PRACTICE TEST 2 101
9. Although Hunter was about revealing information to us
when we first met him, he soon began to talk more than anyone.
a. customary
b. reticent
c. animated
d. voluntary
10. The darkening skies in the west were a to the dangerous
thunderstorm that summer afternoon.
a. tedium
b. precursor
c. preference
d. momentum
11. The news was no longer secret; Martin Kemp told the press
that he had accepted the nomination as board chairperson.
a. repulsively
b. reputedly
c. perpetually
d. principally
12. After an hour of heavy rain, the thunderstorm , and we were
able to continue our golf game.
a. abated
b. germinated
c. constricted
d. evoked
13. After years of experience, Florin became a _____veterinarian who
could treat and operate on many different kinds of animals.
a. acute
b. superficial
c. consummate
d. ample