Tài liệu 501 xentence completion questions part 28 ppt

Answers 476. d. Perceptive (adj.) means having the ability to understand and be sensitive to. 477. c. Hierarchy (n.) is a series or system of people or things that are graded or ranked; a group of persons in authority. 478. e. Oppressive (adj.) means unreasonably burdensome; heavy. 479. b. Hypothesis (n.) is a proposition, believed to be probable, which is adopted to explain certain facts and which can be further tested. 480. c. Optimistic (adj.) means taking the most hopeful view; feeling that everything in nature is for the best. 481. b. Clout (n.) means influence, pull, or sway; power or muscle; a strike or blow, especially with the fist. 482. c. To coddle (v.) means to treat with excessive indulgence or tenderness, to baby or pamper. It also means to cook in water just below the boiling point. 483. e. A sluggard (n.) is a person who is habitually lazy or idle. 484. a. Reproachable (adj.) means needing rebuke or censure; in a manner that is severe or cutting. 485. a. To expound (v.) means to explain in detail, elaborate; to give a detailed statement or account of. 486. a. Unbiased (adj.) means completely impartial to, as in judgment. 487. e. Wearisome (adj.) means fatiguing or tiresome. 488. b. An exemplar (n.) is one who is worthy of imitation, a model or ideal; a typical or representative example. 176 501 Sentence Completion Questions 177 489. b. Astute (adj.) means having or showing intelligence and shrewdness; keen, discerning. 490. b. To palter (v.) is to act insincerely; to haggle; to play tricks; equivocate. 491. c. A tableau (n.) is an arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life. 492. e. Translucence (n.) means the property or state of allowing the passage of light. 493. d. A diaspora (n.) is a dispersion of people from their original homeland, or the community formed by such a people; the dispersion of an originally homogeneous group or entity, such as a language or culture. 494. e. Vivisection (n.) means the dissection of an animal, particularly for scientific research. 495. c. Turpitude (n.) means depravity; any action that violates accepted standards. 496. e. Brusque (adj.) means abrupt, curt, or blunt in a discourteous manner. 497. b. A sycophant (n.) is a servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence. 498. d. Variegated (adj.) means marked with different shades or colors. 499. c. Vernacular (n.) means the language of one’s country. 500. d. Errant (adj.) means wandering, roving, especially in search of adventure; straying beyond the established course or limits. 501 Sentence Completion Questions 501. c. Byzantine (adj.) means highly complicated, intricate or involved; characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue, devious; of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or ancient Byzantium, especially its architectural style; of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church. 178 501 Sentence Completion Questions . adventure; straying beyond the established course or limits. 501 Sentence Completion Questions 501. c. Byzantine (adj.) means highly complicated, intricate. imitation, a model or ideal; a typical or representative example. 176 501 Sentence Completion Questions 177 489. b. Astute (adj.) means having or showing intelligence