16. With a(n) ______ grin, the boy quickly slipped the candy into his pocket without his mother’s knowledge.
    

1. 1. jaundiced

   
   
   

   2. nefarious

   
   
   

   3. stereotypical

   
   
   

   4. sentimental

   
   
   

   5. impartial

   
   
   

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   means wicked, vicious, or evil.

   Correct Option: B

   means wicked, vicious, or evil.

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17. The graph clearly showed the company reaching the ______ in profits during the 1980s when the economy was in a boom period.
    

1. 1. narthex

   
   
   

   2. gullet

   
   
   

   3. gamut

   
   
   

   4. quiescence

   
   
   

   5. vertex

   
   
   

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   means the highest point of anything; the apex or summit.

   Correct Option: E

   means the highest point of anything; the apex or summit.

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18. The ______ of our expedition was still so far away that I felt we would never get there.
    

1. 1. nadir

   
   
   

   2. terminus

   
   
   

   3. speculation

   
   
   

   4. apex

   
   
   

   5. dungeon

   
   
   

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   is the final point or goal; the final stop on a transportation line.

   Correct Option: B

   is the final point or goal; the final stop on a transportation line.

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19. Walking through the ______ forest in spring was a welcome escape from the cold, gray winter we had spent in the city.
    

1. 1. pliant

   
   
   

   2. verdant

   
   
   

   3. factious

   
   
   

   4. bland

   
   
   

   5. innocuous

   
   
   

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   means green with vegetation.

   Correct Option: B

   means green with vegetation.

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20. In biology class, Sabine observed the slug’s ______, its barely discernible movement in the tank.
    

1. 1. parody

   
   
   

   2. prescience

   
   
   

   3. torpor

   
   
   

   4. insight

   
   
   

   5. vigor

   
   
   

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   means extreme sluggishness; lethargy or apathy; dullness.

   Correct Option: C

   means extreme sluggishness; lethargy or apathy; dullness.

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