• Because the pandas had already been weakened by disease and drought, a harsh
winter would have had --- consequences for them.
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(A) preventive
(B) regressive
(C) catastrophic
(D) unforeseen
(E) moderate
Johnson’s writing is considered ------- and ------- because it is filled
with obscure references and baffling digressions.
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(A) deceiving ….ingenuous
(B) arcane ….abstruse
(C) spare ….didactic
(D) lucid ….definitive
(E) concise ….esoteric
3.A painter’s ability to render a likeness is both ___ and acquired; the
artist blends natural abilities with worldly experience in the creation of
his or her art.
A anticipated
B overt
C aesthetic
D ubiquitous
E innate
4. A judicious biography must be ----- representation that depicts both the
strengths and the weaknesses of the subject, avoiding the two extremes of
---- and indictment.
A a polarized … vindication
B an imaginative … discernment
C a holistic … censure
D a complimentary … animosity
E an equitable … eulogy
Because the congresswoman has been so openhanded with many of her
constituents, it is difficult to reconcile this ------- with her private
-------.
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(B) insolence ….virtue
(C) magnanimity ….pettiness
(D) opportunism ….ambition
(E) solicitousness ….generosity
His peers respected him because he was both ------- and -------：steadfast
in his beliefs and tactful in his negotiations.
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(A) resourceful ….courteous
(B) tenacious ….manipulative
(C) determined ….demonstrative
(D) resolute ….diplomatic
(E) outspoken ….indiscriminate
Cathedrals usually take decades , even centuries, to complete; thus no one
expected the National Cathedral to be built with -------.
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(A) dispatch
(B) presumption
(C) durability
(D) deliberation
(E) reverence
Although Eduora Welty and William Faulkner wrote in distinctively different
styles, ------- between the two is ------- because they both lived in and
wrote about Mississippi.
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(A) comparison ….inevitable
(B) cooperation …..destructive
(C) discord ….legendary
(D) similarity ….unlikely
(E) rivalry ….redundantly
Rodolfo Gonzales was once describes as ------- in body and mind because of
the flexibility and grace apparent in both his boxing and his writing of
poetry and plays.
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(A) unyielding
(B) tremulous
(C) emphatic
(D) lithe
(E) fickle
To reflect the ------- of that nation’s spoken languages, its writers often
make us of a mixture of dialects.
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(A) articulation
(B) intonation
(C) spontaneity
(D) profundity
(E) heterogeneity
heterogeneity
The quality or state of being heterogeneous.
heterogeneous:
consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : MIXED
Merriam - Webster
To avoid being -----, composer Stephen Sondheim strives for an element of
surprise in his songs.
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A erratic B informal
C elaborate D predictable
E idiosyncratic
By portraying a wide spectrum of characters in his one-man show, John
Leguizamo provides a ------- to the theater’s tendency to offer a limited
range of roles to Latino actors.
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(A) corrective
(B) tribute
(C) corollary
(D) stimulus
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In order to ------- the loss of natural wetlands used by migrating snow geese,
conservationists in the 1960’s and 1970’s ------- wetland refuges in the
northern prairies.
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(A) standardize ….ignored
(B) offset ….surrendered
(C) explain ….dismantled
(D) compensate for ….established
(E) account for ….administered
Conservationists [7kEnsE5veiFEnist]
Castillo’s poetry has generated only enthusiastic response: praise from
the general public and ------- from the major critics.
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(A) condemnation
(B) sarcasm
(C) plaudits
(D) irony
(E) pathos
The residents of the town lived ------- lives; no one indulged in wild or
------- behavior.
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(A) rambunctious ….indecent
(B) extravagant ….excessive
(C) secluded ….scrupulous
(D) circumscribed ….impulsive
(E) irreverent ….animated
The editorial claimed that the gubernatorial candidate lacked worldly wisdom
and that this ------- would likely be his undoing.
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(A) naivete
(B) furtiveness
(C) venality
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(D) indecisiveness
(E) sarcasm
A scientist should not automatically reject folkways that might at first
seem silly or superstitious; scientific qualifications are not a license
for -------, nor do they ------- prejudice or bias.
