16. stalwart 17. pillage 18.
debased 19. reprove 20. disconcerted
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. disconcert 2. crass 3. prate 4. restitution 5. mitigate 6. concoct 7.
inconsequential 8. infraction 9. vulnerable 10. pillage 11. debase 12. stalwart 13.
austere 14. reproved 15. beneficent 16. cadaverous 17. grandiose 18. desecrate
19. redoubtable 20. punctilious
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c 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. a 6. d

UNIT 8
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1. dispassionate 2. bovine 3. ignoble 4. dissipated 5. relegated 6. hypothetical 7.
dissention 8. impugn 9. disavow 10. acrimonious 11. susceptible 12. intemperate
13. squeamish 14. perfidy 15. odium 16. consternation 17. expurgated 18.
subservient 19. gauntlet 20. corpulent
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. consternation 2. disavow 3. expurgate 4. impugn 5. hypothetical 6. gauntlet 7.
ignoble 8. squeamish 9. relegated 10. perfidy 11. intemperate 12. bovine 13.
dissipate 14. dispassionate 15. acrimonious 16. corpulent 17. odium 18.
dissention 19. susceptible 20. subservient
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b 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. b 6. a

UNIT 9
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1. egregious 2. adulation 3. nebulous 4. torpid 5. novice 6. resuscitate 7. avarice
8. supposition 9. penury 10. evanescent 11. slovenly 12. pretentious 13.
irresolute 14. abated 15. astute 16. anathema 17. equivocate 18. dilatory 19.
recapitulated 20. culpable
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. avarice 2. egregious 3. evanescent 4. recapitulate 5. slovenly 6. penury 7.
resuscitate 8. torpid 9. nebulous 10. astute 11. supposition 12. novice 13. abated
14. irresolute 15. anathema 16. culpable 17. adulation 18. dilatory 19.
equivocate 20. pretentious
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c 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. a

UNIT 10
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1. gist 2. covert 3. gratuitous 4. invectives 5. debonair 6. fortuitous 7. equanimity
8. accrue 9. procrastinates 10. recondite 11. motley 12. sedentary 13.
provocative 14. munificent 15. reprobate 16. Bedlam 17. dunned 18. imperious
19. efficacious 20. annotations
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. dunning 2. annotations 3. bedlam 4. gist 5. motley 6. gratuitous 7. invective 8.
procrastinate 9. recondite 10. fortuitous 11. covert 12. debonair 13. equanimity
14. provocative 15. reprobate 16. accrued 17. imperious 18. munificent 19.
sedentary 20. efficacious
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c 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. c

UNIT 11
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1. pernicious 2. dowdy 3. salient 4. denizen 5. foist 6. specious 7. heresy 8.
corroborate 9. inculcate 10. palpable 11. florid 12. censurable 13. satiated 14.
disseminate 15. gauche 16. discursive 17. perceptive 18. abstemious 19.
contingent 20. sear
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. discursive 2. dowdy 3. gauche 4. sear 5. corroborate 6. florid 7. palpable 8.
perceptive 9. satiate 10. denizen 11. disseminate 12. inculcate 13. pernicious 14.
foist 15. abstemious 16. censurable 17. heresy 18. salient 19. contingent 20.
specious
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c 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. d

UNIT 12
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1. enhances 2. absolve 3. enthrall 4. scintillating 5. sanctimonious 6. paragon 7.
paraphrased 8. deleterious 9. prosaic 10. extenuate 11. incisive 12. ostentatious
13. implicit 14. politic 15. redundant 16. clangor 17. caricature 18. winsome 19.
contiguous 20. cupidity
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. clangor 2. enhance 3. paragon 4. incisive 5. scintillating 6. prosaic 7.
caricature 8. enthrall 9. sanctimonious 10. winsome 11. ostentatious 12.
deleterious 13. implicit 14. politic 15. contiguous 16. cupidity 17. absolve 18.
extenuated 19. redundant 20. paraphrase
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Vocab in Context
d 2. b 3. b 4. d 5. b 6. c

UNIT 13
Completing the Sentence
1. blatant 2. abet 3. broached 4. herculean 5. collated 6. grisly 7. opportune 8.
connoisseur 9. carousal 10. incontrovertible 11. prolific 12. inauspicious 13.
encumbered 14. aver 15. impassive 16. disconsolate 17. buttresses 18.
nonplussed 19. foment 20. rejoinder
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. broach 2. disconsolate 3. rejoinder 4. abet 5. inauspicious 6. nonplussed 7.
carousal 8. encumbered 9. herculean 10. opportune 11. buttress 12. collate 13.
grisly 14. foment 15. incontrovertible 16. prolific 17. blatant 18. impassive 19.
connoisseur 20. aver
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Vocab in Context
c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. a

UNIT 14
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1. precocious 2. extraneous 3. obdurate 4. inception 5. amenable 6. supplicate 7.
turgid 8. surfeited 9. credulous 10. jejune 11. tortuous 12. criterion 13. potpourri
14. depleted 15. sententious 16. expatiate 17. infirmities 18. berated 19. carnage
20. sadistic
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. deplete 2. obdurate 3. supplicate 4. tortuous 5. sententious 6. infirmity 7.
potpourri 8. inception 9. amenable 10. credulous 11. expatiate 12. sadistic 13.
criterion 14. carnage 15. berate 16. extraneous 17. jejune 18. precocious 19.
tugid 20. surfeit
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Vocab in Context
b 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. d 6. a
UNIT 15
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1. brouhaha 2. enigmatic 3. presentiment 4. requisite 5. profligate 6. mollified 7.
choleric 8. onus 9. definitive 10. mawkish 11. sartorial 12. bulwark 13. cloyed 14.
demeanor 15. adamant 16. impromptu 17. deference 18. curtail 19. thwart 20.
remit
Synonyms/Antonyms
1. enigmatic 2. demeanor 3. onus 4. remit 5. presentiment 6. thwart 7. mawkish
8. brouhaha 9. bulwark 10. cloy 11. profligate 12. requisite 13. adamant 14.
curtail 15. sartorial 16. definitive 17. deference 18. impromptu 19. mollify 20.
choleric

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1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. d