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B. end......divisive D. extend......satisfactory

C. overcome......unattractive E. resolve.......acceptable

2 The cat demonstrates her astonishing ________by leaping from the low porch step to the top of the five-foot fence. A. balance D. height

B. awkwardness E. curiosity

C. agility

3 Many healing practices that doctors once derided as ________have now been sanctioned by the medical community. A. benign

B. diagnostic E. therapeutic

C. inefficacious

D. discretionary

4 The art collection of the children museum is quite ________, ranging from furniture to sculpture to finger painting. A. imaginary D. eclectic

B. repetitive E. circumscribed

C. elusive

5 Before becoming a stockbroker, Victoria had a career as a ________, someone believed to have insights about events beyond ordinary human perception. A. mentor

B. profiteer

C. counterfeiter

D. clairvoyant E. propagandist

6 Because Peter ________to finish his homework, the teacher ________him in front of the class.

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A. hastened....fathomed B. determined.....berated E. reconciled....alienated

C. neglected...admonished

D. disdained...circumscribed

7 While the ________explorers faced risks courageously, they were not ________, choosing instead to avoid needless dangers. A. flagrant....punctual D. resolute...amicable

B. intrepid....foolhardy

C. genial....clandestine

E. culpable...irresponsible

8 Destruction of rainforest habitat has continued ________in South America due to the relentless ________of human settlement. A. escalating.....destruction D. consistently...interference

B. accelerating...continuance E. unabated...encroachment

C. intermittently...growth

9 Jennifer loves roses for the ________appeal of their petals and leaves, but i am most ________by their olfactory properties. A. arid...detested

B. aesthetic....enthralled E. worldly....obliged

C. tactful....estranged

D. visual...appalled

10 Onlookers considered Justin a ________after watching him eat; however, little did they know that he was ________following a week-long hunger strike. A. miser...parched D. pariah...starved

B. glutton....famished E. celebrity....ostracized

C. thief....angry

11 Steven tried hard to give up sweets, but he found it particularly difficult to ________chocolate. A. digest D. forgo

B. extol E. relish

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C. impugn

12 The library’s collection is a ________of Asian American historical documents, including rare materials about race relations. A. summary D. trove

B. fabrication E. replication

C. consensus

13 As she surveyed the layers of sediment of deposited over millions of years, Julie reflected on the ________nature of human life. A. ephemeral

B. mystic E. grandiose

C. amorphous

D. incomprehensible

14 Usually ________to criticism, Mr. Smith showed surprising ________at his negative reviews from the critics. A. impervious....pique

B. immune....volubility

C. hostile...truculence

D. disgruntled...dismissiveness E. derisive....rage

15 Despite all of the advertisements ________the new products, its first quarter sales were ________.

A. criticizing...protracted

B. censuring....bellicose E. ousting...prodigal

C. lauding...abysmal

D. abolishing...complacent

16 Critics describe the new novel as ________, even________; it excoriates teh rich and powerful and sounds a call for the disempowered to mobilize. A. controversial....offensive C. salacious...blasphemous E. disturbing...malevolent

17 By handing out pamphlets on a busy street corner, members of the organization were able to

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B. belligerent...mocking

D. iconoclastic...revolutionary

effectively ________ their message. A. conceal D. oust

B. mitigate

C. reconcile

E. disseminate

18 Pat made the descent with unusual caution, placing each foot first ________, then firmly. A. heavenly D. confidently

B. clumsily E. languidly

C. tentatively

19 Ms. Turner was an ________opponent, one who never swerved from her purpose and would never compromise or yield. A. inexorable D. impassive

B. ambivalent E. obstreperous

C. eloquent

20 For all her ________talent, Sylvia Plath could not shake the ________that ultimately drove her to commit suicide.

A. extraordinary....reservations C. considerable.....delirium E. estimable.....disintegration

21 In an attempt to malign and misrepresent their opponents, some candidates resort to ________. A. arbitration D. tenacity

