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5. 100 200 300 400 500

6. The food processor certainly looked impressive, but its construction was so __________ that within a few months it began to fall apart. A 100

7. shoddy A 100

8. He is so ________ that he wont even consider the ideas or suggestions offered by other people. A 200

9. opinionated A 200

10. Since we do not want to replace the plants in our garden every year, we favor ____________ over annuals. A 300

11. perennials A 300

12. The rug made such a(n) ___________ bundle that took four of us to carry it up the stairs. A 400

13. cumbersome A 400

14. When it is time to end one of our meetings, a member must make a motion to _________. A 500

15. adjourn A 500

16. B 100 Our laws protect not only citizens but also __________ legally residing in this country.

17. aliens B 100

18. It is a real tribute to the ingenuity of the human mind that for thousands of years people have been ________ new and intersting theories of the universe. B 200

19. fabricating B 200

20. Shakespeares wicked characters often assume the guise of kindness to cloak their ______ natures. B 300

21. malign B 300

22. *Daily Double* The English word bedlam was taken from the name of an infamous _________ for the insane in medieval London. B 400

23. asylum B 400

24. I cant help but admire your ability to ________ interest when someone prattles on endlessly about nothing. B 500

25. feign B 500

26. The two sides in the lawsuit reached a(n) ________ when neither was Willing to meet the other partway. C 100

27. deadlock C 100

28. The water pouring through the ______ in the dam threatened to flood the entire valley. C 200

29. breach(es) C 200

30. Some people are subject to sudden seizures, during which their heads and legs may jerk about in a wild and _______ way. C 300

31. spasmodic C 300

32. The nurse rushed into the hospital corridor to _____ the visitors who were creating a disturbance. C 400

33. admonish C 400

34. In order to capture the fleeing criminals, the police __________ our car and raced after the vanishing truck. C 500

35. commandeered C 500

36. The records of our club were in such a(n) _____ that we couldnt even determine which members had paid their dues. D 100

37. muddle D 100

38. A man of towering pride and _____ ambition, he stopped at nothing to achieve his goals as quickly and directly as possible. D 200

39. unbridled D 200

40. The doctor became more and more fearful that her patients weakened condition would _____ him to pneumonia. D 300

41. predispose D 300

42. Though his partner lost everything, he was able to _____ a few dollars from the wreckage of the bankrupt business. D 400

43. salvage D 400

44. The idea of a(n) ______ like Robin Hood who helps the poor appeals strongly to the popular imagination. D 500

45. brignand D 500

46. Once Great Britain had given up her vast overseas empire, she found that she had _____ her position as a world power. E 100

47. relinquished E 100

48. E 200 If I dont get a job, I wont have the money to do what I want; and if I do get a job, I wont have the time. What a(n) _______ !

49. dilemma E 200

50. E 300 I added a few drops of food coloring to the liquid and watched as they slowly _____ through it.

51. diffused E 300

52. E 400 Many a teenagers room is strewn with clothing, CDs, and all sorts of ______.

53. debris E 400

54. E 500 Though my memory is getting dimmer and dimmer with the slow passage of time, I doubt that the exciting events of my childhood will ever totally be ______ from my mind.

55. effaced E 500