Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
The result of the election didn't give either candidate a clear majority but in the end the leader of the opposition agreed to step down and ......... to the wishes of the electorate.
A -
accept
B -
accent
C -
accede
D -
ascend
2-
The sound of the waterfall goes on all day and night and in the end the ......... noise gets on your nerves.
A -
interrupting
B -
inciting
C -
invading
D -
incessant
3-
I apologized for what seemed like a deliberate act of rudeness but I explained that it had been purely accidental and an ......... action on my part.
A -
inverted
B -
inadvertent
C -
incurred
D -
inhibited
4-
Although it's a complicated subject the professor managed to make it all totally clear and ......... by her delivery.
A -
lucid
B -
luminous
C -
lightening
D -
lifting
5-
When you take a party of tourists round a famous city there are always those who ......... and keep everybody else waiting.
A -
litter
B -
lessen
C -
loiter
D -
languish
6-
Before she knew what had happened a man suddenly fell on her ......... across and stealing her handbag.
A -
lurking
B -
linking
C -
limping
D -
lunging
7-
There was absolutely no call for him to criticise her so cruelly and in almost a ......... manner.
A -
malformed
B -
malicious
C -
maladroit
D -
malcontent
8-
There was absolutely no question about it he was the ......... idiot such as you'd find in one of those old farces.
A -
provincial
B -
provided
C -
proverbial
D -
protective
9-
You'll soon get used to his funny ways as it's one of the......... of his personality.
A -
quibbles
B -
quills
C -
quaffs
D -
quirks
10-
He didn't really give speeches because he used to scream and shout and you could hear him ......... a hundred meters down the road.