1. It isn’t [ ] why she changed her mind at the last minute.
2. The intravenous solution was a [ ] , blue liquid.
3. Sheila decided to [ ] out the drawers of her desk.
clear
25
The old house was ___ furnished and we had to buy almost everything new.
a. thinly b. sparsely c. mildly d. rarely
b. sparsely
15
I have been back to the doctor three times and he still hasn't____ the reason for all the pain I have been suffering from recently.
a. indicated
b. highlighted
c. pinpointed
d. looked up
c. pinpointed
15
You shouldn't have bought so many ____ presents on this holiday. You won't have any money left when you go back home.
a. rich
b. lavish
c. worthy
d. invaluable
b. lavish
15
If you continue to _____ debts at this rate, you will have to declare bankruptcy eventually.
a. save
b. raise
c. incur
d. default
c. incur
20
During the riots, hundreds of people broke into the city's main department store and_____ it. There was almost nothing left after the night had finished.
a. stole
b. looted
c. mugged
d. conned
b. looted
15
That old house hasn't been lived in for nearly thirty years, hence the fact that it looks so _________
a. decrepit
b. trashed
c. rotten
d. derelict
d. derelict
25
Mother arrived home eventually at 5pm, ____ with grocery bags, having been out shopping for nearly three hours.
a. burdened
b. full
c. stocked
d. laden