B. narcissism E. solicitude

C. calumny

B. honed......sadness D. remarkable....melancholy

22 After tons of waste had been dumped at the landfill, a ________smell emanated from the site. A. lurid

B. doleful E. dauntless

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C. putrid

D. despicable

23 Although most people tend to be resistant to change, they are also quick to ________new technology when it proves useful in daily life. A. embrace

B. eschew E. abhor

C. enact

D. empower

24 Because the media corporation owned such a large portion of the news channels, it enjoyed a high degree of ________in the news market. A. discretion D. monotony

B. zeal

C. atonement

E. monopoly

25 The dog sat forlornly beside the door; he had been ________and ________since his master left.

A. electrified....content

B. deferential....bemused E. dilatory....exultant

C. morose....listless

D. eager....disappointed

26 The ________countryside stretched out before her, cool and quiet in the morning mist. A. raucous D. jaded

B. placid

C. lively

E. cacophonous

27 While the general demand that his men act ________, he also insisted that they not be ________to danger. A. bravely....intrepid

B. affirmatively....dubious D. lively....incredulous

C. courageously...oblivious E. floridly....impertinent

28 Because the employee’s motives were found to be ________, no disciplinary action will be taken against him for the mistake.

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A. absurd D. benign

B. gratuitous E. totalitarian

C. mellifluous

29 Rose smiled approvingly but gave neither written nor spoken permission to proceed with the project: her consent, in short, was ________. A. tacit

B. fervent E. conditional

C. unqualified

D. impetuous

30 As an ardent ________of standardized test preparation, Andrew had a ________ of supporters at the education conference established to promote the test preparation industry. A. critic....multitude D. opponent...plethora

B. proponent....myriad E. foe...crowd

C. advocate...lack

31 Only________drivers should attempt to ________Black Mountain Road, which includes steep grades and dangerous hairpin curves. A. dedicated...enjoin D. dynamic....deride

B. supercilious....drive E. seasoned...negotiate

C. skilled....encounter

32 Excessive secrecy tends to ________excessive curiosity and thus serves to ________the very impulses against which it guards. A. inhabit....protect D. compel....deride

B. disguise....supplant E. invite...provoke

C. satisfy...limit

33 Because this novel is not so narrowly concerned with ________political issues, it seems as ________today as it did two hundred years ago. A. momentary...derivative D. sagacious...wise

B. evanescent...nostalgic E. dated...quaint

C. transient...fresh

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34 Because an older horse is more ________than a younger one, it is safer for a novice rider. A. frolicsome D. tractable

B. cantankerous E. precipitate

C. gargantuan

35 Although ________as a masterpiece today, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening was ________by contemporary critics because its heroine violated the standards of social acceptability for women of the 10’s. A. recognized...lauded

B. derided...rejected

C. hailed....castigated

D. described...disentangled E. enumerated....dismissed

36 Apple pie, baseball, rock and roll music, and the stars and stripes of the United States flag are all thought to ________American popular culture. A. satirize D. embody

B. affront E. dispel

C. imitate

37 Her husband planned their entire vacation ________; he had an itinerary broken down into 30-minutes increments of what they would be doing at precisely what time for the eight days that they would be gone. A. tumultuously D. meticulously

B. meticulously E. arrogantly

C. frivolously

38 The local animal shelter is funded completely by the ________donations of the community; without the financial aid of the public, it is ________that the shelter would be forced to shut down.

A. affluent....conjectural D. charitable...wanton

B. generous....inevitable E. frivolous....neutralized

C. frugal...destined

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39 Despite the large amount of money that the Mauros spent on their luxury cruise vacation, the food was disappointingly ________, and the entertainment options were very ________. A. dulcet...copious

B. unsavoury...limited

C. regal....scanty

D. meagre....conducive E. presumptuous...Symbolic

40 The politician was ________: she refused to change her crooked ways even after being indicated for corruption. A. incorrigible D. candid

B. loquacious E. ephemeral

C. maudlin

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