Civil Service Exams (Cs Vocabulary) – Page 7

#120. Her rapport with everyone in the office ________ the kind of interpersonal skills that all of the employees appreciated.
A prevailed
B varied
C diverged
D exemplified
Answer: exemplified
#121. The ________ of the two rivers provided the perfect place to build a new state park.
A treatise
B seclusion
C confluence
D assumption
Answer: confluence
#122. The abundant mutual fund research information on the website was ________ with tips for new investors.
A inflated
B embellished
C replete
D constricted
Answer: replete
#123. The intricate and ________ language of the contract needed to be interpreted by an attorney
A fundamental
B essential
C convoluted
D straightforward
Answer: convoluted
#124. Do you have the ________ paperwork you need to register for the class?
A grandiose
B punitive
C requisite
D restorative
Answer: requisite
#125. Do not ________ yourself; you must pass the last exam of the semester to graduate.
A prohibit
B delude
C depreciate
D relinquish
Answer: delude
#126. When you address the members of the committee, be sure to give a ________ description of the new office procedures.
A comprehensive
B determined
C principled
D massive
Answer: comprehensive
#127. Although Hunter was ________ to reveal information to us when we first met him, he soon began to talk more than anyone.
A voluntary
B reticent
C animated
D customary
Answer: reticent
#128. The darkening skies in the west were a ________ to the dangerous thunderstorm that summer afternoon.
A momentum
B tedium
C precursor
D preference
Answer: precursor
#129. The news was no longer secret; Martin Kemp ________ told the press that he had accepted the nomination as board chairperson.
A reputedly
B perpetually
C principally
D repulsively
Answer: reputedly
#130. After an hour of heavy rain, the thunderstorm ________, and we were able to continue our golf game.
A abated
B germinated
C evoked
D constricted
Answer: abated
#131. After years of experience, Florin became a ________ veterinarian who could treat and operate on many different kinds of animals.
A consummate
B ample
C acute
D superficial
Answer: consummate
#132. Anthony, a meticulous young man, ________ watered his neighbor’s plants once a week while they were on vacation.
A haphazardly
B diligently
C terminally
D perpendicularly
Answer: diligently
#133. ________ elephants from the wild not only endangers the species but upsets the balance of nature.
A Poaching
B Provoking
C Smuggling
D Irritating
Answer: Poaching
#134. The two cats could be ________ only by the number of rings on their tails; otherwise, they were exactly alike.
A differentiated
B disconnected
C divided
D separated
Answer: differentiated
#135. On each slick curve in the road, I was afraid we would ________ and have an accident.
A hydroplane
B operate
C reconnoiter
D submerge
Answer: hydroplane
#136. My cousin claimed to be ________; evidently she was right, because she always seemed to know what would happen in the future.
A criminal
B clairvoyant
C comical
D dreamlike
Answer: clairvoyant
#137. There was hiatus of two years before I went back to college. Hiatus means _______.
A additional
B continuation
C lapse
D interruption
Answer: interruption