Vocabulary Unit #5 - College Prep

Question 1

The fraternity developed ESOTERIC rites that had to be performed by anyone seeking membership.

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Secret

Question 2

The remarkably FECUND mind of Albert Einstein produced theories that revolutionized physics.

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Intellectually productive

Question 3

They bought a bigger house than they could afford due to the cleaver SOPHISTRY of their agent.

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Plausible reasoning

Question 4

He went from glory to IGNOMINY after being convicted of the crime.

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Shame

Question 5

A teacher who has a PENCHANT for lecturing is bound to be boring.

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Strong attraction

Question 6

It was an OVERWEENING confidence that prevented her from acknowledging weakness.

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Arrogant

Question 7

Unfortunately, the great musician's mind was ENERVATED by disease the last decade of his life.

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Weakened

Question 8

The UBIQUITOUS eye of the television camera threatens to rob us of our privacy every day.

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Present everywhere

Question 9

The SUMPTUOUS feast honoring the king was followed by musical entertainment.

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Costly

Question 10

Sometimes, we can only tell identical twins apart by a small IDIOSYNCRASY in the way they act.

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Peculiarity

Question 11

The painter left all MUNDANE chores, like cleaning brushes and rollers, to his apprentice

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Routine

Question 12

In his writing, the poet paid close attention to every NUANCE of meaning in the words he chose.

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Subtle variation

Question 13

Over the years, the writer was able to GARNER wisdom that she passed on to others in her books.

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To acquire

Question 14

The ruler instituted several new FIATS.

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Orders

Question 15

Although he is the REPUTED head of the street gang, he has never spent time in prison.

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According to general belief

Question 16

The architects will DELINEATE the main features of their plan at the next client meeting.

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Portray

Question 17

The ACUITY of most people's hearing diminishes as they grow older.

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Sharpness

Question 18

The silhouette of the man on the porch was a mere FIGMENT of our imagination.

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Fabrication

Question 19

In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln HALLOWED the battlefield on which the soldiers died.

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Honor greatly

Question 20

Most horror films are about DEPRAVED people who reveal their wickedness.

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Evil

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