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(A) experimentation ….eliminate
(B) arrogance ….pursue
(C) humility ….advocate
(D) smugness ….legitimate
(E) rigidity ….console
Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require
such ------- strategies that only the most ------- player can mater them.
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(A) byzantine ….adroit
(B) nefarious ….conscientious
(C) devious ….lackadaisical
(D) onerous ….slipshod
(E) predictable …pulsive
The existence of environmental contamination is no longer a point of -------;
government, industry, and the public agree that it is a serious problem.
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(A) concern
(B) cooperation
(C) urgency
(D) relevance
(E) dispute
Not only was the science of Hildegard of Bingen ------- her theology, but
her religious visions helped give her scientific works ------- by winning
her the support of medieval church authorities.
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(A) inseparable from ….legitimacy
(B) unconcerned with ….prestige
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(D) related to ….accuracy
(E) diminished by ….detachment
Just as glass window offer building both light and insulation, certain
atmospheric gases ------- incoming sunlight and ------- heat radiated from
the ground, preventing warmth from escaping.
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(A) conduct ….release
(B) deflect ….transmit
(C) admit ….contain
(D) absorb ….dispense
(E) resist ….trap
Predictably, detail-oriented workers are ------- keeping track of the myriad
particulars of a situation.
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(A) remiss in
(B) adept at
(C) humorous about
(D) hesitant about
(E) contemptuous of
The doctor ------- so frequently on disease-prevention techniques that his
colleagues accused of -------.
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(A) vacillated ….inconsistency
(B) sermonized ….fidelity
(C) wavered ….steadfastness
(D) experimented ….inflexibility
(E) relied …negligence
The frequent name changes that the country has undergone ------- the
political turbulence that has attended its recent history.
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(B) contrast with
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(D) jeopardize
(E) sustain
Anne mentioned John’s habitual boasting about his wardrobe as an example
of his ------- ways.
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(A) erratic
(B) egotistical
(C) flexible
(D) tactful
(E) inconspicuous
Considering that many women had little control over their own lives in
medieval England, Margery Kempe’s fifteenth-century autobiography
demonstrates a remarkable degree of -------.
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(A) consecration
(B) rationalism
(C) autonomy
(D) effacement
(E) simplicity
Nicknamed the “contacted lens”, the device installed on the Hubble
telescope successfully ------- its flawed vision, the result of a faulty
mirror.
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(A) corrected
(B) displayed
(C) generated
(D) scrutinized
(E) accentuated
Opponents of the research institute label it ------- anachronism; its
scholars , they allege, have ------- rivaling those of pre-Revolutionary
French nobility.
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(A) an elitist ….perquisites
(B) a monarchical ….tribulations
(C) an irreproachable ….luxuries
(D) a reprehensible ….afflictions
(E) a commendable ….privileges
O’ Leary tolerates worms and snakes but is ------- about insects: he has
an exaggerated fear of them.
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(A) agnostic
(B) eclectic
(C) empiric
(D) phobic
(E) quixotic
Tame koala bears handled by tourists are -------, but wild koala are hard
to control typically required two people to hold them.
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(B) gluttonous
(C) supple
(D) adroit
(E) docile
The medicine dose have salutary effect by ------- pain, even if recent
studies prove that it cannot eliminate such discomfort entirely.
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(A) alleviating
(B) distracting
(C) revitalizing
(D) eradicating
(E) augmenting
The scientific organization ------- the newspaper for prominently covering
the predictions of a psychic while ------- to report on a major research
conference.
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(A) celebrated ….failing
(B) promoted ….refusing
(C) denounced ….neglecting
(D) spurned ….hastening
(E) honored ….opting
Critics say that the autobiographical work Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar
Wideman is surprising in that it celebrates and yet ------- his own role
in the life of his brother.
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(A) censures
(B) exacerbates
(C) explores
(D) duplicates
(E) delineates
Although it stayed in business for several months the company was actually
------- and met its financial obligations only by engaging in -------
activities.
