1W.R. Inge is called "A Gloomy Dean" for his ........aoptimismbpessimismcpatriotismdcynicismShow answer
2Sir Isaac Newton propounded ........ for success.aimpatiencebpatiencecanxietydsentimentalismShow answer
3The claims that modern civilization is production toothless men who cannot ......... their food.arusticatebsubstantiatecmasticatedredeemShow answer
6The natives ........ to work and had made waterproof huts in a few hours.asatbsitcsetdrushShow answer
7It must have set the British paterfamilias to ........ why the noble savages never had trouble with their teeth.awonderbwondermentcwonderfuldwonderfullyShow answer
10Sophocles, the famous Greek playwright, wrote his last play when he was:aninebnineteencninetydhundredShow answer
11At the season when the British paterfamilias is sending his children on their Christmas visit to be dentist:ahead of familybhead of clanchead of schooldhead of tribeShow answer
12The despised savage would no more ask the government to build a house for him.aaspiredbdisdainedcchainedddispersedShow answer
14An ancient manuscript fills us wonder that men ever had eyesight and patience for reading.aargumentbregentccommentddocumentShow answer
15The contorted German sentence, sprawling over half a page, while the verbs, or parts of them.adeformedbformedccoileddtoiledShow answer
16Modern prose, even when written quickly for ephemeral purpose is generally clear.along-livedbshort-livedcfast-movingdlong-trackShow answer
17It is an agreeable way of killing time and obviating the painful necessity of thinking.aslidingbblindingcavoidingddividingShow answer
18The newspapers are full of snippets, often very well written and illustrated.atrapsbflapsccracksdscrapsShow answer
19The newspapers give their readers the latest science in tabloid form.asensationalbboisterouscrationaldirrationalShow answer
20The process of making things easy is discernible even in games.aavoidablebobservablecreproachableddetachableShow answer
