Question 1

The leader’s profligate behavior was mirrored in the character of his administration.

Profligate means

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Immoral

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Generous

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Excessive

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Productive

Question 2

The executive has charged his staff with expediting this matter.

Expediting means

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Speeding up

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Relieving of

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Getting rid of

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Making easier

Question 3

The beautifully dressed woman at the ball was extremely querulous.

Querulous means

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Complaining

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Fashionable

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Questioning

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Flirtatious

Question 4

She acquiesced to the entire process.

Acquiesced to means

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Submitted to

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Commented on

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Enthused over

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Objected to

Question 5

The settlers found the new territory to be fecund.

Fecund means

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Fertile

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Filthy

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Rotten

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Pretty

Question 6

The researchers had to control their data for participant attrition during the study.

Attrition means

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Loss

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Gain

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Attitude

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Variety

Question 7

The candidate maintains that he abhors most forms of socialism.

Abhors means

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Hates

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Uses

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Loves

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Grasps

Question 8

Everybody regarded Rita as frugal in her behavior, with good reason.

Frugal means

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Economical

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Flighty

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Generous

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Old-fashioned

Question 9

This philosopher’s treatises are quite esoteric for the common reader.

Esoteric means

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Enigmatic

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Accessible

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Lengthy

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Controversial

Question 10

The doctor was concerned that his patient’s lunulae were bluish.

Lunulae are in the

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Beds of fingernails

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Gums inside the mouth

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Whites of the eyeballs

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Bodily extremities

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