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. revise
a. cover
9. arch
a. color
10. petition
a. request
b. 10,000m2
b. temper
b. effect
b. accuse
b. apply
b. share
b. reflective
b. detest
b. feeling
b. license
c. temple
c. video
c. decision
c. assist
c. repair
c. exceed
c. adjacent
c. plea
c. gift
c. animal
d. caven
d. patio
d. perfume
d. digest
d. compute
d. borrow
d. absolute
d. change
d. curve
d. station
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Choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
1. pasture
a. marsh
b. scream
c. future
d. stance
2. foul
a. meaningful
b. dangerous
c. pleasant
d. muscular
3. slab
a. office
b. freedom
c. spit
d. pebble
4. assemble
a. believe
b. scatter
c. repeat
d. obey
5. overjoyed
a. stinky
b. hidden
c. expensive
d. miserable
6. turf
a. ocean
b. name
c. effort
d. sport
7. erect
a. approve
b. destroy
c. donate
d. contain
8. heighten
a. balance
b. pretend
c. elect
d. reduce
9. mansion
a. pencil
b. shack
c. female
d. blouse
10. hospitality
a. medicine
b. style
c. unfriendliness
d. silence
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Write C if the italicized word is used correctly. Write I if the word is used incorrectly.
1. 
Once the weather was renovated, the day was warm and sunny. Now, we were all able
to go on a picnic in the park.
2. 
The scientists worked all day in then slab. They were inventing a new plastic that
would not melt under the extreme heat of the sun.
3. 
The amount of cows outnumbered the pigs. There were more pigs than cows.
4. 
Why don’t you connect those two large blue arches, so that you can form a giant
square?
5. 
The worse casualty from the earthquake was a woman who broke a leg.
6. 
The two enemies erected a wall between their properties. They had hoped that it
would reduce any future arguments.
7. 
Whenever Doug was in a foul mood, everyone enjoyed being around him.
8. 
The glass was filled with a hectare of water.
9. 
This is the kitchen, and the adjoining room is the dining room.
10. 
The visit lacked in hospitality. There was nothing to eat and nowhere to sit.
11. 
You can stay in the house tonight, but your dog has to sleep outside in the mansion.
12. 
William alleged all the way home. As a result, he was out of breath and sweaty by the
time he got there.
13. 
The grandmother was overjoyed to see her grandchildren. She couldn’t stop smiling
when she saw their lovely faces.
14. 
This room here is the pasture. It’ s where we keep all our old furniture.
15. 
The manager read his employees’ petition. They wanted a longer lunch break.
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The 
Lord 
and the 
Farmers
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A wealthy lord was renovating his mansion. He had added another story to his home 
with large windows that overlooked the farmers’ pastures on the eastern border of his land. 
Around the mansion, he then erected a great wall. He built an arch for the gate out of huge