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C2-3 lista de vocabulario
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Terms in this set (68)
las cualidades
qualitites
artístic@
artistic
atlétic@
athletic
atrevid@
daring
bien educado@
well-mannered
comprensiv@
understanding
considerad@
considerate
cortés
courteous
desagradable
unpleasant
descarad@
shameless/bold
estudios@
studious
fiel
loyal
chistos@
funny, entertaining
gracios@
funny
mimad@
spoiled
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While the ______ gathered newspapers to stuff into his coat for extra insulation against the cold, a materialistic tenant in the apartment above the alley threw his unfashionable jackets and gloves into the trash bin. A. paean B. pedagogue C. mendicant D. progeny E. pariah.
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From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. gadfly, harangue, humility, grimace, arduous, sycophant, affable, explicit, grandiloquent, agrarian. "All the king's horses and all the kings men showed up tonight!" mused Wyston to himself as he snatched another glass of champagne from the server's tray. He hated the governor's cocktail parties; it was always a[n] _____ task to maintain a friendly, _____ demeanor around so many obvious _____ seeking favors from the administration. After two hours, Wyston had to struggle to prevent his tired, polite smile from turning into a _____. It took all he had to pretend to listen and nod at the _____ stories of the "wannabe rich and famous." There was also the annoying babble of the _____-single attendees who lacked the _____ required to be seen alone. They forced themselves into conversations and then held the listeners captive by withholding any opportunities to escape. When Wyston could no longer tolerate the pestering, he stepped outside and waited for the Governor to arrive and deliver his _____ to the idiotic crowd.
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Read the following passage and then choose the best revision for the underlined portions of the paragraph. The questions will require you to make decisions regarding the revision of the reading selection. Some revisions are not of actual mistakes, but will improve the clarity of the writing. When one returns from the Kalahari, you should swing by the Copper Canyon of Mexico, where the Tarahumara people play a game that involves running in a group more than fifty miles, kicking a wooden ball all the way. Leave your sneakers at home: the Tarahumara run virtually barefoot, shod in simple one-piece sandals made from thin strips of leather or rubber. The lack of overengineered footwear among the Tarahumara, especially over unpaved, natural surfaces, allows the machine of the human body to do the job $\underline{\mathrm{it \ is \ already}}$ perfectly adapted to do. A. NO CHANGE B. it's now C. it is all ready D. it can be
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From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. zaftig, genocide, quintessential, foray, faux, conjecture, manifesto. Few outsiders knew for sure the condition of the city in the days following the violent revolution, but most _____ described a place of rampant looting and lawlessness after the rebels' _____ on the capital city. Winston, the nearest correspondent, traveled to the city to report the situation, and what he found shocked him. Poor-quality copies of the revolutionaries' _____ hung on bullet-riddled walls next to posters of a smiling, _____ woman advertising a chain of fitness clubs. Orphaned children and distraught mothers roamed the streets as remnants of the near-_____ that had occurred in the weeks leading to the uprising.