4.14 - BVS - Ch.11 - Quiz

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Absurd
Adhere
Affluent
Alienate
Assess
Compile
Contempt
Defect
Doctrine
Dogmatic

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Absurd
Adhere
Affluent
Alienate
Assess
Compile
Contempt
Defect
Doctrine
Dogmatic

     I will acknowledge that I am an extremely organized person. I see no reason why everything in my life shouldn't be perfectly planned. For instance, my CD's are arranged according to the year they came out and alphabetized within that year. The cans on my kitchen shelves are placed in order of height. My clothes and accessories are perfectly organized, thanks to labels that _______ to my dresser drawers. To me, being well-organized is a positive thing. But recently, a friend bluntly told me that she thinks I am a control freak. She said this after reading a list I had _______(e)d. It was a list of characteristics that my future boyfriend must have.  According to her, my list would _______ any half-decent guy who might otherwise be interested in me. I think her accusation is _______.  Why shouldn't my love life be as well planned as the rest of my existence? But, I will let you be the judge. You _______ my list and tell me if it's unreasonable. 
     To begin with, my future boyfriend must be _______. I plan to make a lot of money, and I wouldn't want him to feel bad about being less well-off than I am. Politically, he should be as conservative as I am. I simply couldn't put up with anyone whose political _______ calls for social change. He can't have any physical _______s, of course. I deserve someone extremely handsome and physically fit. Because I am an urban girl, he must want to live in the city.  He has to like Thai food and dislike Mexican food, like tropical fish and hate cats and dogs, enjoy classical music and look with _______ at any music written after 1850. He must enjoy beach vacations, and he must dislike camping, the mountains, bowling, suspense movies, hiking, novels, four-wheel-drive vehicles, foreign travel, and children.
     My girlfriend has the nerve to call me _______ , saying that my list shows I'm close-minded and too opinionated. She says that every man I meet will be unacceptable  in some way. I think she's just plain wrong Be candid tell the truth. What do you think?