Sat Words Quiz 63 (25 MCQs)

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1. Pillage (v) .....
2. A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.
3. There are times when ..... architectural solutions like this are the right ones.
4. All the guests paid her extravagant ..... for her hospitality.
5. Resignation
6. Tom is ..... and has no regard for morality or the law.
7. Just beginning to form or develop.
8. Ailment means
9. Until; awaiting something
10. The part of the story where the suspense builds and the conflict starts to unfold.
11. Without a nest, it was impossible for the mother bird to ..... her eggs.
12. Because people felt the title of "garbage man" was unappealing, the ..... of "sanitation engineer" was created
13. If a town is desolate, it is:
14. This word means having conflicting emotions.
15. N the wake of the Los Angeles riots, it would be foolish to ignore Galbraith's ..... warnings.
16. The teacher was in close ..... to the loud student; she stood beside his desk.
17. The ..... man was always giving money away to charities; he wanted to help as many people as possible.
18. He condition of being savage, ferocious
19. Which word would fit into this list?postpone, dawdle, defer, .....
20. Dissent means .....
21. In the process of changing from one state to another.
22. Recent measurements of the mass of the W boson (a subatomic particle) were notable not only for the mere fact that the particle's mass differed from expectations but for the ..... of that difference:the measured mass of the W boson was seven standard deviations higher than predicted by the standard model of particle physics. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
23. Profuse
24. Uranium is a white ..... metal, which is pretty hard, though softer than steel.
25. "the effect of the music is nuanced by the social situation of listenerswhat does Nuance mean?