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EXPLANATION
Asperity: the quality of being harsh and severe, especially in manner or tone
A) Roughness: the quality or state of being rough
B) Dream: a sequence of scenes and feeling occurring in the mind during sleep
C) Ambition: a strong desire to achieve something
D) Smoothness: the quality of having an even surface without point
E) Sarcastic remark: expressing sarcasm observation of something
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (A)

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Homily: a talk often a long and boring one, from somebody giving advice on the correct way to behave, etc

A) Cereal: any of various type of grass producing edible grains, e.g. wheat, rye,
barley
B) Household: all the people living together in a house
C) Sermon: a talk on a moral or religious subject, usually given by a priest during
a religious service
D) Pension: a sum of money paid regularly by a government to people above a
certain age and to widows or disables people or by former employers or financial
institution to retired people
E) Suburb: a district away from the center of a town or city, especially one where
people live
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (C)

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EXPLANATION
Cryptic: with a meaning that is hidden or not easily understood; mysterious
A) Obscure: not easily or clearly seen or understood
B) Written: an express in writing rather than in speech
C) Copied: a thing that is made to look like something else e.g. a picture, a
document
D) Dead: no longer alive
E) Puzzling: something difficult understanding
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (A)

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Fealty: fidelity or faithfulness to a Lord
A) Sense of touch: to perceive things by putting your hand or finger in contact
with it or to feel it
B) Loyalty: the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or
obligations

C) Anger: a strong feeling of annoyance and hostility
D) Anxiety: distress or uneasiness of mind cause by fear or danger or misfortune
E) Personality: the characteristics and qualities of a person seen as a whole
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (B)

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EXPLANATION
Ingenuous: free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere
A) Sophisticated: having or showing a lot of experience of the world and social
situation; knowing about fashion, culture, new ideas, etc
B) Clever: mentally bright; having a sharp or quick intelligence; able
C) Cunning: clever at deceiving people
D) Naive: having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence
artificiality
E) Made or produced as a copy of something natural; not real
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D)