test 1 - quiz 3 loan

The architect has designed a building of immaculate tronj venj ___ in everything. Every detail is matched on each side.

• evenness
• contrast
• symmetry
• contradiction

The vegetation on the island was _________

• exuberant
• chivalrous
• overcast
• ingenious

We had been looking for the nest for hours before we _________ lucky.

• hit
• made
• struck
• came

We don’t have a secretary _________, but we do have a student who comes in to do a bit of filing.

• as such
• the least bit
• whatsoever
• little more

Despite ____________ appearances, he wasn't as crazy as people thought.

• inward
• outward
• external
• strange

I really need some vacations now so that when I come back I can _________ in the operating theatre.

• thrive
• grow
• proliferate
• spread

The first _________ of the ladder is important in your career.

• step
• grade
• push
• rung

After hours and hours trying to solve the problem, I was at my _________ end.

• nerves'
• wits'
• humours'
• tethers'

Her punky hairstyle showed she was not one for following the _________.

• flock
• herd
• swarm
• group

There wasn't a _________ of truth in what he said.

• ray
• lump
• grain
• pinch