1.It is difficult to believe that charging 20% on an outstanding credit card balance isn’t ______!
a) bankruptcy
b) usury
c) Kaleidoscopic
d) None of these

2.Wedding ceremonies often include the exchange of ______ rings to symbolize the couple’s promises to each other.
a) votive
b) hirsute
c) acrimonious
d) plaintive

3.Over the years the Wilsons slowly ______ upon the Jacksons’ property, moving the stone markers that divided their lots farther and farther onto the Jacksons’ land.
a) encroached
b) jettisoned
c) teemed
d) None of these

4.The children were ______ by the seemingly nonsensical clues until Kinan pointed out that the messages were in code.
a) censured
b) striated
c) flummoxed
d) None of these

5.It is helpful for salesmen to develop a good ______ with their customers in order to gain their trust.
a) platitude
b) rapport
c) Sibilant
d) None of these

6.Only a small number of people in the audience laughed at the comic’s ______ sense of humor, while the rest found him to be too sarcastic.
a) consequential
b) avaricious
c) mordant
d) None of these

7.The class endured a loud and lengthy ______ by the teacher on the subject of submitting written work on time.
a) Tiresome
b) tirade
c) guile
d) None of these

8.After the boisterous customers left the café without tipping, Carlos______ at them through the restaurant’s front window.
a) interjected
b) jostled
c) glowered
d) emulated

9.The events of the evening ______ without difficulty despite the lack of planning on the part of the host.
a) expired
b) transpired
c) retired
d) ensured

10.The concert audience was frustrated by the poor ______ of the sounds coming from the speakers.
a) modulation
b) recrimination
c) terminus
d) None of these