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Vocabulary

Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

attrition theorized grinding out brute eliminated

1. Charles Darwin _____ about human evolution.

2. I _____ untrue and unfaithful friends.

3. The company will start _____ the new laptop models next month.

4. His strength was finally reduced down by _____.

5. The little brat is such a _____ for hurting the puppy.

Grammar

Tell which part of speech is the underlined word.

1. The futurologist theorized about the future of warfare.
A. noun C. adjective
B. verb D. adverb

2. War would no longer be staged on the traditional battlefields.

A. article C. conjunction
B. preposition D. pronoun

3. Civilian casualties would be reduced to a bare minimum.
A. noun C. adjective
B. verb D. adverb

4. The machines of destruction would be obsolete.
A. article C. noun

B. adjective D. adverb

5. The machinery of war is grinding out new technologies and new
strategies.
A. noun C. adjective
B. pronoun D. adverb

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