Q. 1
Although is seems to have been a fixture of the square since the city’s origin, the produce market actually opened only _______.
- a. enthusiastically
- b. recently
- c. frequently
- d. illegally
- e. graciously
- Answer: B
Q. 2
The grave problems that afficted him were the purely _______ ones of hunger, pain and fatigue.
- a. physical
- b. imaginary
- c. irrelevant
- d. hereditary
- e. coincidental
- Answer: A
Q. 3
Her ability to analyze issues fairly and competently has earned her the _______ of even her most _______ peers.
- a. solicitation.. unbiased
- b. attention.. sympathetic
- c. suspicion.. discerning
- d. reputation.. knowledgeable
- e. respect.. exacting
- Answer: E
Q. 4
Until the mid- 1800’s, the occasional reports by European explorers of the existence of gorillas were generally disbelieved and swiftly _______ the realm of tall tales.
- a. extracted from
- b. confused with
- c. relegated to
- d. compared to
- e. exalted to
- Answer: C
Q. 5
The historian’s assertion that there is a _______ of verifiable information about nineteenth-century Native Americans is _______, for there exist many transcripts of authentic oral accounts of their activities.
- a. wealth.. fallacious
- b. shortage.. legitimate
- c. depletion.. irrefutable
- d. paucity.. erroneous
- e. surfeit.. implausible
- Answer: D
Q. 6
This book has neither merit nor distinction, and it all but _______ whatever prestige the author may once have had.
- a. challenges
- b. maximizes
- c. epitomizes
- d. nullifies
- e. encompasses
- Answer: D
Q. 7
Far from exercising a counter influence to intellectual orthodoxy, the movement itself has become a center of _______.
- a. conformity
- b. notoriety
- c. enmity
- d. theology
- e. idealism
- Answer: A
Q. 8
People, being prisoners of _______, have made failing a basic metaphor for failure, from the fall of the stock market to the fall of government.
- a. politics
- b. gravity
- c. greed
- d. turbulence
- e. emotion
- Answer: B
Q. 9
The movie avoids many of the _______ of the novel, bringing into sharper focus characters who originally were amiable or disagreeable _______.
- a. subtleties.. monsters
- b. excellencies.. stereotypes
- c. allusions.. individuals
- d. particulars.. nonentities
- e. shortcomings.. blur
- Answer: E
Q. 10
Even the most insulated and _______ government has to be concerned today about the popular mind; some systems may be less _______ than others, but at some point all must pay attention.
- a. parochial.. vociferous
- b. corrupt.. theoretical
- c. arbitrary.. sensitive
- d. obscure.. reined
- e. vibrant.. responsive
- Answer: C
Q. 11
Explanations given to the patient by the anesthetist prior to surgery often _______ anxiety and _______ the need for analgesics.
- a. intensify.. counteract
- b. parallel.. assume
- c. explore.. prepare
- d. relieve.. reduce
- e. ignore.. preclude
- Answer: D
Q. 12
The jellyfish’s show pulsing action people it in a graceful, seemingly _______ drift, but its tentacles contain poison potent enough to stun a swimming human.
- a. sinister
- b. rhythmic
- c. murky
- d. harmless
- e. patient
- Answer: D
Q. 13
The production’s slight romantic appeal depends on its two stars, who are _______ to watch oven when they are delivering _______ speeches.
- a. overbearing.. innocent
- b. farcical.. complex
- c. attractive.. creative
- d. impossible.. dull
- e. pleasant.. empty
- Answer: E
Q. 14
The murderous capriciousness of Nero infused the Roman Empire with such pervasive _______ that not even the most _______ citizens felt safe.
- a. distaste.. vulgar
- b. paranoia.. suspicious
- c. enthusiasm.. apathetic
- d. unease.. oppressed
- e. panic.. distinguished
- Answer: E
Q. 15
His inclination to succumb to flattery made him _______ to the _______ of people who wished to take advantage of him.
- a. immune.. predilection
- b. prejudicial.. intentions
- c. susceptible.. cajolery
- d. resistant.. blandishments
- e. amenable.. rejection
- Answer: C