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VOCABULARY 14 B
Test Description: A QUIZ OF MEANINGS AND CONTEXTS
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Breaking up with his girlfriend was one_______________________that was just too much for Stan to cope with.
A
profusion
B
sycophant
C
vicissitude
D
vanguard
2) He was a good king because when he wanted advice, he never listened to _____________________________.
A
sycophants
B
his wife
C
vanguards
D
vicissitudes
3) The fall of the Communist block in Eastern Europe without firing a shot was a__________________________event in history.
A
ponderous
B
tawdry
C
pretentious
D
vicarious
4) He only brought $20 to pay for dinner, and had no idea that his date had such a __________________appetite
A
pretentious
B
prodigious
C
vicarious
D
sycophant
5) While he was alive, Dick Clark always seemed to be at the _________________of promoting the latest trends in music.
A
vanguard
B
profusion
C
intersection
D
vicissitude
6) The ________________________of rich desserts on the rolling tray was very tempting.
A
perpendicularity
B
vanguard
C
profusion
D
vicissitude
7) Seeing a woman of her advanced age wearing such a short skirt was about as __________________as a gold ring in a pig's snout.
A
luxurious
B
tawdry
C
prodigious
D
vicarious
8) Watching the travel documentary was a sort of ________________________trip to the continent.
A
vicissitude
B
sample
C
vicarious
D
tawdry
9) Before he was famous, he was down-to-earth, but after winning the championship and being drafted, his entire manner was __________________and phony.
A
pretentious
B
vicarious
C
tawdry
D
chronic
10) HIs ____________________stomach pains were only aggravated by the new appearance of kidney stones.
A
profusion
B
sycophant
C
tawdry
D
chronic
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