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Pregunta 1
Pregunta
Just when the senator's opponent had__________ the lead in popularity polls, public opinion ____________; as a result, the incumbent senator regained her front-runner position.
Respuesta
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taken…..stabilized
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challenged…..waned
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captured…..shifted
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conceded……vacillated
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relinquished…..changed
Pregunta 2
Pregunta
Any biographer of this playwright, who assumed an elaborate public facade in order to conceal private concerns, must examine the impulse behind such _____________.
Respuesta
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artiface
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joviality
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conceit
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disbelief
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erudition
Pregunta 3
Pregunta
It is said that as a legal team Charles Houston and Thurgood Marshall complemented each other thoroughly: Houston’s sedate manner was _____________ Marshall’s ______________.
Respuesta
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analogous…..trepidation
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commensurate with…..formality
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tempered by…..jocularity
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adverse to…..gregariousness
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superseded by…..inquisitiveness
Pregunta 4
Pregunta
Architects define a physical structure as a set of materials arranged in such a way that these materials can ___________ the downward pull of gravity.
Respuesta
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mimic
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resist
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amplify
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dislodge
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demonstrate
Pregunta 5
Pregunta
Conflicting standards for allowable radiation levels in foods made _____________ appraisals of the damage to crops following the reactor meltdown extremely difficult.
Respuesta
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reliable
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private
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intrusive
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conscious
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inflated
Pregunta 6
Pregunta
The student’s feelings about presenting the commencement address were _____________; although visibly happy to have been chosen, he was nonetheless ____________ about speaking in public.
Respuesta
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positive.....insecure
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euphoric.....hopeful
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unknown.....modest
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ambivalent.....anxious
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restrained.....confident
Pregunta 7
Pregunta
In a society that abhors _____________, the nonconformist is persistently ____________.
Respuesta
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creativity.....glorified
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rebelliousness.....suppressed
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insurgency.....heeded
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smugness.....persecuted
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stagnation.....denigrated
Pregunta 8
Pregunta
Both by ___________ and by gender, American painter Mary Cassatt was an _____________, because her artistic peers were Frenchmen.
Respuesta
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background.....amateur
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citizenship.....intellectual
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nationality.....anomaly
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style.....advocate
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skill.....expert
Pregunta 9
Pregunta
Only if business continues to expand can it_____________enough new jobs to make up for those that will be _____________ by automation.
Respuesta
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produce.....required
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invent.....introduced
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create.....eliminated
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repeal.....reduced
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formulate.....engendered
Pregunta 10
Pregunta
The board members, accustomed to the luxury of being chauffeured to corporate meetings in company limousines, were predictably ___________ when they learned that this service had been ______________.
Respuesta
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satisfied.....annulled
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stymied.....extended
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displeased.....upheld
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disgruntled.....suspended
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concerned.....provided
Pregunta 11
Pregunta
Trinkets intended to have only ____________ appeal can exist virtually forever in landfills because of the ___________ of some plastics.
Respuesta
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arbitrary.....scarcity
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theoretical.....resilience
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ephemeral.....durability
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obsessive.....fragility
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impetuous.....cheapness
Pregunta 12
Pregunta
Despite its apparent ____________, much of early Greek philosophical thought was actually marked by a kind of unconscious dogmatism that led to _____________ assertions.
Respuesta
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liberality.....doctrinaire
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independence.....autonomous
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intransigence.....authoritative
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fundamentalism.....arrogant
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legitimacy.....ambiguous
Pregunta 13
Pregunta
The editor expected her reporters to be _____________, but the number of_____________ in the articles submitted clearly showed that her expectations were often not met.
Respuesta
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impartial.....cliches
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frank.....predictions
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decisive.....facts
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creative.....errors
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accurate.....misquotations
Pregunta 14
Pregunta
Many people find Stanley Jordan’s music not only entertaining but also _____________; listening to it helps them to relax and to _____________ the tensions they feel at the end of a trying day.
Respuesta
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soothing.....heighten
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therapeutic.....alleviate
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sweet.....underscore
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exhausting.....relieve
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interesting.....activate
Pregunta 15
Pregunta
Instead of presenting a balanced view of both sides of the issue, the speaker became increasingly ______________, insisting on the correctness of his position.
Respuesta
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inarticulate
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dogmatic
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elliptical
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tactful
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ambiguous
Pregunta 16
Pregunta
The theory of the______________ of cultures argues that all societies with highly developed technologies will evolve similar social institutions.
Respuesta
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isolation
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aesthetics
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convergence
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fragmentation
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longevity
Pregunta 17
Pregunta
Alice Walker's The Temple of My Familiar, far from being a tight, _____________ narrative, is instead_____________ novel that roams freely and imaginatively over a half-‐million years.
Respuesta
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traditional.....a chronological
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provocative.....an insensitive
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forceful.....a concise
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focused.....an expansive
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circuitous.....a discursive
Pregunta 18
Pregunta
The spacecraft has two ______________ sets of electronic components; if one fails, its duplicate will still function.
Respuesta
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divergent
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identical
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simulated
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mutual
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prohibitive
Pregunta 19
Pregunta
Frank was confident that he had presented the most ____________ plan possible, but in reality his proposals were just the opposite, neither practical nor useful enough to produce any worthwhile results.
Respuesta
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efficacious
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abstruse
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conservative
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protracted
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misconstrued
Pregunta 20
Pregunta
Despite years of poverty and ________________, the poet Ruth Pitter produced work that is now________________ by a range of literary critics.
Respuesta
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security.....hailed
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depression.....criticized
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celebrity.....publicized
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inactivity.....undermined
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adversity.....acclaimed
Pregunta 21
Pregunta
The two travelers may have chosen ______________ routes across the continent, but the starting point was the same for each.
Respuesta
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coinciding
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direct
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charted
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divergent
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intersecting
Pregunta 22
Pregunta
The former cult-‐film director ________________ his original audience by making films that appealed instead to the general public.
Respuesta
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enchanted
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moved
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fantastic
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disappointed
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influenced
Pregunta 23
Pregunta
In many cases, the formerly _____________ origins of diseases have now been identified through modern scientific techniques.
Respuesta
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insightful
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mysterious
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cruel
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notable
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useful
Pregunta 24
Pregunta
Marine biologist Sylvia Earle makes a career of expanding the limits of deep-‐sea mobility, making hitherto impossible tasks _______________ through the new technology designed by her company.
Respuesta
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famous
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feasible
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fantastic
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controversial
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captivating
Pregunta 25
Pregunta
He _____________ the practices of aggressive autograph seekers, arguing that anyone distinguished enough to merit such ______________ also deserved to be treated courteously.
Respuesta
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decried.....adulation
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defended.....adoration
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endorsed.....brusqueness
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ignored.....effrontery
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vilified.....disdain
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