EXAM MODULE 3 PAGE 1 Sentence
Completion 105 fully solved
carping - correct answer ✔✔ complain, cavil, grumble, grouse, whine, bleat, nag, gripe, grouch
(criticon)
harbinger - correct answer ✔✔ sign (señal)
aberrant - correct answer ✔✔ deviant, deviating, divergent, abnormal, atypical, anomalous,
irregular (aberrante, anormal)
fulsome - correct answer ✔✔ insincere, excessive, extravagant, overdone (exagerado,
empalagoso)
imperiled - correct answer ✔✔ endanger, jeopardize, risk, put in danger, put in jeopardy (poner
en peligro, arriesgar)
licentious - correct answer ✔✔ promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters (escandaloso)
countermanded - correct answer ✔✔ revoke, rescind, reverse, undo, repeal, retract, withdraw,
quash (revocar, contramandato, retirar)
vacillated - correct answer ✔✔ dither, waver, be indecisive, be undecided, be ambivalent,
hesitate (vacilar)
, inured - correct answer ✔✔ harden, toughen, season, temper, condition, accustom, habituate,
familiarize, acclimatize, adjust, adapt, desensitize
(familiarizarse, acostumbrarse, habituarse)
hoodwinked - correct answer ✔✔ deceive, trick, dupe, outwit, fool, delude, inveigle, cheat, take
in, hoax, mislead, lead on, defraud, double-cross, swindle, gull, scam, con, bamboozle
(engatuzado, engañado, timado)
spurned - correct answer ✔✔ reject, rebuff, scorn, turn down, treat with contempt, disdain,
look down one's nose (rechazar, desdeñar)
throng - correct answer ✔✔ crowd, multitude, mob, host, throng, horde (muchedumbre,
atestar)
knell - correct answer ✔✔ the sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or
funeral (toque de difunto, doblar)
genre - correct answer ✔✔ gender, genre, genus, kind, sort, type (género, tipo)
spiel - correct answer ✔✔ sales talka long or fast speech or story, typically one intended as a
means of persuasion or as an excuse but regarded with skepticism or contempt by those who
hear it., (rollo)
depicting - correct answer ✔✔ represent, play, portray, act, perform (representar, describir,
pintar)
drudging - correct answer ✔✔ do hard, menial, or dull work (trabajar como esclavo)
withering - correct answer ✔✔ wilt, fade, blight, sear (marchitar)