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C1 Multiple Choice 5

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  • Not only is John's grammar incoherent but also his punctuation is ____.
    hazard
    sluggish
    haphazard
    slothful
  • lt's my _______ that he's a fraud.
    choice
    conviction
    mistrust
    indignation
  • He _______ hard to make a success of his life.
    plunged
    throve
    strove
    saved
  • He lied under oath in court and was subsequently charged with _____.
    usury
    poaching
    perjury
    forgery
  • Good use of language ______its beauty and development
    enhances
    detracts from
    deteriorates
    lessens
  • Complete the form as _____ in the notes below,
    insisted
    specified
    implied
    devised
  • The minister let it be known that he would sue for ____.
    defamation
    deface
    diligence
    praise
  • Hostile rivalry often involves defaming one’s _____.
    opponents
    relatives
    friends
    colleagues
  • He took no ______ of what I said.
    revenge
    warning
    notice
    advice
  • He shuns work as he is such a(n) ______ student.
    diligent
    indigent
    indigenous
    indolant
  • The student´s grammar was _____.
    jerry-built
    well-constructed
    incoherant
    highbrow
  • We could discern a _____ of cottages in the distance.
    clutter
    constellation
    piled
    cluster
  • Could you possibly _______ me at the next committee meeting?
    keep in with
    make up for
    go back on
    stand in for
  • Her derisive remark ______ the crowd.
    engrossed
    engulfed
    enraged
    enlivened
  • The theory he put forward concerning the origin of species was highly _______.
    dishonored
    debased
    discredited
    disgraced
  • I´m no a habitual smoker, but I occasionally ____ in a cigarette.
    decline
    indulge
    enjoy
    divulge
  • She was so infuriated that she found it difficult to _____ her temper.
    detain
    retain
    abstain
    contain
  • Tax _____ deprives the nation or several million dollars a year.
    retention
    evasion
    invasion
    desertion
  • His spelling was ______.
    incongruous
    ferocious
    apprehensive
    atrocious
  • The notice on the villa gate read ´____ will be prosecuted’.
    Hijackers
    Stowaways
    Muggers
    Trespassers
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