Question

When my sister and I were very young, we believed that we could dig a hole to China, the ____ of our backyard.

A.
antipodes

B.
gradation

C.
podium

D.
stance

Answer 1

Idi Amin was such a brutal ruler of Uganda that the people ____ him in 1979.

A.
desisted

B.
digressed

C.
expedited

D.
ousted

Answer 2

According to American journalist Theodore White, some Chinese survived the 1943 Famine of Hunan Province by ____ on grass and leaves of trees.

A.
impeding

B.
podiatry

C.
regressing

D.
subsisting

Answer 3

The larger a theater is, the steeper the slope of the seats; the ____ is called “raking.”

A.
constituent

B.
expedient

C.
gradient

D.
restitution

Answer 4

There is a(n) ____ of about 20 years in the life of Jesus when we do not know what he was doing.

A.
aggression

B.
degradation

C.
interstice

D.
preamble

Answer 5

Which word does not suggest stubbornness?

A.
desist

B.
impede

C.
obstinate

D.
recalcitrant

Answer 6

Which word is not associated with movement?

A.
ambulatory

B.
pedometer

C.
restive

D.
static

Answer 7

Which word could not describe a person?

A.
constituent

B.
podiatrist

C.
podium

D.
restive

Answer 8

Which word could be used as a synonym for poverty?

A.
efficiency

B.
destitution

C.
restitution

D.
stance

Answer 9

restitution : restoration ::

A.
obstinacy : destitution

B.
restiveness : fatigue

C.
recalcitrance : acceptance

D.
expediency : efficiency

E.
stance : seating

Answer 10

doctor : patient ::

A.
politician : constituent

B.
constitution : preamble

C.
podiatrist : hand

D.
aggressor : rival

E.
genuflect : substitute

Answer 11

pedigree : poodle ::

A.
brand : cow

B.
label : soup can

C.
seed : flower

D.
telephone book : name

E.
family tree : nobleman

Answer 12

preamble : document ::

A.
index : book

B.
salutation : letter

C.
overture : opera

D.
applause : speech

E.
thought : idea

Answer 13

____ is an especially important form of sports medicine because athletes in most sports rely on their feet.

A.
Podiatry

B.
Ambulatory

C.
Digression

D.
Dentistry

Answer 14

Children who suffer from progressive muscular dystrophy are ____ until the age of 10 or 12, when they are confined to wheelchairs.

A.
impeded

B.
restive

C.
ambulatory

D.
aggressive

Answer 15

Zebras at their watering holes become ____ when they sense the presence of predatory lions.

A.
expedient

B.
degraded

C.
ambulatory

D.
restive

Answer 16

Scientists now wonder whether chemicals commonly used to preserve food and to prevent its ____ actually cause disease.

A.
digression

B.
expedient

C.
degradation

D.
aggression

Answer 17

American zoologist Dian Fossey observed that gorillas in the wild are naturally peaceful animals, not given to ____ as was thought earlier.

A.
aggression

B.
digression

C.
expedience

D.
podiatry

Answer 18

Mikhail Gorbachev was able to ____ the fall of communism in the Soviet Union because the political system was already weakened by economic failures.

A.
expedite

B.
regress

C.
degrade

D.
digress

Answer 19

In Laurence Sterne’s comic novel Tristram Shandy, the title character claims to relate his autobiography, but with so much preliminary ____ that he does not tell of his birth until the third of nine volumes.

A.
digression

B.
ambulation

C.
aggression

D.
expediency

Answer 20

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Answer 21

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Answer 22

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Answer 23

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b
d

Answer 24

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Answer 25

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Answer 26

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Answer 27

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Answer 28

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