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It was not out of mere _____ that Mozart, by then well established, sought out a young Beethoven―in the latter‘s early work Mozart divined a genius that he hoped to, in some way, cultivate.? ? ? ? ?Acontrariness Bsolicitude Csurliness Dprejudice EenlightenmentGearing up for the 2008 Olympics, the city of Beijing worked with impressive _____: the National Stadium, colloquially referred to as the Bird‘s Nest, a work of such grandiosity that most municipalities would have labored five years to complete, was finished in less than half that time.? ? ? ? ?Arepute Btyranny Cdispatch Dhardiness EinsolenceThumbing his nose with equal derision at Mozart as he did at Monet, Thomas was an avowed _____, treating all arts with contempt.? ? ? ? ?Aaesthete Bsecularist Cchauvinist Dinquisitor EphilistineCritics who charged that the technology start-up had blatantly appropriated the laptop design of the leading manufacturer failed to take into account a recent report citing that the start-up had been anything but _____, as not only was it the first to market, but pictures of its original design had initially surfaced publicly.? ? ? ? ?Ahesitant Bdominant Cinnovative Dunscrupulous EposthumousThe author‘s name in shining lights―on the book jacket, that is―_____ the collective nature of the enterprise: before hundreds of seasoned eyes even pore over a final copy, the author has had many expert readers help fashion the novel from its very inception.? ? ? ? ?Aundermines Bbelies Cinforms Dreaffirms EdisambiguatesThe attempted _____ offered little in the indeed the fate of many characters was left unanswered.? ? ? ? ?Arebuttal Bproscription Cdenouement Ddeposition ErecapitulationMany high-tech CEOs, perceived as having absolute power over their respective domains, are accorded the same awe and esteem once reserved for _____ .? ? ? ? ?Amavericks Bpugilists Cdoyennes Dconsiglieri EpotentatesDespite the formality of the occasion, he danced with _____, flailing his arms in the air uninhibitedly.? ? ? ? ?Adecorum Bpiquancy Cvitriol Dunease EabandonThere are few _____ thrills to be gleaned from Kafka‘s writing, for his characters, which typically embody ideas, are not fleshed out enough for the reader to become fully immersed in their plights.? ? ? ? ?Anovel Bvicarious Ctangential Dprecarious EsubstantiveThe Olympic Cycling Team took their _____ at the base of the mountain, hoping that the extra calories would sustain them during the tortuous ascent.? ?Avows Brepast? ? ?Cumbrage Ddander EleaveThe incumbent was so roundly trounced in the latest polls that any notion he had at winning the election was illusory, nothing more than a(n) _____.? ? ? ? ?Afolly Bintrigue Cchimera Dconvenience EpresumptionThat the psychopharmacological journal had already published the findings of the clinician‘s experiment rendered _____ any prior misgivings she had regarding the validity of her control group.? ? ? ? ?Aextant Bmoot Cfallacious Dtopical EretroactiveRevolutions do little to cure a nation‘s _____ C the very agitation that allowed for a change in previous rule often precludes the formation of a viable government.? ? ? ?Ajingoism Bparanoia Crestiveness Deuphoria?EcupidityThe politician spoke in a tedious, pompous manner, _____ the entire duration of his speech.? ? ? ? ?Aranting Banointing Cbloviating Dmisconstruing EaugmentingIt ill behooves the president elect to forthwith _____ the policies that kept his predecessor in good standing on both sides of the political divide.? ? ? ? ?Aenact Babrogate Cpromulgate Drequire EembraceWhile she was unfailingly _____ to her superiors, such slavish obedience and unquestioning sycophancy never helped her ascend beyond the role of a lackey.? ? ? ? ?Aglib Bimpertinent Cobliging Dobsequious EdeferentialThough the accounting firm was exonerated of any corporate malfeasance, the perception that it is not completely _____ has persisted.? ? ? ? ?Aunscrupulous Baboveboard Ccompetent Dtarnished EunforthcomingIn censuring the academic committee for apparently being _____ in appointing a chancellor, the university president mistook deliberation for procrastination--the committee had been guilty of nothing more than a scrupulous vetting of all candidates.? ? ? ? ?Abiased Bdilatory Coverzealous Dprevarication EdilationHistory has recast the 15th century Florentine monk Girolamo Savonarola as a rabble-rousing zealot lording over the Dbonfire of the vanities‖; yet this so-called _____ --mainly because he directed his censure at the church--was a crusader for austerity and thus a check on a papacy that had run a course of profligacy.? ? ? ? ?Aascetic Bnonpartisan Cheretic Dmartyr ElibertineFor Nancy, teatime was no mere _____: she was so persnickety that each step of the process―heating, steeping, and stirring―was executed with the solemnity and exactitude of a surgeon.? ? ? ? ?Arespite Bduress Cvocation Dceremony EgambitThe