1.
They call the scenic spot Blithe Dale.

(A) cheerful
(B) cheerless
© bleak
(D) despondent

2. Blizzard is expected this winter.

(A) hail
(B) snowstorm
© tornado
(D) frost

3. The prospective promotion has bloated his ego to an alarming degree.

(A) blighted
(B) swelled up
© blinked
(D) reduced

4. A blockade was enforced as soon as an accident took place.

(A) bane
(B) bandage
© barricade
(D) banister

5. His involvement in the corruption has become a blot on his character.

(A) blow
(B) blush
© stain
(D) blister

6. The cop holding a bludgeon was walking down the street.

(A) cudgel, club
(B) stick
© helmet
(D) whistle

7. The grocer bluffed the robber with a unloaded gun.

(A) deceived; fooled
(B) killed
© bled
(D) blemished

8. To avoid making social blunders, you have to be familiar with norms and mores.

(A) boors
(B) bums
© bulwarks
(D) errors


9. Time blunts the edge of sorrow.

(A) dulls
(B) sharpens
© poises
(D) pokes

10. Bias blurred him to the truth.

(A) dimmed
(B) brightened
© illuminated
(D) ascribed

1.
Children like to engage in all kinds of capers.

(A) charities
(B) capacities
© capsules
(D) pranks


2. A mature person will not act from caprice.

(A) constancy
(B) stability
© conscience
(D) change of mind


3. This is a matter of cardinal significance.

(A) trivial
(B) petty
© cankerous
(D) essential


4. The party degenerated into an ugly carousal.

(A) sobriety
(B) awakening
© drunken revel
(D) fight

5. He used to carol in the morning when he was happy.

(A) sing joyously
(B) feel downcast
© take a shower
(D) become moody

6. We could not appreciate the beauty of the many cascades as we were forced to make detours around each of them.

(A) abyss
(B) lakes
© small waterfalls
(D) canvasses

7. A cataclysm such as World War II affected all the countries in the world.

(A) casualty
(B) cask
© censor
(D) violent upheaval


8. The major catalyst in the English-language explosion was war.

(A) stimulus
(B) catalog
© castle
(D) catacomb

9. The rain cataracted down the windowpanes.

(A) poured
(B) drizzled
© seized
(D) duped

10. The flood was a catastrophe.

(A) calamity
(B) cavalier
© cavity
(D) cavil

1.
It is said that our TV programs are designed to cater to low taste.

(A) discourage
(B) gratify
© censor
(D) cease

2. According to Aristotle, poetry served as catharsis.

(A) reflection
(B) agony
© ecstasy
(D) purification


3. The critic's caustic remarks angered the unlucky actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.

(A) cordial
(B) urbane
© biting
(D) bland

4. Some people don't like his cavalier attitude.

(A) humble
(B) lofty
© modest
(D) casual

5. He ceded his stock holdings to his children.

(A) retained
(B) withheld
© kept back
(D) transferred


6. Celerity is the soul of warfare.

(A) caution
(B) speed
© unexpectedness
(D) celebrity

7. We enjoyed the celestial music from the angelic choir.

(A) heavenly
(B) mundane
© terrestrial
(D) earthly

8. He was censured for his misconduct.

(A) commended
(B) applauded
© supported
(D) criticized


9. The workers threatened a cessation of all activities if their demands were not met.

(A) stopping
(B) continuation
© certitude
(D) expansion

10. His refusal to go with us filled us with chagrin.

(A) riddance
(B) pleasure
© relief
(D) vexation