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EXPLANATION
Phlegmatic: not easily made angry or upset; calm
A) Stolid: a person not easily excited; showing little or no emotion or interest
B) Respiratory: of or for breathing air
C) Animated: lively
D) Pneumatic: filled with air
E) Aroused: to wake somebody from sleep
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (A)

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EXPLANATION
Virago: a fierce and forceful woman
A) Bacillus: any of various types of bacteria that cause disease
B) Chastity: the state of being chaste
C) Shrew: a bad tempered unpleasant woman
D) Poverty: the state of being poor
E) Eating: to put food into the mouth, chew it and swallow it gradually
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (C)

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EXPLANATION
Vestige: a small remaining part of what once existed; a trace
A) Clothing: to clothes
B) Trace: a mark, an object or a sign showing what has existed or happen
C) Undergarment: a piece of clothing wore under a shirt, dress, etc next to the
skin
D) Hallway: a corridor
E) Hope: a belief that something desired will happen
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (B)

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EXPLANATION
Mores: the customs or conventions considered typical of or essential to a group or
community
A) Morals: concerned with principles of right and wrong behavior; ethical
B) Customs: a traditional and generally accepted way of doing things or behaving
C) Taxes: money that has to be paid to the government
D) Fiscal year: financial year
E) Swamp: an area of land that is full of water; a Marsh
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (B)

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EXPLANATION
Disconcert: to confuse, upset or embarrass somebody
A) Sing in harmony: to make musical sounds with the voice in the form of a song
or tune in a state of agreement in feelings, interests, opinions, etc
B) Pretend: to make oneself appear to be something or to be doing something in
order to deceive others or in play
C) Cancel program: to say that something in a series of instruction in code that
control the operation of a computer which has already been arranged and decided
upon will not be done or take place
D) Confuse: to make somebody unable to think well; to bewilder somebody
E) Interrupt: to stop the continuous progress of something temporary
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D)