| 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 | Both the relationship with space and penetration of space are of (i) ________ importance in dance. This is the same rapport the sculptor has with his clay or marble. The body sculpts the space, forming a place for itself, (ii) ________ creating a negative space, which is unoccupied. A reviewer, writing about the (iii) ________ dancer Hoyer, said that Hoyer could express what could not be born in film or photography. She could capture the space as her own. |
| 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 thought of a nuclear _____ sparked by a misunderstanding poses an awesome ______. |
| 4 | With her customary _____, the Queen replied to reporters only with a smile, but the President _____ happily about what a good time he was having. |
| 5 | When thrust into an unknown world, people are careful to note the conditions in which they find themselves, ______ them with their ________. |
| 6 | We have become so democratic in our habits of thought that we are convinced truth is _______ through a _______ of facts. |
| 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 | 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 |
