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English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #833 [color=blue]“Ancient Plastic Surgery”, question 9

Plastic surgery techniques did not really gain an acceptance in the West until the 18th century. Even then, there was a real reluctanace to do little more than to … wounds.

(a) reconstruction
(b) reinvent
(c) religiously
(d) cauterize

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #833 [color=blue]“Ancient Plastic Surgery”, answer 9

Plastic surgery techniques did not really gain an acceptance in the West until the 18th century. Even then, there was a real reluctanace to do little more than to cauterize wounds.

Correct answer: (d) cauterize

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There’s a mistake.
Shouldn’t be “reluctance”, should it?

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Thanks for pointing this out. I’ve made the change it will appear with our next database update.

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