Question 1

1. ___ back pain may indicate a more serious health problem.

Accepted Answer

Persistent

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Semantic

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Prominent

Question 2

2. Many people say that true musical talent is ___ and cannot be taught.

Accepted Answer

innate

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overwhelming

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relentless

Question 3

3. A child’s personality begins to ___ itself from an early age.

Accepted Answer

manifest

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contend

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retrieve

Question 4

4. The city has grown at a ___ rate.

Accepted Answer

prodigious

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inherent

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compulsive

Question 5

5. Psychologists are studying the way the brain ___ painful memories.

Accepted Answer

suppresses

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illuminates

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confounds

Question 6

6. You’ve been away quite some time, so let me ___ on what’s been happening.

Accepted Answer

fill you in

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confide you in

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lay you off

Question 7

7. The first line of the story immediately ___ my curiosity.

Accepted Answer

aroused

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overcompensated

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instigated

Question 8

8. This film was ___ better than anything else that has come out this year.

Accepted Answer

infinitely

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consecutively

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erratically

Question 9

9. Security is so tight that it’s ___ impossible to get into the building.

Accepted Answer

virtually

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staunchly

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immensely

Question 10

10. The book ___ ideas that most people would find difficult to understand.

Accepted Answer

elucidates

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enumerates

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confides

Question 11

11. The hunt is still on for the country’s most ___ bank robber.

Accepted Answer

notorious

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unmotivated

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imposing

Question 12

12. The police ___ the message before it was delivered to the spy.

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intercepted

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withdrew

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deferred

Question 13

13. The brain receives ___ information from the eyes, ears, nose and skin.

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sensory

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imperceptible

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shortsighted

Question 14

14. His views on this matter are ___ different from mine.

Accepted Answer

entirely

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exclusively

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exceptionally

Question 15

15. The music in the club was ___ loud and it hurt my ears.

Accepted Answer

excessively

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utterly

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extensively

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