36. 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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37. 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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38. 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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39. 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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40. 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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