Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library

100 Vocabulary 4000
6. Though a small man, J Egar
Hover appeared to be much larger
behind his desk; for, having
skillfully designed his office, he
was
___________
by the
perspective.
(A) augmented
(B) comforted
(C) apprehended
(D) lessened
(E) disconcerted
7. Existentialism can be used to
rationalize evil: if one does not
like the rules of society and has
no conscience, he may use
existentialism as a means of
___________
a set of beliefs
that are advantageous to him but
injurious to others.
(A) thwarting
(B) proving
(C) promoting
(D) justifying
(E) impugning
9. This argues well that Erikson
exercised less free will than
Warner; for even though Erikson
was aware that he was misdirected,
he was still unable to
___________
free will.
(A) defer
(B) facilitate
(C) proscribe
(D) prevent
(E) exert
10. Man has no choice but to seek
truth, he is made uncomfortable
and frustrated without truth—thus,
the quest for truth is part of what
makes us ___________ .
(A) noble
(B) different
(C) human
(D) intelligent
(E) aggressive
8. These categories amply point out
the fundamental desire that people
have to express themselves and
the cleverness they display in that
expression; who would have
believed that the drab, mundane
DMV would become the
___________
such creativity
(A) catalyst for
(B) inhibitor of
(C) disabler of
(D) referee of
(E) censor of