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あなたの語彙力診断テスト
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| １級(８千語〜１万語)レベル | |
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the best answer from among the four alternatives for each blank. (制限時間５分) |
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Because the poet Emily Dickinson led a ( ) life, she used her imagination to explore the outside world. |
| 1. gregarious 2. secluded 3. gracious 4. lewd | |
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There was a great deal of fraud ( ) by various criminal organizations. |
| 1. alienated 2. confounded 3. perpetrated 4. blackmailed | |
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The ( ) of the plan ensured its success; the enemy did not anticipate such a recklessly bold attempt. |
| 1. urbanity 2. levity 3. audacity 4. protocol | |
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The securities company has been ( ) since the collapse of the bubble economy. |
| 1. obsolete 2. defunct 3. prodigious 4. resilient | |
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Almost all of them have found a natural ( ) for immigrants in this country. |
| 1. obscenity 2. ostentation 3. condolence 4. affinity | |
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He threatened to sue unless his opponent ( ) the libelous allegation. |
| 1. retracted 2. prosecuted 3. entangled 4. implemented | |
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Asian countries still have some ( ) about Japan becoming the political leader of Asia. |
| 1. misgivings 2. miscellanies 3. misdemeanors 4. mistreatments | |
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When he proposed to her, she ( ) between accepting and refusing his proposal. |
| 1. shuddered 2. hobbled 3. wavered 4. recuperated | |
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He searched through his mind for some clue she had given him, some ( ) signal. |
| 1. covert 2. extinct 3. inert 4. overt | |
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Dissident groups tried to ( ) a rebellion against the authoritarian government. |
| 1. disintegrate 2. exacerbate 3. instigate 4. circumvent | |
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She ( ) her husband into buying her an expensive diamond ring. |
| 1. whetted 2. plundered 3. coaxed 4. heckled | |
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Doing these monthly reports by the deadline is sheer ( ). |
| 1. drudgery 2. brainchild 3. fixation 4. quandary | |
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The judge ruled that the police had ( ) the defendant into making a false confession to the crime. |
| 1. sentenced 2. indicted 3. coerced 4. compressed | |
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People tend to ( ) when faced with a disagreeable task. |
| 1. procreate 2. procure 3. procrastinate 4. protrude | |
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Japan is supposed to atone for the ( ) it committed during World War II. |
| 1. turmoil 2. incest 3. arson 4. atrocities | |
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A man who cheats on his income tax and on his expense account tends to ( ) these practices in his friends. |
| 1. renounce 2. undermine 3. condone 4. enervate | |
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The state could not protect its citizens from the ( ) of inflation. |
| 1. boon 2. glitch 3. ravages 4. consternation | |
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The odd noises and flashes of light in the empty house completely ( ) the explorers. |
| 1. shriveled 2. asphyxiated 3. baffled 4. revolted | |
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The Constitution ( ) the separation of state and religion to prevent the interference in one by the other. |
| 1. stimulates 2. stipulates 3. speculates 4. specializes | |
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The mayor ( ) the bravery of the fire fighters in front of all the people. |
| 1. exhumed 2. extolled 3. expatiated 4. exclaimed |
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