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Unit 1 Directions: Fill in each blank by choosing a proper word from the box given below. Change the forms where necessary. stroke overwhelm pensive profuse conjure sloppy big shot collect hype rookie maudlin sentimental 1. Sir Ralph was becoming _____________ after his third glass of claret. 2. He lifted her face and ______________her hair from her eyes. 3. _____________ sweating is one of the symptoms of heat exhaustion. 4. He wasnt the sort of person who kept things for ____________ reasons . 5. Some experts are concerned that the new drug wont live up to all the _____________. 6. The expression on Vologskys face was too serious and _________ for what he had in mind. 7. I called from Chicago, leaving messages once, twice and even asked people to call me back _____________. 8. In womens magazines and educational material the apple __________ good food and health. 9. Ann was dressed in a ____________ brown sweater. 10. After two years’ hard work, he has become a ____________ in the record business. 11. Sometimes a sense of deep frustration almost _______________ her. 12. He will need to keep his eye on the ball during an opening match against ________ Peter Ebdon. Unit 6 Directions: Fill in each blank by choosing a proper word from the box given below. Change the forms where necessary. Bureaucratic incompetent as often as not annotate cumbersome chimera quandary periphery preponderance fuzzy indispensable handicap venture obsolete on the horizon 1. Trying to enforce the law regulating the length of passenger buses has been a ___________nightmare. 2. His lack of height has not been a ____________ to him. He is as good an athlete as anyone else in the school. 3. A translation of his book appears in the Vatican library, ___________ by Lorenzo Ghiberti. 4. There is a _____________ of female students in the music department. 5. Theres a ______________ line betwe