Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST meaning to the underlined part.

The market near my house is always overcrowded with people.

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We were proud to be the world’s first school to be________energy from wind

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She put so ______sugar in the soup that she couldn’t have it. It was too sweet.

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Dehydration is the underlying cause ____ many chronic diseases

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The growing economic disparity between the rich and the poor has become a major social and political issue in many countries

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Let’s go to the cinema to watch “End game”, _______?

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People are becoming _____________ aware of healthy eating, exercise, and relaxation, and want to incorporate them into their daily lives

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The house felt terribly cold ______ the fact that the central heating had been on all day

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It is the classical Athenians who can probably lay claim ____ the invention of commercial advertising as we know it today.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and farmers are having trouble.

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Skills can be enhanced by the appropriate use of technology in certain circumstances

Over the past few years, stanating wage were somewhat. .............by the rising value of benefits such as health insurance, which caused overall compensation for worker to continue increasing.

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Paul has just sold his_______ car and intends to buy a new one.

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Data generated by the Johns Hopkins researchers revealed that, once converted into full-time-equivalent workers, volunteers account on average ____ 45 per cent of the nonprofit workforce in the 36 countries.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions: 

Everyone is hoping and praying that lasting peace will eventually come to the area. 

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I’m said to be ______ my brother is.

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Despite an injury, she stayed the __________ to save the match for her team.

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The last time I ______ in New York, the weather was hot and humid.

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My 75 year-old grandpa is mostly living on his retirement________

He __________for that company for five months when it went bankrupt. 

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English students usually________their GCSEs at the age of sixteen