choreographer was mainly concerned with _____ details, as the period production required the leads to don a number of different outfits.? ? ? ? ?Afrivolous Bsartorial Cpractical Dsporadic EinchoateThe effects of radiation are _____: only after many years, once a chronic disease surfaces, do people realize they had, at some point in their lives, been exposed.? ? ? ? ?Adebatable Binsidious Cobvious Dindiscernible EbenignBecause the corporation has suffered consecutive quarter losses, at times arbitrarily terminating jobs, employees fondly recall the _____ days.?Aprodigal? ? ? ?Bpredictable Cinsufferable Darchaic EhalcyonIn August 27th, 1883, the Indonesian island of Krakatoa, home to a highly volatile volcano, disappeared overnight in a display of stunning geological prowess that continued _____ even after the island had vanished, as a series of massive seismic shocks created a tsunami with waves of 150-feet high that traveled nearly a thousand miles.? ? ? ? ?Afurtively Bhaphazardly Cundiminished Dhypothetically EretroactivelyThat, though no fault of his own, George Cuvier, the father of extinction theory, has mostly slipped into obscurity, his name typically surfacing only in paleontology journals, is an outcome that―given his field and his claim that his work would endure―smacks of _____.? ? ? ? ?Aunexpectedness Barrogance Cmagnanimity Dirony EinsignificanceFor all her brilliance, Ada was undone by a(n) _____ that led her to disparage those who took any speculation too seriously, averring that the philosophical mind worked best when it did not attach itself too strongly to any one line of thought.?Acleverness? ? ? ?Binsouciance Chostility Dsedulity EearnestnessWith the critics waiting in the flanks, their pens flourished like rapiers, Henderson _____ what would inevitably be a media circus regarding the release of yet another of his popular--though always pilloried in the press--series of books featuring a dashing heroine capable of unlimited physical prowess and endless derring-do.? ? ? ? ?Alampooned Bbalked at Csteeled himself for Dinvited EcontemplatedRubens, for all his high-flown rhetoric, churns out book reviews that have come to seem _____: from decades of critiquing other‘s prose, he now relies on a familiar and tired formula.? ? ? ? ?Ascathing Bperfunctory Cerudite Dmawkish EdraconianMeticulous to a fault, Sarah is often considered _____; unless, of course, her consummate eye for detail works in one‘s favor.? ? ?Aobstinate Bprecocious Cwayward? ?Dperfunctory EpersnicketyWith all the trappings of a Dsuccessful‖ novelist, Farminghouse perhaps will most likely experience a(n) _____ fame: posterity rarely looks kindly on those writers who bedazzle the hoi polloi.? ? ? ? ?Ameteoric Bpotential Celusive Dnotorious EenduringFenton‘s motives were clearly (i)_____ , yet Fenton tried, in the most ingratiating way, to (ii)_____ his innocence. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aaboveboard Bbase CovertDmaintain Edismiss FhideMulcahy, in averring that most literary criticism has become so filled with abstruse jargon as to be practically indecipherable to anyone save its practitioners, is himself (i)_____: his main point will be discernible only to the very community he seeks to (ii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Auncertain Bcomplicit CenlightenedDdefend Eimpugn FinformWhereas the incumbent‘s opponents feverishly worked around the clock, digging up seemingly irrelevant information only to contort a(n) (i)_____ incident so that it appeared unequivocally damning, the incumbent himself resorted to no such (ii)_____ and preferred instead to calumniate his opponents during highly publicized debates. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Abenign Bunambiguous CdisgracefulDdesperate subterfuge Econcealed outpouring Fsubtle promotionGiacomo‘s concerti, much like the composer himself, were a (i)_____ affair. Fits of passion would, without warning, give way to sudden idylls, as though the composer had been trying to (ii)_____ his inner conflicts. Only in his later works, which are far more abstract, does he eschew trying to capture his inner states. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Amercurial Brambling CtorridDexorcise Eforeshadow FmirrorFor an obscure poet to have penned such a refined, poignant sonnet is not at all (i)_____. The sonnet, after all, has been a favored form for hundreds of years amongst the amateur and lionized alike. I would be (ii)_____, on the other hand, had not one, out of the sheer number produced during this time, surpassed Shakespeare on a bad day. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Arare Bpuzzling CconceivableDconfounded Evindicated Fhard-pressedFor all his (i)_____, Honore de Balzac?betrayed?a remarkable (ii)_____ to the plight of 19th century women, populating his novels with characters sympathetic to women‘s rights. