11. She hadn’t eaten all day, and by the time she got home she was______.

1. 1. blighted

   
   
   

   2. confutative

   
   
   

   3. ravenous

   
   
   

   4. ostentatious

   
   
   

   5. blissful

   
   
   

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   means extremely hungry.

   Correct Option: C

   means extremely hungry.

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12. Steven is always ______ about showing up for work because he feels that tardiness is a sign of irresponsibility.
    

1. 1. legible

   
   
   

   2. tolerable

   
   
   

   3. punctual

   
   
   

   4. literal

   
   
   

   5. belligerent

   
   
   

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   means arriving exactly on time.

   Correct Option: C

   means arriving exactly on time.

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13. Being able to afford this luxury car will ______ getting a betterpaying job.
    

1. 1. maximize

   
   
   

   2. recombinant

   
   
   

   3. reiterate

   
   
   

   4. necessitate

   
   
   

   5. reciprocate

   
   
   

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   means to make necessary, especially as a result.

   Correct Option: D

   means to make necessary, especially as a result.

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14. I had the ______ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on my flight home from Brussels.
    

1. 1. satisfactory

   
   
   

   2. commendable

   
   
   

   3. galling

   
   
   

   4. acceptable

   
   
   

   5. acute

   
   
   

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   means irritating, annoying, or exasperating.

   Correct Option: C

   means irritating, annoying, or exasperating.

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15. Giulia soon discovered the source of the ______ smell in the room: a week-old tuna sandwich that one of the children had hidden in the closet.
    

1. 1. quaint

   
   
   

   2. fastidious

   
   
   

   3. clandestine

   
   
   

   4. laconic

   
   
   

   5. fetid

   
   
   

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   means having a foul or offensive odor, putrid.

   Correct Option: E

   means having a foul or offensive odor, putrid.

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