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(A) insolvent ….fraudulent
(B) prudent ….speculative
(C) autonomous ….subordinate
(D) bankrupt ….charitable
(E) sable ….manipulative
The staff complained that management was -------, focusing on short-term
profits while disregarding the long-term welfare of the corporation.
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(A) irresolute
(B) officious
(C) rancorous
(D) punctilious
(E) myopic
Though outwardly -------, the speaker was actually quite disturbed by the
tumultuous crowd.
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(A) apprehensive
(B) agitated
(C) furious
(D) serene
(E) considerate
“Foamy” viruses cause cells cultured in laboratories to swell but
produced no such ------- in cells of living organisms.
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(A) compression
(B) disintegration
(C) distension
(D) deflation
(E) dehydration
Hayley Mills’ s films have been called -------, although most of them are
not so sentimental as to deserve the description.
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(A) treacly
(B) cursory
(C) prosaic
(D) meticulous
(E) consecrated
By the end of the long, arduously hike, Chris was walking with a -------
gait, limping slowing back to the campsite.
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(A) halting
(B) robust
(C) constant
(D) prompt
(E) facile
The actor was noted for his ------- behavior: he quickly become irritated
if his every whim was not immediately satisfied.
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animal subject to disease or impair reproductive efficiency.
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(A) ineffable
(B) articulated
(C) consummate
(D) presumptive
(E) deleterious
The beauty of Mount McKinley is usually clocked: clouds ------- the summit
nine days out of ten.
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(A) release
(B) elevate
(C) entangle
(D) shroud
(E) attain
In Jamaica Kincaid ‘s novel lucy, the West Indian heroine ------- her
employers’ world, critically examining its assumptions and values.
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(A) idealizes
(B) avoids
(C) beautifies
(D) scrutinizes
(E) excludes
Commerce on the remote island was conducted exclusively by -------,
(A) fastidious
(B) sedulous
(C) vindictive
(D) petulant
(E) mercenary
exchanging goods for goods.
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(A) credit
(B) loan
(C) faith
(D) patronage
(E) barter
In rock climbing, survival depends as much on -------, the ability to
perceive without conscious reasoning, as on physical strength.
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(A) autonomy
(B) incoherence
(C) intuition
(D) sophistry
(E) receptivity
Colonial American playwright Mercy Otis Warren was known for her political
-------: her keen judgment and insight were widely acknowledged.
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(A) partisanship
(B) intemperance
(C) acumen
(D) irreverence
(E) interest
His peers respected him because he was both ------- and -------：steadfast
in his beliefs and tactful in his negotiations.
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(A) resourceful ….courteous
(B) tenacious ….manipulative
(C) determined ….demonstrative
(D) resolute ….diplomatic
(E) outspoken ….indiscriminate
The spotted bowerbird has a ------- for amassing the bright shiny objects
it needs for decorating it s bower: it will enter houses to ------- cutlery,
coins , thimbles, nails, screws, even car key.
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(A) knack ….assess
(B) penchant ….pilfer
(C) purpose ….dispense
(D) predilection ….disturb.
(E) remedy ….raid.
Orangutans are ------- apes: they typically conduct most of their lives up
in the trees of tropical rain forest.
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(A) indigenous
(B) transitory
(C) recessive
(D) pliant
(E) arboreal
Ms. Rivers gave a performance of noteworthy ------- : her piano repertoire
ranged form classical music to jazz.
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(A) intensity
(B) precision
(C) scope
(D) polish
(E) duration
The café attracts a ------- clientele: a startlingly heterogeneous group
of people collects there.
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(A) motley
(B) callous
(C) languid
(D) mysterious
(E) humane
Concrete is ------- of many materials, a composite of rocks, pebbles, sand,
and cement.
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(A) a conflagration
(B) a distillation
(C) a concordance
(D) an aberration
(E) an amalgamation
Soon after the first visitors arrived, increasing numbers of the residents
of the remote island thought it possible that the outside world, instead
of being -------, could be ------- and worth exploring.
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(A) insular ….unlimited
(B) friend ….wicked
(C) amiable ….cooperative
(D) threatening ….fascinating
(E) forbidding ….harmful
Cito Gaston, one of the least ------- baseball managers, surprised reporters
by weeping openly after his team won the play-offs.
