| For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
| 1 | A ____ person will not shout ______ in public; he or she will respect the_____of other people. |
| 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 | Though she had made attempts toward adopting a more _____ lifestyle, she was not above indulging her proclivities towards _____ dishes. |
| 5 | The _____ men were just barely held at bay by a loyalist battalion _____ by its allies' reinforcements. |
| 6 | We have become so democratic in our habits of thought that we are convinced truth is _______ through a _______ of facts. |
| 7 | Even detractors who warn of its potential for abuse by powerful ____ agree that genetic engineering, if used ______ ,can reduce the incidence of the sort of physical and mental deformities that any society would want to eliminate. |
| 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 | If the nail decided to ________, it would not pierce butter
brash
malinger
interdict
obscure
temperance
covet |
| 10 | Feeling restless and unhappy, he left the house to take a quiet stroll, hoping the tone of the day would not decline further into _____ and uncertainty.
ardour
perversity
dissonance
pretence
reticence
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| 11 | My wealthy aunt is more than economical; she so ____ that she washes paper plates to be used again.
indigent
parsimonious
affluent
impoverished
selfish
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| 12 | Despite Adam's intense _____, he failed to secure the prestigious university's coveted diploma.
lugubriosity
imbibition
mettle
lucubration
magnanimity
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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 | The judge dismissed George's lawsuit, ruling that since George had been first to _____ the contract, the company he was suing was no longer obligated to uphold the provisions of the original agreement.
slake
transmute
abrogate
forswear
vituperate
abrogate
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| 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 |
