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NEW SET
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Type the letter of the word or words which correctly complete the
following sentences.
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1. The designers of the building claim it is safe, but people in the
neighborhood think the building is ____________.
(A) secure
(B) munificent
(C) hazardous
(D) perspicacious
(E) soporific
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(C) The people in the neighborhood think the building is "hazardous" or
dangerous.
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2. Her speech was somewhat ____________, but despite the repetition it
was ____________.
(A) interesting, redundant
(B) redundant, interesting
(C) lengthy, brief
(D) brief, lengthy
(E) maudlin, cheerful
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(B) Her speech was "redundant" or repetitive, but "interesting."
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3. Even though he looked ____________, he was actually quite ____________.
(A) composed, anxious
(B) euphoric, happy
(C) extroverted, gregarious
(D) lugubrious, depressed
(E) immature, puerile
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(A) He looked "composed," but was actually quite "anxious."
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4. When the teacher praised her paper, she was very ____________.
(A) recondite
(B) prolix
(C) related
(D) elated
(E) prolific
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(D) She was "elated" or overjoyed when the teacher praised her paper.
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5. His answer to my question was so ____________ that I didn't think I
would ever ____________ it.
(A) alarming, notice
(B) indigenous, enhance
(C) amusing, diffuse
(D) succinct, reprehend
(E) abstruse, comprehend
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(E) If an answer is "abstruse," it is difficult to "comprehend."
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6. I have a very ____________ neighbor, and I have never met anyone so
meddlesome.
(A) discreet
(B) ingenuous
(C) gracious
(D) officious
(E) mitigating
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(D) A neighbor who is "officious" is meddlesome.
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7. They have been so ____________ that I am determined to ____________
their kindness.
(A) malicious, rebuke
(B) argumentative, mollify
(C) munificent, reciprocate
(D) fortuitous, accept
(E) deleterious, attenuate
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(C) When people are "munificent" or generous, it is nice to "reciprocate"
or pay them back in some way.
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8. The ____________ gentleman tried to lose weight because his doctor
recommended it.
(A) portly
(B) endemic
(C) emaciated
(D) inanimate
(E) invertebrate
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(A) The "portly" or overweight gentleman tried to lose weight.
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NEW SET
B
Type the letter of the word or words which correctly complete the
following sentences.
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9. There is no ____________ evidence of a ____________ relationship between
aspirin and hypertension.
(A) antecedent, simple
(B) conclusive, causal
(C) reticent, complex
(D) allegorical, logical
(E) psychological, metaphysical
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(B) There is no "conclusive" evidence of a "causal" relationship between
aspirin and hypertension.
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10. Two of the functions of the nervous system are to ____________ sensory
information and to ____________ motor activity.
(A) aggravate, rescind
(B) produce, infer
(C) integrate, coordinate
(D) exhibit, command
(E) categorize, ostracize
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(C) The nervous system must "integrate" sensory information and "coordinate"
motor activity.
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11. When I realized that my efforts were futile, I felt ____________.
(A) despondent
(B) encouraged
(C) gratified
(D) extolled
(E) sagacious
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(A) When I realized that my efforts where futile, I felt "despondent" or
very depressed.
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12. I concluded that his insulting remark was _____________, so I did
not try to _____________.
(A) laudatory, confer
(B) harmless, dichotomize
(C) emaciated, escape
(D) inadvertent, retaliate
(E) necessary, oxidize
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(D) If an insulting remark is "inadvertent" or unintentional, one should
not "retaliate" or return the offense.
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