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Disinterested / Uninterested - Exercise 1

Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. I am totally (   ) in dating right now.

2. The detective prudently remained (   ) in the outcome of the case.

3. Rebecca is definitely (   ) in studying biochemistry.

4. Perhaps at another time I won't be so (   ) in the outcome.

5. Mom remains a (   ) party in the affairs of her children.

6. I was asked to mediate the argument between my friend and her boyfriend because I was (   ) in the outcome.

7. Norman was (   ) in the girls' fashion conversation.

8. Take a close, (   ) look at the case at hand.

9. After such a huge dinner, I am positively (   ) in dessert.

10. Perhaps later I can be (   ) about this disaster; right now, I'm too angry to think clearly.

             

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