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VocabularyTest

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. 
(gross, gratuitous, gripes, grotesque, gratify, gravitate, graceful, graft)
1. The apples gave him the ……………….
2. The supervisor wouldn’t listen to the workers’ ……………….

3. A popular movie can easily …………………. 100 million dollars or more.
4. These ………………. statues are relics of prehistoric times.
5. His ……………… insult flabbergasted me.
6. We have a natural tendency to …………….. towards people who are kind to us.
7. Do you have some candy to …………….. my sweet tooth?
8. Steps should be taken to abolish …………………….. in the city government.
9. She isn’t …………….. enough to be a good dancer.


Meanings
Gripes – stomachache, colic, cramps, grievances
Gross – earn
Grotesque – deformed, distorted
Gratuitous – uncalled for, unwarranted
Gravitate – to gravitate towards something is to be drawn towards it
Gratify – satisfy
Graft – corruption

Graceful – easy moving, elegant, lovely