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Mixed doubles Flashcards

1
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Bovina felt that a thunderstorm was (feasible/possible)

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possible

-feasible means practical

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Although it defended its practices as highly (moral/moralistic), Greenwood Construction Inc. was nevertheless (censored/censured) in the press for violating building codes

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moral

censured

  • censored=ban
  • censured=criticize
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The law firm of Shortbrief, Hightab & O’Barratry (constantly/continually/continuously) files lawsuits against the local newspaper for (inferring/implying) that the firm is dishonest. Although the lawsuits presented (evidence/proof) by arguing that the jury rule against the newspaper, the verdict was (innocent/not guilty)

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continually

implying

  • inferring=made by the reader
  • implying=made by the writer

evidence
-proof=result

not guilty

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Yet The Daily Prevaricator continues its front-page (calumny/libel/slander) against the law firm.

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libel

  • calumny=religious take
  • libel=speaking/writing an untruth
  • slander=not published
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Whinewell, Fogmore, Plead & Hector have been retained as (attorneys/lawyers) by the paper because they charge the lowest prices for (duplication/duplicity) of legal forms.

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lawyers

duplication
-duplicity=lying

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Miniver built a (model/replica) of the Mayflower, the great English (boat/ship). But it was ruined when it (floundered/foundered in his bathtub).

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model
-replica=original

ship

foundered
-floundered=flail

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Slackbridge’s union (composes/comprises/constitutes/is comprised of) four trade associations.

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comprises

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After Floatsam fell of the (dock/pier/wharf), Jetsam jumped (in/into) the harbor to save her.

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pier

into
-into is a movement

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Bullstorde thought that Supercilia (flaunted/flouted) her charms

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flaunted

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Quilp’s speech is a (masterful/masterly) argument for philanthropy; his data (are/is) especially cogent. In his bequest he wrote the sum of his gift in (numbers/numerals)

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masterly

are

numerals

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Bucolic State University’s most (forcible/forceful) lecturer is Professor Droning.

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forceful

  • forcible=violent/physical
  • forceful=powerful/intellectual
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Grogsworth’s motorcycle (careened/careered/caromed) directly down the steep lane

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careered

-direct path

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Although he has (drank/drunk) only root beer for dinner at the Hoof and Mouth Pub, Groggy was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

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drunk

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Bombasta thought herself (partially/partly) responsible for her roommate’s deafness

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partly

  • partially=bias
  • partly=in part/not whole
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Squanderfield Federal conducted a (full/fulsome) review of Palump’s loan application.

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full

-fulsome=over done

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Fawna’s toadying is (contemptible/contemptuous)

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contemptible

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Until then it had been a very (reliable/reliant) company)

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reliable

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Pondersmith was (homing/honing) in on a solution to the problem

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homing

  • homing=zone in
  • honing=sharpen
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Spendmore refused to live within the (parameters/perimeter) of his means.

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perimeter

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And to impress them, he recited a (quotation/quote) from Shakespeare.

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quotation

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In the hallway the campus police confiscated the skateboard from (its/it’s) owner, Dean Dolittle.

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its

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22
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But the dean refused to surrender his (principals/principles) about indoor leisure.

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principles

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The (alumnae/alumni) of a sorority praised Zuegma for her (simple/simplistic) solution to the urn display and named her (alumna/alumnus) of the decade.

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alumnae

simple

alumna

24
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Professor Pastisnowski compared the British Parliament (to/with) the U.S. Congress, but Anarchia thought that Congress to be rather (different from/different than) its counterpart. She then pointed out that the United States is officially a (democracy/republic), not a constitutional monarchy, But the professor got the (penultimate/ultimate) word.

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with

different from

republic

ultimate
-penultimate=second to last

25
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Climaxing his lecture, Dr. Bland compared the human heart (to/with) a water pump.

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to

  • use with when the same
  • use to when different
  • than initiates a simile
26
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(disinterested/uninterested) in the (tepid/vapid) lecture, Bruno nodded,

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uninterested

vapid
-empty

27
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The reason that Swithin failed the Freudian quiz was (because/that) he had

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that

-the reason is never because

28
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After Chauncy Choakum was (hanged/hung) at dawn

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hanged

29
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The (enormity/enormousness) of Comatoase State’s new stadium amazed everyone

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enormousness

-enormity=related to crime

30
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The marching band moved (farther/further) down the field than did the sloth’s offense

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farther

31
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Pompey divided the last of the walnuts (among/between) Copia, Cicero, and himself.