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aaffability Bdiffidence CboorishnessDcontemptuousness Esensitivity FobliviousnessClaire‘s moods shifted drastically and unexpectedly C one moment she was (i)_____, chatting lively, the next she was (ii)_____, looking forlornly out of the window. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aprolific Bdysphoric CebullientDunflappable Etaciturn FdespondentThe term Drobber barons‖, which refers to those powerful business moguls at the turn of the 19th Century, is hardly a(n) (i)_____, ?despite some of these robber barons outward gestures of philanthropy. Infamous for their insatiable (ii)_____, the robber barons were finally held in check by the ascendancy of a more powerful centralized government. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aanachronism Bmisnomer CprovocationDbraggadocio Ecupidity FtruculenceTo critics the author‘s latest work was (i)_____ ; with so few people purchasing the book, this reception proved to be (ii)_____.Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Adisastrous Bpuzzling CcaptivatingDpoignant Eunnoticeable FironicSome minor governmental bungling in the environmental sector can (i)_____ what many watchdog organizations are declaiming as gross negligence: indeed entire swathes of once fertile land now gone barren (ii)_____ flaws in state policy. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Acertainly mitigate Bclearly misrepresent Chardly account forDcannot solely be attributed to Ecan eventually be traced to Fresult directly fromWhile the aviators had hoped for no (i)_____ meteorological events, the weather became increasingly (ii)_____ , with wind tossing their plane as they crossed the Pacific. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Acrucial Buntoward CpropitiousDtorrid Einclement FpredictableIn claiming that there are overarching commonalities among every culture, Jungenfreud perhaps (i)_____ his case: while there are most likely universal belief systems and recurrent myths spanning both time and civilizations, depending on the level of (ii)_____ of a scholar‘s criteria, surely not all societies display the exact same characteristics--it is one thing to say that every people has an elaborate view of the afterlife (as Jungenfreud does); it is another to show uncanny parallels between the particulars of this afterlife (as Jungenfreud fails to do).Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aoverstates Bmisrepresents CelucidatesDsophistication Especificity FsimilaritiesUnless the current practice of deforestation is (i)_____ by no less than a global committee, the world‘s biodiversity will continue to (ii)_____, robbing posterity of potential pharmacological breakthroughs. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aentailed Bchampioned CsanctionedDebb Eflourish FameliorateHemingway‘s imagination was nowhere near as (i)_____ as that of James Joyce C yet the latter published (ii)_____ works. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Afecund Bwarped CstuntedDfar fewer Eless controversial Fmore estimableFor someone so unjustifiably (i)_____ ?success, the recently installed CEO perhaps surprised very few when his series of impractical business solutions did not ?(ii)_____ the floundering firm. Blank(i)? ?Blank(ii)? ?Aassured of Bintrigued byDpan out for Eend disastrously for?Cunfamiliar with?Freflect negatively onBy the beginning of the 20th Century, piano pedagogy had advanced fingering technique to such a degree that even students with a (i)_____ were able, with targeted practice, to execute thorny passages, while exuding the (ii)_____ of a polished salon pianist. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Amodicum of dexterity Bsemblance of pitch Cconsummate technicalityDsuperciliousness Esanguineness FaplombWhat is the greatest novel of all-time? Many top-100 lists have been proffered, purporting to resolve this very issue. Yet the (i)_____ those compiling these rankings suggests that any definitive list is not (ii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aconsensus amongst Bdivergence of opinion of Ccollective reputeDfar off Eforthcoming FlaudableIn Speak, Memory, Vladimir Nabokov‘s autobiography, the author seems as (i)_____ an ornate prose style as with communicating, often in excruciating detail, the (ii)_____ of a singular life, describing his family‘s fall from aristocracy following the Bolshevik Revolution. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Ataken with Binimical to Cunaccustomed toDapotheosis Evicissitudes FgeneralitiesFar less (i)_____ than her predecessor, the new superintendent remained (ii)_____, even on issues in which some form of compromise was expected. