Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement
This part consists of 20 sentences. In each of them one word or phrase is
underlined, and below each, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C
and D respectively. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the
underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic
meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the
corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
21. Tom felt sure he would get the post, but he was never even considered for it.
That was a smack in the eye for him.
A. nothing serious
C. a humiliating rebuff
B. nothing important
D. an expected disappointment
22. Our neighbors are so reserved and unfriendly that they never speak to us.
A. aloof
C. airy
B. relieved
D. resistant
23. Security men believe the tit-for-tat murders were the result of the bombing
which had occurred in the city center.
A. furious
C. malevolent
B. retaliatory
D. chain
24. The conclusion reached at the workshop was that the manufacturing process
was obsolete .
A. dilapidated
B. extant
C. archaic
D. outdated
25. Some people wish to amend the law so that children must stay at school until
they are 16.
A. gratify
C. rectify
B. pacify
D. verify
26. Prof. Clark disregarded the warning from his colleagues and continued his
research work.
A. ignored
C. explored
B. deplored
D. implored
27. Some observers say the recent coup of a military government in that country
will lead to anarchy .
A. monarch
C. disorder
B. maniac
D. discipline
28. As a conductor, Leonard Bernstein was famous for his intensely vigorous and
exuberant style.
A. enticing
C. extravert
B. enthusiastic
D. exultant
29. His peers admonished him that he had to increase his study time as the final
examination was around the corner.
A. astonished
C. threatened
B. warned
D. alarmed
30. Isolated cases of disaffection — or harbingers of a mass cross-border
movement that threatens Europe’s economic stability? The question is
pressing.
A. sing
B. forerunner
C. messenger
D. vanguard
31. Justices of the Peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of
criminal cases involving minor offenses.
A. supremacy
C. guidance
B. authority
D. administration
32. What these young men and women need to do now is to develop a
mentality to reconcile their ideals with reality.
A. interact
C. harmonize
B. interface
D. pair
33. The search for eternal youth is no less fervent now than it was 2,000 years ago.
People are trying practically anything.
A. prolonged
C. protracted
B. external
D. excessive
34. SD Memory Cards are versatile , high-capacity storage cards that are
extremely small — about the size of a postage stamp.
A. adaptable
C. variable
B. adoptable
D. veritable
35. This book comes as a revelation to one who was nourished in his youth on the
enlightened English socialist tradition represented by George Bernard Shaw.
A. replacement
C. representation
B. discovery
D. resolution
36. Johnson was so absorbed in his novel that he forgot about his dinner cooking
in the oven.
A. obtained
C. obliged
B. enlivened
D. engrossed
37. The man we met this morning grows many kinds of plants in his garden, most
of which are flowers including succulent and cacti.
A. rises
C. plants
B. raises
D. plows
38. The scientist contested the assumption of previous scientists that the fate of
human beings could not be predicated
A. suspended
C. suspected
B. rejected
D. repulsed
39. In the last 10 years we have all witnessed an impressive growth in our
knowledge about the environment.
A. imperative
C. important
B. observable
D. obvious
40. In their culture and in their eyes success all too often means imply outdoing
other people by virtue of achievement judged by some single scale —
income or honors.
A. outfitting
C. outraging
B. outbidding
D. outshining
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