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1. Hydrogen is the _____ element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from
which the other elements are produced.
A. steadiest
B. expendable
C. lightest
D. final
E. fundamental
2. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a
natural _____ doing so.
A. aptitude for
B. repugnance to
C. interest in
D. ignorance of
E. reaction after
3. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values was
regarded as ______, even as a sign of madness.
A. adventurous
B. frivolous
C. willful
D. impermissible
E. irrational
4. Rather than enhancing a country's security, the successful development of nuclear
weapons could serve at first to increase that country’s ______.
A. boldness
B. influence
C. responsibility
D. moderation
E. vulnerability
5. For some time now, _____ has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that
everybody has an angle is considered wisdom.
A. rationality
B. flexibility
C. diffidence
D. disinterestedness
E. insincerity
6. Unfortunately, his damaging attacks on the ramifications of the economic policy have
been ______ by his wholehearted acceptance of that policy's underlying assumptions.
A. supplemented
B. undermined
C. wasted
D. diverted
E. redeemed
7. The spellings of many Old English words have been ________ in the living language,
although their pronunciations have changed.
A. preserved
B. shortened
C. preempted
D. revised
E. improved
8. The sheer diversity of tropical plants represents a seemingly ________ source of raw
materials, of which only a few have been utilized.
A. exploited
B. quantifiable
C. controversial
D. inexhaustible
E. remarkable
9. For centuries animals have been used as ________ for people in experiments to assess
the effects of therapeutic and other agents that might later be used in humans.
A. benefactors
B. companions
C. examples
D. precedents
E. surrogates
10. Sponsors of the bill were ________ because there was no opposition to it within the
legislature until after the measure had been signed into law.
A. unreliable
B. well-intentioned
C. persistent
D. relieved
E. detained
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1. The paradoxical aspect of the myths about Demeter, when we consider the predominant
image of her as a tranquil and serene goddess, is her ________ search for her daughter.
A. extended
B. agitated
C. comprehensive
D. motiveless
E. heartless
2. Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to laugh at themselves, although a hint of
________ can boost sales of video clips very nicely.
A. self-deprecation
B. congeniality
C. cynicism
D. embarrassment
E. self-doubt
3. Given the evidence of Egyptian and Babylonian ________ later Greek civilization, it would
be incorrect to view the work of Greek scientists as an entirely independent creation.
A. disdain for
B. imitation of
C. ambivalence about
D. deference to
E. influence on
4. The sheer bulk of data from the mass media seems to overpower us and drive us to
________ accounts for an easily and readily digestible portion of news.
A. insular
B. investigative
C. synoptic
D. subjective
E. sensational
5. Current data suggest that, although ________ states between fear and aggression exist,
fear and aggression are as distinct physiologically as they are psychologically.
A. simultaneous
B. serious
C. exceptional
D. partial
E. transitional
6. There are no solitary, free-living creatures; every form of life is ________ other forms.
A. segregated from
B. parallel to
C. dependent on
D. overshadowed by
E. mimicked by
7.Despite assorted effusions to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientific
skill and humanism, and, quite possibly, there may be something of a ________ between
them.
A. generality
B. fusion
C. congruity
D. dichotomy
E. reciprocity
8. A common argument claims that in folk art, the artist's subordination of technical mastery
to intense feeling ________ the direct communication of emotion to the viewer.
A. facilitates
B. averts
C. neutralizes
D. implies
E. represses
9. While not completely nonplussed by the usually caustic responses from members
of the audience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly ________ by their lively
criticism.
A. humiliated
B. discomfited
C. deluded
D. disgraced
E. tantalized
10. By divesting himself of all regalities, the former king ________ the consideration that
customarily protects monarchs.
A. merited
B. forfeited
C. debased
D. concealed
E. extended
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1. The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was ________ by pointing
out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.
A. banal
B. heretical
C. unproven
D. complex
E. superficial
2. Rumors, embroidered with detail, live on for years, neither denied nor confirmed, until
they become accepted as fact even among people not known for their ________ .
A. insight
B. obstinacy
C. introspection
D. tolerance
E. credulity
3. Animals that have tasted unpalatable plants tend to ________ them afterward on the
basis of their most conspicuous features, such as their flowers.
A. recognize
B. hoard
C. trample
D. retrieve
E. approach
4. Philosophical problems arise when people ask questions that, though very ________ ,
have certain characteristics in common.
A. relevant
B. elementary
C. abstract
D. diverse
E. controversial
5. The natural balance between prey and predator has been increasingly ________ , most
frequently by human intervention.
A. celebrated
B. predicted
C. observed
D. disturbed
E. questioned
6. There is some ________ the fact that the author of a book as sensitive and informed as
Indian Artisans did not develop her interest in Native American art until adulthood, for she
grew up in a region rich in American Indian culture.
A. irony in
B. satisfaction in
C. doubt about
D. concern about
E. presumptuousness in
7. Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable ________
through a complex network of producers and consumers.
A. commodities
B. dividends
C. communications
D. nutrients
E. artifacts
8. The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs;
therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in
Western society during the current decade is ________ critical.
A. perennially
B. disturbingly
C. uniquely
D. archetypally
E. captiously
9. At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that
________ was very near the surface.
A. seriousness
B. confidence
C. laughter
D. poise
E. determination
10. The proponents of recombinant DNA research have decided to ________ federal
regulation of their work; they hope that by making this compromise they can forestall
proposed state and local controls that might be even stiffer.
A. protest
B. institute
C. deny
D. encourage
E. disregard
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