Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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The student reached into his
overbearing sachel to retrieve a bandage to conceal his bleeding
___________________. a. | laceration | c. | castigation | b. | wound | d. | inflammation | | | | |
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The illustrious and always
effervescent Mr. Sarkar, demanded ______________ evidence of the student’s performance in his
math portfolio. a. | various | c. | variable | b. | multitudinous | d. | tangible | | | | |
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The kind, but not so kind Mr.
Snoo belittled their request to enable the ___________________ from coaching the young men’s
soccer league. a. | pedagogue | c. | octogenarian | b. | matronization | d. | laceration | | | | |
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The young person felt that she
would be __________________ for her decision to place strawberry milk in the chocolate milk container
of Student #7. a. | wounded | c. | promulgated | b. | castigated | d. | sordid | | | | |
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Jake, the football star of
Caledon East and from last Spelling Exam, was deeply amazed at how __________________ the tournament
game’s chain of events were to transpire that afternoon: it was of game-changing plays,
violence, deceit,, illegal passes and screams of terror from the bleachers housing Student
#7.. a. | abound | c. | castigate | b. | sordid | d. | tangible | | | | |
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Despite all their protesting,
the Emmas finally capitulated to the pressures of the day, realizing that she would, inevitably, be
faced to deal with Hobson’s choice. a. | Every person’s
decision | c. | To have some choice. | b. | To have no choice at
all. | d. | To never lie down in green pastures. | | | | |
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The students were amazed (in
awe, actually) that after all these years, the ______________________ that was Mr. Sarkar,
still looked amazing young and fit for his advanced age. a. | elderly | c. | octogenarian | b. | handsome | d. | astute | | | | |
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Sometimes, it’s easy to
think that one can be so_____________________ in homework that one can’t make time for such
joys at walking the dog, spending time with Friend #7 or pondering why the Hamster Internet is still
being used in Peel Schools. a. | replete | c. | eminent | b. | steeped | d. | abound | | | | |
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“...the most worthless
part.” <sniff> a. | dregs | c. | prognosticate | b. | loser | d. | eminent | | | | |
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The eminent storm
promised to heap a volume of rain not seen the Flood from biblical times! Is the underlined
word used correctly?
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The student felt that she, and
only she were to be the _________________________ for the coveted “best Student” award of
2012. a. | candidate | c. | aspirant | b. | steeped | d. | ultimate | | | | |
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I feel quite __________________
as I fled the gaggle of students playing “Catch the Hamster” - especially considering the
brazen bullying demonstrated by my ex-Friend #7. a. | replete | c. | debarred | b. | shunned | d. | pithy | | | | |
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Some would say that summer time
is where we find true ________________ from the demands of life. a. | solace | c. | solitude | b. | peace | d. | abundance | | | | |
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It was clear that the student
(unnamed for now) felt that he was destined to ___________________ despite the simple fact that it
was the teacher’s job to do so! a. | scurrilous | c. | “to vent the
flotsam!” | b. | “to rule the
roost” | d. | frenzy | | | | |
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In a ______________________,
Blythe upturned every single desk in the efforts to find the student’s social
skills. a. | aspirant | c. | scurrilous | b. | frenzy | d. | angst | | | | |
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He would work himself into an
alcoholic frenzy (using non-alcoholic drinks of all things!) in which he would trumpet
__________________ attacks on the hamster. Bad, bad person! a. | frenzied | c. | scurrilous | b. | dregs | d. | rampant | | | | |
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Far from being a
____________________ the cheating by Student #7 did not go unnoticed by Jagveer and his
pet. a. | ethics | c. | hidden | b. | concur | d. | clandestine | | | | |
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Some argued that the ISU
presentation prepared by Student #7 was truly ______________! a. | borish | c. | inane | b. | engaging | d. | rampant. | | | | |
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A “stock in trade”
is... a. | an item you have bought that brings disappointment; especially considering that you
didn’t bother to see it first! | c. | an item that you drop after buying it and it turns into a
stock. | b. | A stock you trade. | d. | the goods, tools and other requisites of a
profession. | | | | |
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The young student questioned
the ________________ of the teacher after she made yet another joke about his
hamster. a. | ethics | c. | pedagogy | b. | believes | d. | motives | | | | |
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The ___________________ was
caught with his fingers in the cookie jar. a. | vagrant | c. | student | b. | culprit | d. | villain | | | | |
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Placed under ________________,
the student watched in horror as the police officer removed the fingers from the cookie jar, one by
one... a. | inexorable | c. | duress | b. | flagrant | d. | arrest | | | | |
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She issued letter after letter
__________________ those politicians who did not proctor alertly! a. | admonish | c. | argue | b. | chastise | d. | paltry | | | | |
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Student #7’s
_____________ campaign against the evil hamsters in Den #3 seemed to be paying off....only too
well. a. | ultimate | c. | timely | b. | inexorable | d. | flagrant | | | | |
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“...to take down a
peg” means... a. | Literally, to take someone’s peg
down. | c. | to take the conceit out of a braggart | b. | to take a point of view contrary to an octogenarian | d. | to peg. | | | | |
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The bank teller’s
_________________ error was difficult to correct. a. | acriminous | c. | paucity | b. | egregious | d. | distraught | | | | |
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