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Atimid Baccommodating CimplacableDintransigent Edebonair FstolidThere is a rising consensus amongst immunologists that the observed rise in allergies in the general population can be attributed to (i)_____ exposure to everyday germs. Known as the hygiene hypothesis, this counterintuitive idea could have far reaching implications―for one, we may now have to be more (ii)_____ those paternal prescriptions to scrub our children‘s hands at every opportunity. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Afrequent Bdecreased CheightenedDwary of Ecognizant of Findifferent toThe public only had so much patience with Newman: his (i)_____ the government‘s supposed ineptitude had become so frequent that even his most (ii)_____ supporters soon began to shift the dial on their radios. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Alitanies of Brebuttals of Cepiphanies onDdiscerning Eavid FcontentiousDespite protestations to the contrary, Peyermessen had clearly (i)_____ complete sections of text from works that, while (ii)_____, were not unknown to specialists in the field, who accused him of plagiarism.Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aomitted Blifted CinterpretedDdated Eprominent FuninformativeWith numerous exciting public works projects in the offing, residents are understandably (i)_____ ; yet because such prodigious undertakings are inevitably plagued with numerous setbacks, much of the fervor is likely to be (ii)_____ a heavy dose of reality. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Avexed Bconcerned CagogDtempered with Eintensified by Fprecluded byLacking the (i)_____ of Martha Argerich, Mitsuko Uchida, in her piano recitals, is (ii)_____, looking up calmly to the heavens as her fingers glide across the keys. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aprecision Bsubterfuge CtempestuousnessDmaladroit Esubdued FforthrightThe (i)_____ common in the earlier days of the regime gave way to a (ii)_____ time, during which few recalled the former pandemonium with anything more than a hint of nostalgia. Blank(i)?Blank(ii)?AtumultDstraitened? ?Bcorruption Ctorpor? ?Ehalcyon FchaoticThe latest biography on J. R. Oppenheimer, in attempting to dispel the pervasive notion that he was a(n) ?(i)_____, only (ii)_____ such a view: seemingly every one of Oppenheimer‘s quirks is related with gleeful fondness. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aegomaniac Beccentric CreactionaryDoverturns Eperpetuates FinvalidatesBecause even his (i)_____ would be loath to consider his novels ?(ii)_____, either the reviewer of his latest work has been ethically compromised, or the author has actually plotted what can, in all positive senses of the word, be described as a thriller. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Astaunchest advocates Bmost implacable opponents Cmost sympathetic detractorsDdishonest Eriveting FstraightforwardNo less (i)_____ than his predecessor, the new prime minister already faced opposition from those who charged that he refused to (ii)_____ even on trifling issues. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aobdurate Bimpertinent CmunificentDbudge Estonewall FinterveneThe critics were so (i)_____ in their (ii)_____ that Scheinhauer, a librettist known to become squeamish after a light smattering of applause, retreated from public view. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Amerciless Bfulsome CopaqueDpraise Econdemnation Fderision(i)_____, she suddenly became (ii)_____ , even conspiratorial, as the detectives, who had been stymied and had all but given up on extracting an iota of evidence from her, took sedulous notes. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?AUnbidden BAghast CSurprisedDsullen Econtentious FforthcomingThe flood of innovation that has engendered many of last decade‘s technological breakthroughs has also claimed some victims in its wake: companies once at the (i)_____ of such innovation have now become (ii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Abrink Bvanguard CperipheryDremarkably pioneering Emostly obsolete Fincreasingly relevantAmongst Irish-American playwrights of the early 20th Century, her work stood out as a(n) (i)_____, not so much because of its striking originality but because other contemporaneous works tended to be (ii)_____ on most social issues. Her plays, by contrast, allowed the audience to come to its own conclusions, a technique that foreshadowed much of 20th century theatre.Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aexemplar Bprecursor CanomalyDunyielding Edogmatic FreticentIronically, for someone whose novels were populated with characters typically marked by a(n) (i)_____, the author himself made tabloid news with exploits that suggested not even a (ii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aconsummate urbanity Bpiercing intellect Cunmitigated temerityDmodicum of civility Esemblance of normalcy Ftrace of wherewithalThe popularization of science by writers with a knack for making the abstruse (i)_____ is not an exclusively modern calling. Indeed the origins of this specific craft harken back to Voltaire, who, in his?Elements of the Philosophy of Newton, made the (ii)_____ writing of the revered British physicist digestible to a lay audience. