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• Because the pandas had already been weakened by disease and drought, a harsh winter would have had --- consequences for them.
• (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.
• (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 -------.
• (A) selfishness ….inattention
• (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.
• (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 -------.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• 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.
• (A) corrective
• (B) tribute
• (C) corollary
• (D) stimulus
• (E) precursor
• 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.
• (A) standardize ….ignored
• (B) offset ….surrendered
• (C) explain ….dismantled
• (D) compensate for ….established
• (E) account for ….administered
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• Castillo’s poetry has generated only enthusiastic response: praise from the general public and ------- from the major critics.
• (A) condemnation
• (B) sarcasm
• (C) plaudits
• (D) irony
• (E) pathos
• The residents of the town lived ------- lives; no one indulged in wild or ------- behavior.
• (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.
• (A) naivete
• (B) furtiveness
• (C) venality
• (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.
• (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.
• (A) byzantine ….adroit
• (B) nefarious ….conscientious
• (C) devious ….lackadaisical
• (D) onerous ….slipshod
• (E) predictable ….compulsive
• The existence of environmental contamination is no longer a point of -------; government, industry, and the public agree that it is a serious problem.
• (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.
• (A) inseparable from ….legitimacy
• (B) unconcerned with ….prestige
• (C) derived from ….profundity
• (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.
• (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.
• (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 -------.
• (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.
• (A) argue against
• (B) contrast with
• (C) testify to
• (D) jeopardize
• (E) sustain
• Anne mentioned John’s habitual boasting about his wardrobe as an example of his ------- ways.
• (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 -------.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (A) mischievous
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (A) irresolute
• (B) officious
• (C) rancorous
• (D) punctilious
• (E) myopic
• Though outwardly -------, the speaker was actually quite disturbed by the tumultuous crowd.
• (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.
• (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.
• (A) treacly
• (B) cursory
• (C) prosaic
• (D) meticulous
• (E) consecrated
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• By the end of the long, arduously hike, Chris was walking with a ------- gait, limping slowing back to the campsite.
• (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.
• (A) fastidious
• (B) sedulous
• (C) vindictive
• (D) petulant
• (E) mercenary

• Inbreeding can promote the expression of ------- genes, those that make en animal subject to disease or impair reproductive efficiency.
• (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.
• (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.
• (A) idealizes
• (B) avoids
• (C) beautifies
• (D) scrutinizes
• (E) excludes
• Commerce on the remote island was conducted exclusively by ------ exchanging goods for goods.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (A) intensity
• (B) precision
• (C) scope
• (D) polish
• (E) duration
• The café attracts a ------- clientele: a startlingly heterogeneous group of people collects there.
• (A) motley
• (B) callous
• (C) languid
• (D) mysterious
• (E) humane
• Concrete is ------- of many materials, a composite of rocks, pebbles, sand, and cement.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.

• (A) preserve
• (B) distort
• (C) enlighten
• (D) negate
• (E) destroy
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• Anna Frued’s impact on psychoanalysis was -------, coming not from one brilliant discovery but from a lifetime of first rate work.
• (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 -------.
• (A) disposal ….repair
• (B) sacrifice ….opulence
• (C) wastefulness ….comfort
• (D) spirituality ….worldliness
• (E) humiliation ….charity

• More ------- than her predecessor, Superintendent Reynolds would, many predicted, have a far less ------- term of office.
• (A) phlegmatic ….apathetic
• (B) conciliatory ….confrontational
• (C) empathetic ….compassionate
• (D) vigi