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 | When listening to a medieval Gregorian chant, the listener does not encounter the composer's individual personality; _______, the chant merely ______ both the musical and religious rules of the period |
5 | The horrifying _____ of the fire was reported on all the news stations and the arson squad worked later through the week to uncover the _____ of the tragedy. |
6 | As the controversial argument continued, the debaters became more _____ and their remarks became more _______. |
7 | If the patriotic legend revealed the hard _____ of Roman culture, the love story tended to show its _____ belly. |
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 | Even detractors who warn of its potential for abuse by powerful despots 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.
illicitly biologically premeditatedly discriminately recklessly
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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 | The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the _____.
abridgment bibliography commentary epitaph title
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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 | Even the wisest of leaders will come to need counsel, so it is important to ensure that one is surrounded by honest and candid advisers, rather than by mere __________ seeking to please and flatter for their own advancement
toadies entourage supporters heralds sycophants associates
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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 |