| 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 | The discovery that exposure to allergens through the mother's diet during the last trimester could lead to complications during the first year after birth _____ the Government to _____ dietary recommendations for expecting mothers. |
| 4 | Richard's _____ handling of the _____ scandal successfully prevented what seemed poised to become the spectacular dissipation of his coalition. |
| 5 | _____ by the long journey of life, the businessman once known for his overweening _____ was now seen by others as the possessor of a broken spirit and timid demeanor. |
| 6 | If the patriotic legend revealed the hard _____ of Roman culture, the love story tended to show its _____ belly. |
| 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 you had been less _____, you would not have been expelled from your college.
indigent
perseverant
indefatigable
refractory
playful
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| 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 | While it would be wonderful if what she said were true, I'm afraid she is _____ liar.
an unverified
a forfeited
an avowed
a libelous
a nullifying |
| 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 researcher's experiment yielded results as surprising as they were promising; his next step was to pursue additional data that would _____ his findings.
undergird
eschew
expatiate
buttress
gainsay
undermine
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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 |
