Her character was completely ____________ ; she was totally devoid of ____________ .
Answer(s): D
To be impassive (without feelings) is to be totally devoid of (lacking in) emotion.
To succeed in the training program requires great --; you have to endure many months of rigorous exercise.
Answer(s): E
To endure many months of training you need great tenacity, or persistence
Since eating that ____________ amount of food I have become ____________ .
If you eat a substantial amount of food, you will not be unchanged (unaffected). If you eat a miniscule amount, you will not become corpulent (excessively fat). If you eat a gargantuan (suitable to a giant) amount, you will certainly not become emaciated (thin to the point of starvation). But if you eat a prodigious (unusually enormous) amount, you are very likely to become bilious (sick to the stomach).
The performer was exceedingly ____________ ; she could juggle three apples at once.
If the performer can juggle three apples at once, she is remarkably skillful, or adroit.
I am ____________ about the job; although the atmosphere is pleasant, the work is boring.
Answer(s): A
A job that is both pleasant and boring is likely to arouse feelings that are mixed, or ambivalent.
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