专八词汇练习
1. The_____ is used by astrologers to help calculate the influence of the planets on people's lives.
A. zephyr
B.zodiac
C.zyme
D.zest
2. It's a_____timetable. Sometime lessons happen, sometimes they don't.
A. haphazard
B.odious
C.haughty
D.handicapped
3. No men was allowed to______ on the livelihood of his neighbour.
A. wade
B.invoke
C.muffle
D.infringe
4. The poor man's clothes were so_____ that they couldn't be repaired any more.
A. oozed
B.ragged
C.mopped
D.mocked
5. The scents of the flowers was______ to us by the breeze.
A. intercepted
B.detested
C.saturated
D.wafted
6. The machinery had been wrecked so efficiently that police were sure it was a case of______ .
A.vagaboned
B.sabotage
C.paradox
D.tachyon
7. The actor amused the audience by______ some well-known people.
A. embroidering
B.rigging
C.yelping
D.mimicking
8. The speaker______ us with tales of exotic lands and buried treasure.
A. detour
B.offset
C.tantalized
D. ushered
9. I assure you there was no______ motive in my suggestion.
A. ulterior
B.stationary
C. vulgar
D. toxic
10. Government loan have been the______ of several shaky business companies.
A. tornado
B.salvation
C.delinquency
D. momentum
11. The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as______ .
A. trophies
B. fillet
C. tulip
D. clown
12. We saw the canoe______ , throwing its passengers into the water.
A. prostrate
B. overturn
C. simulate
D. brag
13. He has been drinking alcohol so heavily that his death severely affected and got his______ alcoholically.
A. quittance
B. qualm
C. quail
D. quietus