| 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 | The President of the nation was widely ____ for refusing to ____ the excesses of the ______ Minister. |
| For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
| 3 | If the patriotic legend revealed the hard _____ of Roman culture, the love story tended to show its _____ belly. |
| 4 | We never believed that he would resort to _____ in order to achieve his goal; we always regarded him as a(n) _____ man. |
| 5 | When thrust into an unknown world, people are careful to note the conditions in which they find themselves, ______ them with their ________. |
| 6 | As the controversial argument continued, the debaters became more _____ and their remarks became more _______. |
| 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 | If the nail decided to ________, it would not pierce butter
brash
malinger
interdict
obscure
temperance
covet |
| 10 | The population of a species at any given time is determined by the ratio of the biotic _____ to the environmental resistance.
jeopardy
potential
excitement
lexicon
annoyance
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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 | We are amazed that a man who had been here for the most ___ of public speakers could, in a single speech electrify an audience and bring them cheering to their feet.
prosaic
enthralling
accomplished
pedestrain
auspicious
iconoclastic
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