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Type the letter of the word or words which correctly complete the
following sentences.
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1. The lawyer had been a _____________ member of the community for years,
so everyone expected her to be successful in politics.
(A) catatonic
(B) prominent
(C) chimerical
(D) vacuous
(E) futile
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(B) The lawyer was a "prominent" member of the community.
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2. The _____________ between studying and grades has convinced teachers
that studying is _____________.
(A) correlation, crucial
(B) discrepancy, fortuitous
(C) friction, nurturant
(D) demarcation, taciturn
(E) destination, important
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(A) The "correlation" between studying and grades suggests that studying is
"crucial."
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3. David cannot accept criticism without becoming _____________; in fact,
he is so irascible that people call him a _____________.
(A) appreciative, saint
(B) defensive, sage
(C) comical, comedian
(D) depressed, dilettante
(E) cantankerous, tyrant
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(E) David is so "cantankerous" that people call him a "tyrant."
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4. Even though the movie began in a peaceful way, I knew that
eventually the tone of the movie would be _____________.
(A) calm
(B) banal
(C) violent
(D) casual
(E) posthumous
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(C) The movie would become "violent."
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5. I knew that his mistake was _____________, so I didn't ____________
responsibility to him.
(A) intentional, altercate
(B) trivial, patronize
(C) critical, confiscate
(D) inadvertent, attribute
(E) affluent, allocate
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(D) If a mistake is "inadvertent," we would not "attribute" responsibility to
the person who makes it.
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6. The observation that people are both benevolent and _____________
leads me to the conclusion that human nature is _____________.
(A) kind, obvious
(B) compassionate, evil
(C) unpredictable, predictable
(D) malevolent, paradoxical
(E) cruel, consistent
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(D) That people are both benevolent and "malevolent" means that human
nature is "paradoxical."
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7. Although she had a reputation for being _____________, her performance
was very expressive.
(A) reserved
(B) ebullient
(C) emotional
(D) demonstrative
(E) gracious
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(A) She had a reputation for being "reserved," but her performance was
expressive.
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8. I felt hurt because they treated me like a _____________.
(A) vermicelli
(B) pariah
(C) sage
(D) papillo
(E) prodigy
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B
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(B) When someone is treated like a "pariah" or outcast, he feels hurt.
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Type the letter of the word or words which correctly complete the
following sentences.
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9. I never would have guessed that such a(n) _____________ person could
produce such a _____________.
(A) reserved, tirade
(B) intrepid, dynasty
(C) talented, masterpiece
(D) truncated, success
(E) turbid, disaster
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(A) A "reserved" person does not usually make a "tirade," a long, vehement
speech.
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10. The audience is so _____________, the speaker has no hope of changing
their opinions.
(A) pertinacious
(B) egalitarian
(C) vulnerable
(D) implicit
(E) susceptible
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(A) If an audience is "pertinacious," a speaker has no hope of changing
their opinions.
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11. Although my experiences in high school and college are not _____________,
they are _____________ in many respects.
(A) similar, dissimilar
(B) important, significant
(C) migratory, important
(D) identical, analogous
(E) dissimilar, migratory
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(D) Experiences do not have to be "identical" to be "analogous" or
similar.
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12. The lack of _____________ throughout the film produced a very
ironic tone.
(A) discontinuity
(B) congruity
(C) paradox
(D) complexity
(E) inconsistency
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(B) A lack of "congruity" can produce irony.
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