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pretend means to:

report

doubt

act

experience

goal means :

harbor

destination

peak

frontier

“I thought that the vibrissae about my nostrils detected something unique while I was outside.” In this sentence, detected means:

suppressed

ignored

noticed

adopted

The two leaders have endured many bitter words from EU officials for their course that many view as nationalist and euroskeptic. In this sentence, bitter means:

jesting

somber

harsh

true

Knowledge is shared freely, old barriers are eliminated as humanity races to find cures for diseases once considered beaten. In this sentence, barriers means:

roadblocks

relationships

inquiries

signposts

"Those bombings destroyed houses, even big houses, crumbled thick walls, uprooted trees.” In this sentence, destroyed means:

constructed

questioned

obliterated

embarrassed

Hill served overseas for 27 months, not only in England, but in France, the Rhineland and Central Europe. In this sentence, served means:

spent or took a vacation

succeeded in material terms

was employed in the military

was or went into hiding

regardless means :

in spite of everything

in a manner showing a brooding ill humor

with efficiency; in an efficient manner

at the same instant

advise means to:

contract

maintain

contain

counsel

consider means to:

deliberate

complete

witness

fashion

basic means :

sincere

stabilizing

cunning

introductory

I wanted him to live long enough to show him his work accomplished, to ________ all his hopes, to give expression to the only need for gratitude that ever filled my heart, to quench a fire that burns in me to this day.

reserve

declare

realize

trace

Well-heeled worthies: Older couples and groups of affluent middle-aged professionals dressed in Gore-Tex or capacious pack-away macs and carrying shooting sticks. In this sentence, worthies means:

wanderers with no visible means of support

deceitful and unreliable scoundrels

important, honorable persons

authorities qualified to teach apprentices

Writing the court's main ________, Justice Anthony Kennedy said the federal judge was wrong when he blocked the transfer.

literature

information

offering

opinion

I could have established a separate section for the harm caused by money, but will let this note serve for now. In this sentence, serve means to:

acknowledge faults, shortcomings, or failings

cause public concern about an issue; agitate

be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

become distributed or widely circulated

And then, when it was very, very old, it achieved a gentle, mellowed look, like old photographs or long-burning fires or a pair of blue jeans you’ve had for so long that even when you take them off they still have the shape of your body in them. In this sentence, achieved means:

foresaw

adorned

produced

imitated

Let me see; let me think, ________, cogitate, tickle the thinker.

postpone

slumber

reflect

recede

If anything, the squabbling between Maurice and Rosy was more bitter than before the visit to Cambridge. In this sentence, bitter means:

difficult to detect, analyze, or grasp by the mind

implied by or inferred from actions or statements

made known to the people or the community as a whole

proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

And then Cal did something Will Hamilton approved even more. In this sentence, approved means:

ascertained

amended

abbreviated

appreciated

entertain means to:

reverse, as a direction, attitude, or course of action

gather or contract into folds; pucker

move, travel, or proceed toward some place

take into consideration, have in view

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