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among

32
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Heathcliff and Cain came to fistcuffs over their spirited (judgements/judgments) about destiny in our host’s reproduction of The Peaceable Kingdom. Announcing that she had (an issue/a problem) with the boys’ conduct, Ultimata demanded that they leave immediately and include the incident on any future (resume/resume) -[one apostrophe over the last E or apostrophe over both E’s]

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Judgments

a problem
-an issue=subject

33
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“(Can/May) I speak with Dean Muckall?” “This is (he/him),” the dean snapped, “And the name is (enunciated/pronounced) ‘M’Call.”

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May

He

pronounced

34
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“Are you (inferring/implying) that I’m dishonest?”

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implying

-inferring=take from

35
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A toxology major, Mandrake is (currently/presently) employed as a dessert chef

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currently

  • currently=now
  • presently=in the future/soon
36
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Turnus (deployed/employed) a great (amount/number) of yellow-jacketed (lead/led) dragoons of the “Thou Shalt Not Kill”

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deployed

  • deployed=positon
  • employed=hire

number

  • both relate to quantity
  • numbers can be counted

lead

  • lead=metal
  • led=past verb of lead
37
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He got extremely (aggravated/annoyed) when Zeno’s

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annoyed

  • aggravated=intensify
  • annoyed=irritated
38
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And Zeno got (angry/mad) when Turnus smashed his commune of tin pacifist.

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angry

  • angry=upset
  • mad=insane
39
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to play a war game. The lads were precociously (chauvinistic/jingoistic).

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Jingoistic

  • chauvinistic=agrees with every policy in their country
  • jingoistic=loving war
40
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Palladia has (authored/written) the prize senior thesis in architecture. (architect/ the architect) Christopher Robin read the commendation at the honors ceremony.

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written
-authored=noun

the architect
-architect=not a title, its a job

41
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being used in the construction of the new state (capital/capitol)

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capitol

  • capital=place
  • capitol=building
42
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Governor Graftsby (cited/sighted/sited) her works and said that it would beautifully (complement/compliment) the Bauhaus style of the city.

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cited

  • cited=credited
  • sighted=saw
  • sited=situated

compliment

  • complement=complete
  • compliment=praise
43
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But the major news media (oppose/opposes) his candidacy in spite of his party’s

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oppose

44
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Neither he nor Graftsby (speak/speaks) well before television cameras.

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speaks

45
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Urban disliked (him/his) tobacco-chewing in the top bunk. The freshmen also differed (from/with) each other on where to place the spittoon.

A

his

with

46
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Although his professor enjoyed great (celebrity/fame/notoriety) as an

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celebrity

  • fame=past
  • notoriety=negative
47
Q

Swinburne was (prejudice/prejudiced) against Kantian philosophy

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prejudiced

  • prejudice=noun
  • prejudiced=adjective
48
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His term paper for metaphysics was full of droll (quotations/quotes) from Sir Arthur Wing Pinero.

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quotations

49
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If I (was/were) you, I’d go to (college/school) at Transcendental State U.

A

were
-because of If

college

  • college=collegiate
  • school=leisure
50
Q

On the first day of Animal Husbandry class, students were asked to complete a form that included their checking a box designating their (gender/sex). “I gave (an issue/ a problem) with this question

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sex

a problem
-issue=subject

51
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Professor Randyforth answered that one purpose of the course is to (address/study) male and female attitudes toward raising barnyard animals.

A

study

52
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She disliked this (type/ type of) decision.

A

type of

53
Q

Bitterscreed boarded an Icarus Airlines 747 to ponder whether his judgments were (based off/based on) his studies of probability.

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based on

-impossible to based off

54
Q

Lecturing on the development of English, Semantica said that its orgin o base is (French/German/Latin) She noted further that the language in Shakespear’s time was in its (Old English/ Middle English/Modern English) period. Her next lecture on (philology/philosophy) centered (around/on) the value of (entomologies/etymologies) in the Oxford English Dicitionary.

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German
-English=German

Modern English

philology

on
-center is a point

etymologies

  • etymologies=origin of words
  • entomologies=branch of zoology
55
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Professor I. M. Flexible thinks his grades to be most (equable/equitable) of the faculty.

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equitable

  • equable=unvarying
  • equitable=fair
56
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Many of the proper names in the sentences above are example of (eponyms/portmanteau words/ Rednde [“reading”] words).

A

Redende [“reading”] words

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