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1 Hoping to ________ the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ________to both labour and management. A. enforce......useful B. end......divisive C. overcome......unattractive D. extend......satisfactory E. resolve.......acceptable 2 The cat demonstrates her astonishing ________by leaping from the low porch step to the top of the five-foot fence. A. balance B. awkwardness C. agility D. height E. curiosity 3 Many healing practices that doctors once derided as ________have now been sanctioned by the medical community. A. benign B. diagnostic C. inefficacious D. discretionary E. therapeutic 4 The art collection of the children museum is quite ________, ranging from furniture to sculpture to finger painting. A. imaginary B. repetitive C. elusive D. eclectic E. circumscribed 5 Before becoming a stockbroker, Victoria had a career as a ________, someone believed to have insights about events beyond ordinary human perception. A. mentor B. profiteer C. counterfeiter D. clairvoyant E. propagandist 6 Because Peter ________to finish his homework, the teacher ________him in front of the class. A. hastened....fathomed B. determined.....berated C. neglected...admonished D. disdained...circumscribed E. reconciled....alienated 7 While the ________explorers faced risks courageously, they were not ________, choosing instead to avoid needless dangers. A. flagrant....punctual B. intrepid....foolhardy C. genial....clandestine D. resolute...amicable E. culpable...irresponsible 8 Destruction of rainforest habitat has continued ________in South America due to the relentless ________of human settlement. A. escalating.....destruction B. accelerating...continuance C. intermittently...growth D. erference E. unabated...encroachment 9 Jennifer loves roses for the ________appeal of their petals and leaves, but i am most ________by their olfactory properties. A. ari