Cancel
1. In todays class, the students were asked to ____their mistakes on the exam paper and put in their possible corrections.
A) omitB) extinguishC) cancelD)erase
2. Before we move, we should ________ some of the old furniture, so that we can have more room in the new house.
A) discardB) dissipateC) cancelD) conceal1
3. Although there are occasional outbreaks of gunfire, we can report that the rebellion has in the main been ______.
A) canceledB) destroyedC) suppressedD) restrained
Drastic
1. No form of government in the world is ___; each system reflects the history and present needs of the region or the nation.
A) dominantB) influentialC) integralD) drastic
2. One third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, ___ in the San Francisco area.
A) remarkablyB) severelyC) drasticallyD) predominantly
3. He developed a ____ attitude after years of frustration2 in his career.
A) sneakingB) disgustedC) drasticD) cynical3
Gracious
1. In some remote places there are still very poor people who cant afford to live in _____ conditions.
A) positiveB)honorableC) graciousD) decent
2. I had eaten Chinese food often, but I could not have imagined how _____ and extravagant4 a real Chinese banquet could be.
A) prominentB) fabulousC) handsomeD) gracious
3. He said that they had ________ been obliged to give up the scheme for lack of support.
A) gravelyB) regrettablyC) forciblyD) graciously
Manipulate
1. If you don't ________ the children properly, Mr. Chiver, they'll just run riot.
A) mobilizeB) warrantC) manipulateD) supervise
2. The disagreement over trade restrictions5 could seriously ______ relations between the two countries.
A) tumble B) jeopardizeC) manipulateD) intimidate6
3. The new technological7 revolution in American newspapers has brought increase, a wider range of publications and an expansion of newspaper jobs.
A) manipulationB) reproductionC) circulationD) penetration8
Drown
1. I could hear nothing but the roar of the airplane engines which ____ all other sounds.
A) drownedB) deafenedC) overturnedD)smoothed
2. They were ________ in their scientific research, not knowing what happened just outside their lab.
A) submergedB) drownedC) immersedD) dipped
Erase
1. In todays class, the students were asked to ____their mistakes on the exam paper and put in their possible corrections.
A) omitB) extinguishC) cancelD)erase
2. The vision of that big black car hitting the sidewalk a few feet from us will never be ____ from my memory.
A) ejectedB) escapedC) erasedD) omitted
Motivate
1. If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be ___to work hard, with the result that tax revenues might actually shrink.
A) cultivatedB) licensedC) motivatedD) innovated9
2. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A) harnessedB) hatchedC) motivatedD) geared
Perception
1. Parents have to learn how to follow a babys behavior and adapt the tone of their___ to the babys capabilities10.
A) perceptionsB) consultations11 C) interactionsD) interruptions
2. Most mathematicians12 trust their ________ in solving problems and readily admit they would not be able to function without it.
A) conceptionB) perceptionC) intuitionD) cognition