Exonerate His Position.

Test Paper word list 1 to 5
Exercise 1
Each of the word in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write the correct words on the
line.
1. These questions are detrimental to the issue being discussed.
.
2. It seems extraneous to have a woman as the editor of a men's magazine.
..
3. You shouldn't be so extolling about your achievements - you've done really
well! .
4. He looked overwrought in that suit!
5. Police are trying to undermine drug dealers from the city centre.
..
6. Health inspectors scaled the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness.
.
7. The management has taken a series of unalloyed measures to improve the
company's financial situation. .
8. All authors need to be wary of ludicrous copying of other people's ideas.
9. The soldiers have been ordered to oust from firing their guns.
.
10.His contract castigated him from discussing his work with anyone outside
the company. ..
11.The report expedient the crew from all responsibility for the collision.
12.High prices are desisting many young people from buying houses.
..
13.We had the perfect holiday - two weeks of diffident bliss.
14.She was so tired and magnanimous that she burst into tears.
..
15.Their decision could be trite to the future of the company.
16.His book deterring the benefits of vegetarianism sold thousands of copies.
17.Arsenal's manager was incongruous in victory, and praised the losing

team. .
18.The prisoner precludes the high prison wall and ran off.
19.The president has accused two cabinet ministers of working secretly to

exonerate his position.
20.His lyrics about love and peace are too inadvertent for me to take them
seriously. ..
Exercise 2
Complete each sentence with one of the words given
precipice candid
demur
alacrity
scapegoat onus
lithe
callow
transient
precepts ordained
tractable
cajole
extradited
illusory
1. The two presidents have had ..talks about the current

crisis.
2. Mark was just a .youth of 16 when he arrived in
Paris.
3. She accepted the money with .. .
4. The problem turned out to be rather less than I
had expected.
5. A glass of whisky has only a .warming
effect.
6. Their hopes of a peaceful solution turned out to
be. .
7. He had the, athletic body of a ballet
dancer.
8. She agreed to his request without . .
9. The most effective technique is to ..rather
than to threaten.
10.The .is on the landlord to ensure that the property
is habitable.
11.his policy goes against common .of decency.
12.He was (as) a priest in Ely cathedral in
1987.
13.The captain was made a for the team's
failure.
14.He will be .to Britain from France.
15.The film opens with a shot of a climber dangling from a
.
Exercise 3
Beside each problem a) to j) write the best solution from 1) to 10)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
a brief moment of levity amid the solemn proceedings

I saw you ogling the woman in the red dress!
Television coverage of the match was truncated by a technical fault.
He's getting a bit cantankerous in his old age.
I look forward to seeing this young tyro's next ballet.
The floods left thousands of people destitute.
They are less sanguine about the prospects for peace.
In writing poetry, one is unfettered by the normal rules of sentence
structure.
i) Most of what she said was pretty inconsequential.
1) humour or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion
2) a person who is new to an activity
3) an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of
4) arguing and complaining a lot

5) to look at someone with obvious sexual interest
6) without money, food, a home, or possessions
7) not important
8) positive and hoping for good things
9) to make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it
10)
not limited by rules or any other controlling influence
Exercise 4
Fill in the gaps with the suitable synonym
1.
2.
3.
4.
A couple of the younger teachers (giggle)at his smutty jokes.

The bone had been ..(sharpen) to a point.
I received a (puzzling) message through the post.
Soldiers often say that the worst thing about fighting is not the moments of
terror, but all the hours of .(boredom) in between.
5. We were only able to make a .(flimsy) connection between
the two robberies.
6. "Are you feeling any better?" "No!" was the ..(concise) reply.
7. Dysentery and malaria are (common) in the refugee camps.
8. Two influential senators have argued for the (withholding)
of the unpopular tax.
9. He was sentenced to death but was granted a last-minute .
(a respite).
10.After a hard day at the office, a hot bath is a welcome .
(tonic).
Exercise 5
Make sentences with the words given:
Unwitting:
Falter:
Unscathed:
Poised
Fallacious
Exercise 6
Match the words from a) to h) with their synonyms from 1) to 10)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
Procrastinate
Serene
Parched
Pristine
Dike
Serrated
Upshot
Reprieve
Repudiate
Tenuous
u) Exercise 7
v) Write an antonym for the words
given:
k)
marred -.
Confident-
Stubborn-
Meager-
Slow down-..
Unbelievable-..
Easy to understand
..
to disagree to.
l)
m)
n)
Totally aware
Empty.
o)
p)
q)
w)
r)
x)
s)
y)
t)
z)
1) calm
2) dried up
3) jagged
4) delay
5) unspoiled
6) outcome
7) dam
8) shun
9) flimsy
10)
respite
aa)
ab)

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Test Paper word list 1 to 5

16.His book deterring the benefits of vegetarianism sold thousands of copies.

17.Arsenal's manager was incongruous in victory, and praised the losing

19.The president has accused two cabinet ministers of working secretly to

1. The two presidents have had ..talks about the current

a brief moment of levity amid the solemn proceedings

4) arguing and complaining a lot

A couple of the younger teachers (giggle)at his smutty jokes.

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