12. The _______ effort that went into the century-old patchwork quilt is hard to imagine. There are thousands of tiny patches, each stitched patiently by hand.
(A) colloquial
(B) emaciated
(C) spurious
(D) painstaking

8. The restaurant offers a(n) _______ buffet-style breakfast each morning and a wide choice of dishes at dinner. (A) sumptuous (B) perspicacious (C) analogous (D) voracious

9. I asked the museum’s press representatives what steps were being undertaken to improve traffic flow and _______ the crowds, but they didn’t respond. (A) ameliorate (B) amplify (C) amend (D) amortize

10. The woman then reportedly got into a car with a gunman and drove away, which suggested she was a(n) _______ to the murder. (A) candor (B) accomplice (C) virtuosity (D) despot

11. Teresa had a transplant in 2020 and was just recovering from that _______ when she suffered a brain hemorrhage. (A) ordinance (B) oracle (C) ordnance (D) ordeal

13. In many divorces, each person _______ the other as being more to blame for the marriage’s breakdown. (A) indoctrinates (B) indicts (C) incorporates (D) insulates

14. When the microphone broke during the performance, Phoebe did not lose her _______. She just smiled, calmly set the microphone aside, and continued her tune. (A) premonition (B) composure (C) aberration (D) stupor

15. Long after the game, she was still _______ over her rival’s disappointment. (A) glutting (B) grafting (C) gloating (D) grating

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