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aordinary Bpellucid CunapproachableDgreatly cherished Epractically inscrutable Fvirtually unknownMany imagine philosophy apparelled in a toga walking about the Greek agora, (i)_____ quest yet philosophy (ii)_____ today, only we have traded the agora for the Internet: many online venues exist in which the intellectually curious discuss the very same questions that once reverberated through the open air of Athens‘ marketplaces. Blank(i) Blank(ii)? ? ?Aholding forth on Bdisproving Cdismissing? ? ?Dcontinues to be imperilled Eis very much alive Fremains esotericUnlike the trend in modern art to (i)_____ reality, the trend in photography has yet to fall pre photographs that lack (ii)_____ are often seen as nothing more than oddities. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Adepict Bsubvert Celaborate uponDtimeliness Enotoriety FverisimilitudeCheswick‘s motives are forever (i)_____ by a guardedness so thoroughgoing as to make any attempt to dissect his actions (ii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Achecked Btinged CobscuredDunfit Eprovisional FfutileIn his critique of the student‘s (i)_____ essay, the writing instructor mostly focused on (ii)_____ details, leading many in the class to believe he was either oblivious to the subtleties of the piece or simply envious of the student. Blank(i)? ?Blank(ii)? ?Ameandering BpolemicalDtrifling Enuanced?Cprobing?FsignificantCave paintings recently found hundreds of feet below the surface in southern France suggest that prehistoric man viewed animals as central to both his rituals and existence. Whether this focus results from the idolization or subjugation remains (i)_____ - for every painting of a beast riddled with spears, there exists another in which man is depicted in a far more (ii)_____ role, arms outspread as though in obeisance. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aincontrovertible Bequivocal CinconsequentialDdiminutive Edeferential FsacerdotalThough the recent row between the much loved prime minister and the ambassador from the erstwhile colonial power will, in all likelihood, not foment outright protests--the way an incursion by this same foreign power into the country‘s airspace did--surely such discord will only serve to further _____ ?a people long since wary of foreign influence.? ? ? ? ? ?Agall Bdisabuse Cdemean Ddebase Erankle FmarginalizeThe computer modeling of weather has, since its inception, been fraught with difficulties, yet the fact that it has only had to improve on what, to some, amounts to nothing more than voodoo science made its _____ all but assured.? ?Aascendancy Bdemise? ? ? ?Cinclusion Dprimacy Edismissal FretractionYet another creation in line with the _____ melodramas the director is so well known for, the latest effort is likely to have a similar effect: a tiny subset of the population will extol the deliberate pacing, while the majority will dismiss the film as soporific drivel.? ? ? ? ? ?Aplodding Bconvolut Cedexacting Dsadistic Etedious FshockingThe movie is comprised of several vignettes, each presenting a character along with his or her foil: a staid accountant shares an apartment with a (i)_____ a tight-lipped divorcee on a cross-country roadtrip picks up a (ii)_____ and finally, and perhaps most unconvincingly, an introverted mathematician falls in love with a (iii)_____ arriviste. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Acolorful Binsatiable CeminentDgarrulous Euntrustworthy FforlornGunpredictable Hgregarious IbumblingKeane argues that the political conditions during the early years of the United States were, if anything, (i)_____ to the formation of a nation united by one document: the Constitution. Rather, had it not been for a few men―Keaneinvokes the triumvirate of Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison―to (ii)_____ the Constitution, despite the seemingly implacable opposition of anti-Federalists, the central government would have had to (iii)_____ matters of rule to the individual states. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Apermissive Bconducive CinimicalDchallenge Echampion FundermineGcede Hreintroduce IdenySpecial effects in movies are (i)_____, in that unlike the story, whose permutations seem to have long ago been (ii)_____, they continue to evolve: if we were magically beamed years into the future (of course that story has been told numerous times before), the special effects would (iii)_____; the story would be awfully familiar. