1 . Most people felt the punishment was far too ______ for the crime : what the culprit did was so despicable , even ______, as to warrant a far more severe reprimand .
A . permissive ... dormant B . regal ... august C . tolerant ... pompous D . draconian ... nefarious E . lenient ... heinous
2 . All of the features added to the new model of the automobile seemed totally ______ and did not add anything of import or practicality to the car .
A . obnoxious B . superfluous C . pretentious D . mundane E . prescient
3 . Though the play was only two hours long , it was so ______ that it seemed to last eons . A . erroneous B . tedious C . enthralling D . enigmatic E . tantalizing
4 . One of the lessons of The Great Gatsbyis not to give in to ______: if Gatsby had not sentimentalized the past , he would never have tried to repeat it . A . nostalgia
B . irony C . nirvana D . mawkishness E . pretext
5 . It became abundantly clear that there was nothing more that could be done to save the ______ business , as years of irreversible and poor decisions had been contributing to its slow decay .
A . myopic B . monumental C . mutable D . moribund E . motley