Sentence Completion
Kyle was able to ______ the difficulties of an uncooperative staff, an impossible deadline, and a complicated project in order to present the report to the client.
surmount
dismount
retract
expel
intercede
surmount
To surmount (v.) means to overcome by force of will.
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B. steadfast
C. tenuous
D. complicit
Based on his recent poor decisions, it was obvious that Seth lacked even a ______ of good sense.
A. debasement
B. diversion
C. disapprobation
D. submission
The rebel spies were charged with ______ and put on trial.
A. sedition
B. attrition
C. interaction
D. reiteration
Jillian was ______ by the contradictory diagnoses she received and decided she needed a third opinion.
A. intimidated
B. effaced
C. girded
D. usurped
Tanya is a ______ person, trusted by all who know her.
A. porous
B. voracious
C. spurious
D. specious
Searching frantically to find the hidden jewels, the thieves proceeded to ______ the entire house.
A. justify
B. darken
C. amplify
D. ransack
The castawayโs hut was ______ by the natives curious to see who the intruder was upon their island.
A. beset
B. surmised
C. precluded
D. garnered
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