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Apredictable Bexciting CjuvenileDevaluated Econveyed FexhaustedGbe incomprehensible Hhold us in thrall Iremain unchangedThere is nothing more (i)_____ for first time writers to see that their cherished ideas are actually far less (ii)_____ than they had imagined. Often a publisher, or even a friend, will point out that another writer already captured the same plot twist, or created an almost identical fictional world. This feeling stings even greater when the publication of the neophyte writer‘s work (iii)_____ that of the apparently the public often erroneously believes that the lesser known writer‘s work is derivative. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Agalling Bbracing CalluringDnovel Erigorous FprecedentedGbelittles Hprecedes Ielaborates uponThe contention that Hopkin‘s extensive anthropological fieldwork led to a unified theory is (i)_____ C close scrutiny reveals a (ii)_____ of observations that, at times, even prove (iii)_____ one another. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aredoubtable Bspecious CunbiasedDmere hodgepodge Ecoherent system Fmeticulous scaffoldingGinimical to Hconvergent with Isusceptible toMany philosophers are known for a single utterance, an (i)_____ saying that long outlives them. There is often (ii)_____ in this phenomenon. While most undergraduate philosophy students can quote the 18th Century philosopher David Hume as saying DReason is the slave of the passions,D David Hume himself actually consigned this?apothegm?to themarginalia?of his text. In all likelihood, he had (iii)_____ he had ever written any such thing. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aunfocused Bepigrammatic CobscureDsubtle wisdom Egreat irony Fwide renownGsoon forgotten Hreadily denied Iinadvertently concededWhile some maintain that the recent proliferation of uncredited web sources will have a(n) (i)_____ effect on scholarship, others argue that the effects will be far more (ii)_____, claiming that academics are sensible enough not to (iii)_____ unattributed sources. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Ainestimable Bpernicious CminuteDharmful Ebenign FsubtleGplace credence in Htake issue with Iexpress skepticism towardsRecent meteorological conditions in areas of the northeastern part of the country have been so (i)_____as to leave scientists (ii)_____. Even those models scientists developed to (iii)_____ these extreme outliers have been found wanting. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Apredictable Baberrant CtaxingDindifferent Edumbfounded FcrestfallenGaccommodate Hcircumscribe IdiscountA school of conservationist thought that continues to gain traction in academic circles contends that despite the most noble of intentions, the U.S. National Parks and Forests Services has, in allowing for the uncurbed growth of trees within parks, contributed to the (i)_____ forest fires. While it is true that park rangers can respond to fires quickly, often such fires are far fiercer than in areas not so (ii)_____ trees and underbrush. That is not to say that all fires are deleterious: indeed forest fires play an appreciable role in the function they (iii)_____ the growth of trees so that any given area is less likely to become densely wooded. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Adecrease in Bdepletion of Coutbreak ofDchoked with Edevoid of Fdistant fromGcheck Hfoster IeradicateThe biographer who provides a (i)_____ of detail, even when those details are accurate, (ii)_____ o the greater the number of facts that have to be fashioned into a (iii)_____ narrative, the greater the chance that the narrative, regardless of how consistent, will in any number of ways fail to accord with what really happened. Blank(i)? ?Blank(ii)? ?Blank(iii)? ?Awealth BpaucityDhas an unlikely chance Eruns a heightened riskGcumbersome Hcohesive?Csmattering?Fconcocts a plan?IprofoundThat we can, from a piece of art, (i)_____ the unconscious urges of the artist―urges that remain hidden even from the artist himself―will remain a(n) (ii)_____ issue, as it is one (iii)_____ empirical analysis: we can never definitively know what is submerged deep inside the artist‘s psyche, let alone reconcile any such revelations with the artist‘s work. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aderive Bappreciate CsubvertDpractical Eintractable FunambiguousGeasily subjected to Hnot readily amenable to Ilikely to be resolved byWhile caffeine is well-known as a stimulant, few are aware that an excess of caffeine can actually have a _____ effect.? ? ? ? ?Arestorative Bparadoxical Csoporific Drevitalizing EdetrimentalThe citizens‘ movement had, to no avail, _____ the government to concede to its demands C eventually their earnest entreaties became nothing more than a silent protest.? ? ? ? ?Acited Bnotified Cimportuned Dfinagled EalertedInspiration rarely leads to great writing unless coupled with a(n) _____ regimen, one which affords writers ample opportunities to experience a flash of insight.? ? ? ? ?Atedious Bexacting Cunexpected Dinconsistent EwidespreadIf good taste has _____ the vampire genre tired and trite, the entertainment industry surely is not listening: for every bloodsucker baring fangs there is a hack baring some script.? ? ? ? ? ?Afound Bdeemed Cexpected Ddiscovered Edemeaned FanticipatedThe plucky election campaign has managed to _____ support from the most unlikely corners--even typically derelict voters are eyeing the voting booth with more than indifference.? ? ? ? ? ?Apush away Brile up Choodwink Drepel Ecorral Fround upDuring interrogation, the suspect affected a frightened persona, hoping that such a display of cravenness would deflect the authorities‘ suspicion, as they were looking for someone who had pulled off several very _____ crimes.? ? ? ? ? ?Aheinous Baudacious Cbrazen Dfoolhardy Eobvious FconspicuousImperilled by excessive logging activity, the Canadian snow goose is unusually sensitive to any encroachments into its territory, displaying a(n) _____ rare amongst waterfowl.? ? ? ? ? ?Avalor Bpugnacity Carrogance Dhaughtiness Etruculence FbenignityTo the _____, the music of Bach, at once intensely personal because of the simplicity of its melodies and inaccessible because of contrapuntal complexity, can seem the product of two distinct composers.? ? ? ? ?Ainspired Bnarrow-minded Cuninitiated Dunschooled Eenlightened?FprecipitateWith an emphasis placed on calculus and the algebra necessary to understand it, the modern high school mathematics curriculum has forced traditional courses such as spherical geometry to _____ ?ground to those subjects that underpin a conceptual understanding of calculus.? ? ? ? ? ?Abanish Bcede Coffer Drelinquish Egrant FpromiseThe exuberance of Karevolotski‘s narrator breaks the mold in Russian literature, which heretofore has featured a(n) _____ protagonist, who, grumbling about myriad perceived injustices, braces himself against an oppressive world.? ? ? ? ? ?Agloomy Bebullient Crebellious Dsaturnine Esanguine FunrulyMovie marketing works in a highly predictable, and obnoxious, fashion: the more we are assaulted with images of intergalactic battles, or a pouty heroine hoping to regain her lost love, the greater likelihood that the movie is one best _____.? ? ?Apatronized Bavoided Ccoveted? ? ?Dsteered clear of Emulled over FcelebratedTo most, the word ?architecture‘ connotes a grandeur typically associated with the Old World--flying buttresses, Doric columns, baroque flourishes, byzantine arabesques--and thus many of the more _____ structures, especially those not obviously inspired by neoclassicalism, are often thought to be cobbled together haphazardly instead of following some prescribed architectural idiom.? ? ? ? ? ?Amodest Bsecular Cunassuming Ddilapidated Eramshackle FsedateOnce _____ across the Western plains, the buffalo has seriously diminished in number.? ? ? ? ? ?Asparse Beradicated Cinnumerable Dimmutable Elegion FthoroughgoingEdgar Allen Poe biographers tend to fall into two camps: those who try to rescue the man himself from a macabre world in which fate had decreed nothing less than a(n) (i)_____ outcome, and those who (ii)_____ that very myth, treating the subject as one for whom a life of tragedy was (iii) _____ .Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Adire Bunforeseen CauspiciousDdispute Ehold fast to FsquelchGall but inevitable Hclearly unexpected Ihardly justifiedWhen constantly (i)_____, apocryphal quotations can make the truth seem (ii)_____. For instance, people often spout the phrase DPlay it again, Sam,‖ (iii)_____ quoting Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. When they watch the movie, they assume that the actor has botched his lines during the scene in which he says, DPlay it, Sam.‖ Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Abandied about Bdiscredited CeschewedDelusive Esuspect FironcladGfaithfully Hostensibly IretroactivelyCarefully couching his words in the most diplomatic language possible, so even those (i)_____ to his cause could hardly construe his words as a (ii)_____ , the city councilman offered an ultimatum to the (iii) _____ group of protesters camped outside the City Hall. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aindisposed to Bsympathetic Cimpartial toDpanegyric Ebroadside FprognosticationGdefeated Hquerulous IdishonestPerhaps then the greatest failing of this deluge of positive psychology books is not that they (i) _____ the complexity typical of psychology in general―and in this case replace it with a breezy glibness―but that they dispense advice that is so (ii) _____ and littered with platitudes as to be bereft of the very succor the public requires during our (iii)_____ times.Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Ainvoke Baddress CeschewDpat Eevocative FconvolutedGheady Htrying IhalcyonThe question as to what constitutes art is hardly a (i)_____ one. Today, artists exist whose main goal seems only to subvert work that no longer warrants the trite tag Dcutting-edge.