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English Grammar (105)Vocabulary & Language Study (45)Reading Comprehension (19)Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs (3)Transformation of Sentences (2)Functional Grammar: Tenses and Verb Agreement (1)Vocabulary and Word Formation (1)

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Choose the word **closest in meaning** to the underlined word. "Such a **prophetic** greeting might well amaze him."Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word **closest in meaning** to *abhorrent*. "She would not have undertaken a deed so **abhorrent** to her sex."Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word **closest in meaning** to *fatigue*. "There lay Duncan in a sound sleep after the **fatigues** of his journey."Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word **closest in meaning** to *contrived*. "That it was too full of the milk of human kindness, to do a **contrived** murder."Read the answer and worked solution →

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Choose the word **closest in meaning** to the underlined word. "Such a **prophetic** greeting might well amaze him."

  1. flattering
  2. trivial
  3. silent
  4. predicting the future
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Correct answer: D. predicting the future

*Prophetic* — foretelling the future (from *prophet*). **Predicting the future** is the direct meaning.

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Choose the word **closest in meaning** to *abhorrent*. "She would not have undertaken a deed so **abhorrent** to her sex."

  1. attractive
  2. repugnant
  3. ordinary
  4. fashionable
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Correct answer: B. repugnant

*Abhorrent* — repugnant, deeply objectionable. **Repugnant** is the synonym. - **A** is the antonym.

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Choose the word **closest in meaning** to *fatigue*. "There lay Duncan in a sound sleep after the **fatigues** of his journey."

  1. weariness from exertion
  2. pleasures
  3. plans
  4. failures
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Correct answer: A. weariness from exertion

*Fatigue* — weariness from physical or mental exertion. Duncan was tired from travelling.

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