Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The study emphasized a period of time beginning four years before the casino opened and four years after.

Peter: “What________ your flight?”

Mary: “There was a big snowstorm in Birmingham that delayed a lot of flights.”

During the campaign when Lincoln was first a(n)________ for the Presidency, the slaves on the far-off plantations, miles from any railroad or large city or daily newspaper, knew what the issues involved were.

By appearing on the soap powder commercials, she became a ________ name.

When the Titanic started sinking, the passengers were________.

Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is _____; if it was destroyed no amount of money could ever replace it.

The elaborate bridal costumes of the coastal Indians are ____ from mother to daughter.

As the years passed, Joe’s memories of his terrible experience _____ away, and he began to lead a normal life again.

It is said that a drizzle on the Phap Van - Cau Gie Expressway caused poor______ and slippery road surface, leading to the vehicles, traveling at high speed, unable to respond safely.

I was very sad when the vet said he'd have to ________ Gertie, our lapdog.

You're 18! You ________ to be able to look after yourself by now.