| For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
| 1 | Crustly and egotistical, albert A. Knopf, the publisher, wore ______ shirts from the most exclusive tailors; was a connoisseur of music,food,and wine; nurtured a garden of exotic plants; and enjoyed rare cigars. His self-assured, ______ manner, together with his insistence on the best of everything, shaped his house's image as a _____ of works of enduring value. |
| 2 | Despite an affected ___ that convinced casual observers that John was ____ about his painting and cared only for frivolity, Peter cared deeply about his art and labored at it _________. |
| For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
| 3 | Shakespeare's _________ of Richard III is so _______ that it is difficult to imagine that the ruler had been dead for more than a century before the Bard cast him as the central character in one of his plays. |
| 4 | Richard's _____ handling of the _____ scandal successfully prevented what seemed poised to become the spectacular dissipation of his coalition. |
| 5 | The discovery that exposure to allergens through the mother's diet during the last trimester could lead to complications during the first year after birth _____ the Government to _____ dietary recommendations for expecting mothers. |
| 6 | When finishing an essay, do not end with a(n) _____ for not having said anything, or with a(n) _____ statement about the unfairly small time period. |
| 7 | When the war ended, the king _____ all claims for damages, but he is now demanding _____ that will cost millions of dollars. |
| For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
| 8 | John Wright chose the ______ Mark Twain as a result of his knowledge of river boat piloting.
mountebank
protagonist
misanthrope
hallucination
pseudonym
alias |
| 9 | After years of unchecked exploitation of its natural resources, the state, predictably has _____ the population of its native plants and animals.
stymied
decimated
increased
reduced
normalized
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| 10 | Truman tried to continue Roosevelt's ______ approach to the Soviet Union, but by 96, he had adopted a much tougher policy towards the Russians.
conciliatory
cursory
strict
obligatory
uncompromising
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| 11 | While it would be wonderful if what she said were true, I'm afraid she is _____ liar.
an unverified
a forfeited
an avowed
a libelous
a nullifying |
| 12 | The population of a species at any given time is determined by the ratio of the biotic _____ to the environmental resistance.
jeopardy
excitement
lexicon
potential
annoyance
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| Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning. |
| 13 | It was her view that the country's problems had been _______ by foreign technocrats, so that to ask for such assistance again would be counterproductive.
ameliorated
ascertained
diagnosed
exacerbated
overlooked
worsened |
| 14 | Perhaps because something in us instinctively distrusts such displays of natural fluency,some readers approach John Smith with ______.
wariness
indifference
suspicion
veneration
bewilderment
remorse |
