Use of Context Clues

EVIL: DIABOLICAL ::

A good : devilish

B good : angelic

C bad: beneficent

D bad : amoral

E immoral: saintly

The answer is B; just as a diabolical person does evil, an angelic person does good.

During his drip-paintings period, Andy worked feverishly and deliberately, flinging paint with abandon but always according to a loosely preconceived scheme.

As used in the passage above, "feverishly" most nearly means

(A) sickly

(B) haphazardly

(C) languidly

(D) actively

(E) carefully

The answer is D; feverishly means "with intense emotion or activity."

Gina hasn't seen Johnny in Donkey's Years. She misses him so much. But thanks, God! She will meet him again next week.

A recently

B really long time

C lately

D currently

E None of the above

B since Gina misses Johnny so much, the idiom obv means “really long time”

The landscape was austere, stripped of all ornamentation, with only barren fields and leafless trees stretching into the horizon.

What does “austere” most likely mean in this sentence?

A. luxurious

B. plain

C. festive

D. crowded

E. small

B. plain