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1Just when the senator's opponent had__________ the lead in popularity polls, public opinion ____________; as a result, the incumbent senator regained her front-runner position.
- Ataken…..stabilized
- Bchallenged…..waned
- Ccaptured…..shifted
- Dconceded……vacillated
- Erelinquished…..changed
2Any biographer of this playwright, who assumed an elaborate public facade in order to conceal private concerns, must examine the impulse behind such _____________.
- Aartiface
- Bjoviality
- Cconceit
- Ddisbelief
- Eerudition
3It is said that as a legal team Charles Houston and Thurgood Marshall complemented each other thoroughly: Houston’s sedate manner was _____________ Marshall’s ______________.
- Aanalogous…..trepidation
- Bcommensurate with…..formality
- Ctempered by…..jocularity
- Dadverse to…..gregariousness
- Esuperseded by…..inquisitiveness
4Architects define a physical structure as a set of materials arranged in such a way that these materials can ___________ the downward pull of gravity.
- Amimic
- Bresist
- Camplify
- Ddislodge
- Edemonstrate
5Conflicting standards for allowable radiation levels in foods made _____________ appraisals of the damage to crops following the reactor meltdown extremely difficult.
- Areliable
- Bprivate
- Cintrusive
- Dconscious
- Einflated
6The student’s feelings about presenting the commencement address were _____________; although visibly happy to have been chosen, he was nonetheless ____________ about speaking in public.
- Apositive.....insecure
- Beuphoric.....hopeful
- Cunknown.....modest
- Dambivalent.....anxious
- Erestrained.....confident
7In a society that abhors _____________, the nonconformist is persistently ____________.
- Acreativity.....glorified
- Brebelliousness.....suppressed
- Cinsurgency.....heeded
- Dsmugness.....persecuted
- Estagnation.....denigrated
8Both by ___________ and by gender, American painter Mary Cassatt was an _____________, because her artistic peers were Frenchmen.
- Abackground.....amateur
- Bcitizenship.....intellectual
- Cnationality.....anomaly
- Dstyle.....advocate
- Eskill.....expert
9Only if business continues to expand can it_____________enough new jobs to make up for those that will be _____________ by automation.
- Aproduce.....required
- Binvent.....introduced
- Ccreate.....eliminated
- Drepeal.....reduced
- Eformulate.....engendered
10The 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 ______________.
- Asatisfied.....annulled
- Bstymied.....extended
- Cdispleased.....upheld
- Ddisgruntled.....suspended
- Econcerned.....provided
11Trinkets intended to have only ____________ appeal can exist virtually forever in landfills because of the ___________ of some plastics.
- Aarbitrary.....scarcity
- Btheoretical.....resilience
- Cephemeral.....durability
- Dobsessive.....fragility
- Eimpetuous.....cheapness
12Despite its apparent ____________, much of early Greek philosophical thought was actually marked by a kind of unconscious dogmatism that led to _____________ assertions.
- Aliberality.....doctrinaire
- Bindependence.....autonomous
- Cintransigence.....authoritative
- Dfundamentalism.....arrogant
- Elegitimacy.....ambiguous
13The editor expected her reporters to be _____________, but the number of_____________ in the articles submitted clearly showed that her expectations were often not met.
- Aimpartial.....cliches
- Bfrank.....predictions
- Cdecisive.....facts
- Dcreative.....errors
- Eaccurate.....misquotations
14Many 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.
- Asoothing.....heighten
- Btherapeutic.....alleviate
- Csweet.....underscore
- Dexhausting.....relieve
- Einteresting.....activate
15Instead of presenting a balanced view of both sides of the issue, the speaker became increasingly ______________, insisting on the correctness of his position.
- Ainarticulate
- Bdogmatic
- Celliptical
- Dtactful
- Eambiguous
16The theory of the______________ of cultures argues that all societies with highly developed technologies will evolve similar social institutions.
- Aisolation
- Baesthetics
- Cconvergence
- Dfragmentation
- Elongevity
17Alice 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.
- Atraditional.....a chronological
- Bprovocative.....an insensitive
- Cforceful.....a concise
- Dfocused.....an expansive
- Ecircuitous.....a discursive
18The spacecraft has two ______________ sets of electronic components; if one fails, its duplicate will still function.
- Adivergent
- Bidentical
- Csimulated
- Dmutual
- Eprohibitive
19Frank 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.
- Aefficacious
- Babstruse
- Cconservative
- Dprotracted
- Emisconstrued
20Despite years of poverty and ________________, the poet Ruth Pitter produced work that is now________________ by a range of literary critics.
- Asecurity.....hailed
- Bdepression.....criticized
- Ccelebrity.....publicized
- Dinactivity.....undermined
- Eadversity.....acclaimed
21The two travelers may have chosen ______________ routes across the continent, but the starting point was the same for each.
- Acoinciding
- Bdirect
- Ccharted
- Ddivergent
- Eintersecting
22The former cult-‐film director ________________ his original audience by making films that appealed instead to the general public.
- Aenchanted
- Bmoved
- Cfantastic
- Ddisappointed
- Einfluenced
23In many cases, the formerly _____________ origins of diseases have now been identified through modern scientific techniques.
- Ainsightful
- Bmysterious
- Ccruel
- Dnotable
- Euseful
24Marine 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.
- Afamous
- Bfeasible
- Cfantastic
- Dcontroversial
- Ecaptivating
25He _____________ the practices of aggressive autograph seekers, arguing that anyone distinguished enough to merit such ______________ also deserved to be treated courteously.
- Adecried.....adulation
- Bdefended.....adoration
- Cendorsed.....brusqueness
- Dignored.....effrontery
- Evilified.....disdain
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