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General ESL Vocabulary MCQ Test With Answers - Advanced Level Exercise 10
Question 1 |
Even more _____ conditions of hygiene became apparent as the siege tightened.
A | zealous |
B | sparkling |
C | disparaging |
D | deplorable |
E | petty |
Question 2 |
You mustn't _____ the role of oil prices for the Russian economy.
A | predispose |
B | hinder |
C | belittle |
D | eclipse |
E | apprehend |
Question 3 |
He was himself a former slave who later in life became a (an) _____ opponent of the slave trade.
A | retrospective |
B | impenetrable |
C | generous |
D | ambiguous |
E | outspoken |
Question 4 |
On August 25, 1992, the Serbian army began shelling the National Library of Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo. Their goal was the eradication of a people and all evidence of that people's culture and existence. Within no more than six months, gone was almost all _____ evidence of over 500 years of intercultural/interreligious life in Bosnia.
A | incongruous |
B | pompous |
C | lamentable |
D | palpable |
E | ostentatious |
Question 5 |
Even after listening for an hour and a half to evidence – _____ evidence – of a concerted effort on Iraq's part to delay and deceive the UN weapons inspectors, the response of France, Russia, and China was that inspections must continue.
A | affectionate |
B | irrefutable |
C | disparaging |
D | spurious |
E | malodorous |
Question 6 |
The saline waters of the Tuzla Kuş Cenneti nearby the city of Izmir provide a _____ for large numbers of flamingos and other migrating water birds.
A | dungeon |
B | ghetto |
C | dormitory |
D | gymnasium |
E | sanctuary |
Question 7 |
The day before the _____ body of the victim was found in a suitcase near the central station, he had called his girlfriend and had told her he would be catching the 9:15 train.
A | dismembered |
B | intrinsic |
C | inoccuous |
D | desolate |
E | ridiculous |
Question 8 |
Legal experts point out that any move by either side to _____ the treaty would fly in the face of international law.
A | aggravate |
B | acclaim |
C | abrogate |
D | surpass |
E | disparage |
Question 9 |
Please, note that articles containing gross _____ and/or indecency will not be approved.
A | dereliction |
B | vivaciousness |
C | lethargy |
D | profanity |
E | clergy |
Question 10 |
Extreme depression and extreme _____ caused by the stigma associated with HIV positive results, even though false, may reduce immunity drastically and cause AIDS and early death in the affected persons.
A | fraudulence |
B | dejection |
C | indolence |
D | discretion |
E | pomposity |
Question 11 |
A (an) _____ reason is the apparent, exhibited, declared, avowed or professed reason and the concept is normally used to denote that it is not, in fact, the real or actual reason, motive or aim.
A | random |
B | laconic |
C | miraculous |
D | ostensible |
E | epicurean |
Question 12 |
All of these _____ and aggressive speeches made by Bush, Rumsfeld and Powell provide excellent examples of US sabre-rattling -- a witness to their intention to spread the fight to other countries.
A | submissive |
B | belligerent |
C | taciturn |
D | prudent |
E | ambidexterous |
Question 13 |
The idea that the victors have a perfect right to bring the _____ to trial is not new.
A | ambushed |
B | pillaged |
C | vanquished |
D | plagiarized |
E | abominated |
Question 14 |
I would like to urge the traffic police or the department concerned with the traffic signs and rules to ensure that all signs on the road are _____ and that they are functional.
A | malevolent |
B | conspicuous |
C | appalling |
D | contemptible |
E | diminutive |
Question 15 |
Speaking of sibling relationships, one study in 1998 found that 95 per cent of the participants had either intimate, loyal, and _____ relationships, while the remaining 5 per cent were apathetic.
A | congenital |
B | incongruous |
C | obligatory |
D | congenial |
E | venomous |
Question 16 |
Too busy enjoying the colourful life of a handsome young officer, he remained _____ to politics through the 1980s and '90s.
A | aloof |
B | hostile |
C | bigoted |
D | inimical |
E | pious |
Question 17 |
Economic globalization will face _____ hindrances during the course of deregulation, privatization and direct foreign investment -- unless the legislative bodies and juridical structures lend their support to it in every nation-state.
A | self-revelatory |
B | fragrant |
C | dilapidated |
D | expository |
E | formidable |
Question 18 |
Other changes that have impacted the working world are an _____ stream of technological advancements and the ensuing enhancements, steady employee turnover and a business world that not only moves fast forward but is in constant flux as well.
A | busybodyish |
B | sublime |
C | vagrant |
D | incessant |
E | reverent |
Question 19 |
Based on 25 years of _____ research, this method has proven to be extremely effective in helping young children learn to resolve interpersonal problems and prevent antisocial behaviours.
A | aberrant |
B | meticulous |
C | calamitious |
D | overbearing |
E | courteous |
Question 20 |
It is my _____ that love, friendship, hope, kindness, responsibility, knowledge are eternal, and so there probably will be someday an interdisciplinary field of study, comprising science, humanities, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, history, and all.
A | replenishment |
B | aptitude |
C | complacency |
D | endorsement |
E | conjecture |
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