For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
1 | 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 _________. |
2 | Her novel published to universal ____, her literary gifts acknowledged by the chief figures of the Harlem Renaissance, her reputation as yet ______ by envious slights, Hurston clearly was at the ____ of her career |
For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
3 | 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. |
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 | We have become so democratic in our habits of thought that we are convinced truth is _______ through a _______ of facts. |
6 | Though she had made attempts toward adopting a more _____ lifestyle, she was not above indulging her proclivities towards _____ dishes. |
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 | The authors penetrating criticism of the movie was as ____ as the surgeon's scalpel.
truthful trenchant catty succinct verbose
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9 | If the nail decided to ________, it would not pierce butter
brash malinger interdict obscure temperance covet |
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 | 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 | 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 |