Q1. The defendant’s history of drug use and mental health issues was used very effectively by the prosecution, who made it a(an) _____ part of their case.
a. Integral
b. Fundamental
c. Superfluous
d. Tangential
e. Insensitive
f. Regulatory
Q2. Unfortunately, the long-term _____ of using such pesticides was not known at the time, and many farmers used them widely without fully understanding their harmful properties.
a. Benefits
b. Implications
c. Advantages
d. Alacrity
e. Avarice
f. Ramifications
Q3. In the more undeveloped, isolated parts of the country, farmers still practice the simple, time-honored techniques of their _____.
a. Descendants
b. Forebears
c. Technicians
d. Ancestors
e. Mentors
f. Germination
Q4. The intrusion of big business into education has only _____ the problems facing educators in the United States.
a. Compounded
b. Ameliorated
c. Benighted
d. Leavened
e. Exacerbated
f. Alleviated
Q5. The senator, who was _____ in a murder-for-hire scheme, took the dramatic step of resigning his office last week, after discussing the matter with advisers and staff.
a. Victimized
b. Targeted
c. Implicated
d. Incriminated
e. Saturated
f. Indoctrinated