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(A) somber
(B) demonstrative
(C) insufferable
(D) bountiful
(E) wistful
They use language not to explain but to -------, each statement is like a
reflection in a warped mirror.
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(A) preserve
(B) distort
(C) enlighten
(D) negate
(E) destroy
Anna Frued’s impact on psychoanalysis was -------, coming not from one
brilliant discovery but from a lifetime of first rate work.
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(A) tangential
(B) premature
(C) exorbitant
(D) indiscernible
(E) cumulative
Royal garments found in the tombs of ancient Egyptian reveal no evidence
of having been mended; this discovery suggests that the rulers of Egypt opted
for ------- rather than -------.
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(A) disposal ….repair
(B) sacrifice ….opulence
(C) wastefulness …fort
(D) spirituality ….worldliness
(E) humiliation ….charity
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More ------- than her predecessor, Superintendent Reynolds would, many
predicted, have a far less ------- term of office.
(A) phlegmatic ….apathetic
(B) conciliatory ….confrontational
(C) empathetic …passionate
(D) vigilant ….reputable
(E) penurious ….frugal
For many of the villagers, marriage was a practical -------, one not
necessarily ------- of love but nevertheless grounded largely in economic
advantage.
(A) arrangement ….devoid
(B) entertainment ….disparaging
(C) attitude ….consisting
(D) bargain ….worthy
(E) misfortune ….trusting
1. Critics dismissed the engineer’s seemingly creative design as being
-------, that is, underdeveloped and lacking in sophistication.
(A) defunct
(B) unorthodox
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(D) erroneous
(E) ambiguous
ars possess a camouflage perhaps unparalleled in the bird world: by
day they roost hidden in shady woods, so ------- with their surroundings that
they are nearly impossible to -------.
(A) vexed ….dislodge
(B) blended ….discern
(C) harmonized ….interrupt
(D) impatient ….distinguish
(E) integrated ….classify
longer narrowly preoccupied with their own national pasts, historians
are increasingly ------- in that they often take a transnational perspective.
(A) conciliatory
(B) bombastic
(C) mendacious
(D) cosmopolitan
(E) jocular
ng economy of expression in writing, the professor urges students
toward a ------- rather than an ------- prose style.
(A) spare ….ornate
(B) terse ….opined
(C) personal ….academic
(D) baroque ….embellished
(E) repetitive ….intricate
1. Improvements in refrigeration and transportation in the nineteenth
century ---- the ---- of available food for many families in the United
States.
A slowed … distribution
B accelerated .. perishability
C expand … variety
D lowered .. amount
E created .. dearth
2. She apologized profusely, only to discover that her self-serving excuses
failed to have a ---- effect.
A reprehensible
B palliative
C depreciatory
D litigious
E compendious
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companies seeking permission to drill in Alaskan wildlife refuge areas
argued that, for animals, the effects of previous drilling in comparable
areas have been -----.
A irrepressible
B counterproductive
C negligible
D momentous
E magnanimous
data recording a bottlenose whale’s phenomenal dive of over 4,700
feet ----- earlier ----- that such whales were among the sea’s deepest
divers.
A refuted … theories
B challenged … predictions
C confirmed … speculations
D validated … disclaimers
E substantiated … doubts
2. While traveling near the Sun, the comet Hale-Bopp produced a ------- amount
of dust, much more than the comet Halley or Hyakutake.
(A) voracious
(B) disposable
(C) redundant
(D) superficial
(E) prodigious
3. Sophocles, who wrote the play Oedipus Rex, was one of the most ___
playwright of ancient Greece: in addition to seven complete plays, fragments
of more than 80 of his over 100 works are known to exist.
A famous
B grandiloquent
C captious
D prolific
E eclectic
cause of Mozart’s ------- is a long-standing medical -------: over
the years, physicians have suggested more than 100 possibilities, including
poisoning, malnutrition, kidney disease, and heart failure.
(A) mortality ….phenomenon
(B) bereavement ….controversy
(C) genius ….enigma
(D) demise ….mystery
(E) death ….trial
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