Circle A, B, C, or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.
1. Infrastructure
A. political action
B. committee
C. separation of powers
D. basic systems
2. Initiate
A. to begin
B. to complete
C. to review
D. to check
3. Inference
A. concept
B. reasoned conclusion
C. framework
D. accusation
4. Optimal
A. promising
B. not compulsory
C. best
D. harmless
5. Sagacious
A. heroic
B. fair-minded
C. elderly
D. wise
6. Compensatory
A. regulated
B. punishing
C. intended to reduce bad effects
D. unjust
7. Impasse
A. impractical condition
B. stalemate
C. confrontation
D. bewilderment
8. Probity
A. procedure
B. inquiry
C. honesty
D. self-righteousness
9. Lucid
A. colourful
B. without sense
C. intelligent
D. easily understood
10. Auspices
A.with help from something
B. timeliness
C. protection
D. duties
11. Debase
A. to promote
B. to degrade
C. to unsettle
D. to mix
12. Duress
A. unfair threats
B. imprisonment
C. compulsion
D. tension
13. Emulate
A. to flow
B. to remember
C. to conform
D. to imitate
14. Promontory
A. land sticking out to sea
B. highlight
C. swelling
D. river mouth
15. Volatile
A. hesitant
B. changeable
C. indefinite
D. elusive
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Key
1.D
2.A
3.B
4.C
5.D
6.C
7.B
8.C
9.D
10. A
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. B
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Ratings
10 – 12 Correct: Good
13 – 15 Correct: Excellent End