‖ Once the proverbial envelope is pushed even further, the public inevitably scratches its collective head C or furrows the collective brow C thinking that this time the Dartists‖ have (ii)_____. That very same admixture of contempt and confusion, however, was not unknown in Michelangelo‘s day only what was considered blasphemous, art-wise, in the 16th Century, would today be considered (iii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aperennial Bcontemporary CcontroversialDserved their purpose Egone too far Ffailed to provokeGhackneyed Hreverent ItameMonarchial reigns (i)_____ tended to be more (ii)_____, dynastically speaking, than those royal courts in which palace machinations had not become a quotidian affair. In the latter, a pall of complacency would fall over the kingdom so that if suddenly there were an earl with an axe to grind, so to speak, his path to usurpation would be (iii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Amarked by intrigue Bcharacterized by hubris Cweakened by attritionDimperiled Evolatile FrobustGlargely unobstructed Ha treacherous one Ihardly assuredVery few veteran critics tend to be (i)_____ ?the recent decade in cinema. Nonetheless, based on movie reviews many could easily come to the conclusion that the last ten years were indeed banner ones. Once the province of lettered intellectuals, a few even household names (Pauline Kael comes to mind), the role of the movie critic has been (ii)_____ by those lacking any notable credentials. With this flood of veritable tyros opining from the rafters, a movie‘s overall rating―as compiled and tabulated by popular Internet sitesCoften times confers a(n) (iii)_____ on a film, an assessment that posterity will most likely deem specious. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aenamored of Bcondemnatory to CunsympatheticDduly appropriated Eamply filled Firredeemably disgracedGaura of nostalgia Hmantle of inviolability Ipatina of respectabilityPerkin‘s wit, surprisingly (i)_____ by the prudishness of his time, may not have been nearly as (ii)_____ had he lived in an era not so prone to (iii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Atempered Boverwhelmed CuntrammeledDcomical Erestrained FracyGblushing Hvacillation IexpressionThe Hellenistic and Judaic philosophy of the early centuries did not so much (i)_____ ancient Greek philosophy as it did (ii)_____ the Platonic concepts of this time with its understanding of the way in which an ideal world, or one of perfect forms, (iii)_____ the existence of a perfect being. Even the philosophy of the Middle Ages was so inextricably bound with the ideas of ancient Greece that many philosophers could hardly imagine discussing the existence of a perfect being without invoking the conceptual framework laid down by Plato more than a thousand years earlier. Blank(i)?Blank(ii)?Blank(iii)?AadaptDsupplantGallowed for? ?Bdisplace Cforeshadow? ?Ereconcile Fcorrupt? ?Hcircumvented Icalled into questionAdvocates of anti-smoking campaigns are (i) _____ the fact that the number of smokers per capita has (ii) _____ since the 1970s, perhaps aware that, lest this trend reverse itself, their message, which is predicated on dire predictions, is likely to be more (iii) _____ than one rooted in reality. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aquick to cite Breluctant to acknowledge Cindifferent toDremain unchanged Ebeen dramatically ballooning Fbeen steadily decreasingGharmful Hdisingenuous IefficaciousPerhaps there is nothing more to the album than its case that experimentalism into uncharted sonic landscapes did not (i)_____ with Stockhauen. Or perhaps its forays--many of which could rightly be dubbed sophomoric--into the avant-garde also lead to the (ii)_____: that to create an unprecedented sound one has to (iii)_____ a discernible melody. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Acome full circle Bculminate CdieDunsettling conclusion Eunwarranted hypothesis Funcharacteristic rebuttalGchoose to create Hforgo producing Isubtly embedHollywood has a way of (i)_____ reality, thereby completely altering not only past events but our perception of these events. To take but one example, after watching Milos Forman‘s Oscar-Winning Picture, Amadeus, audiences smugly walk away Dknowing‖ the Italian composer Antonio Salieri sordidly did away with the divine genius Mozart. That such a story is at best a (ii)_____ is, to them, not even a(n) (iii)_____. Blank(i) Blank(ii) Blank(iii)? ? ?Asubtly hewing to Bcasually distorting Cfundamentally transmuting? ? ?Dsensation Econtrivance Fcanard? ? ?Gfabricated deception Himplausible matter Iremote possibilityThe subjectivity inherent in travel is aptly captured in the range of styles used by different writers. For Hemingway, writing eighty years ago, the experience of travel―regardless of how momentous―was rendered in (i) _____ observations, a style many of today‘s writers studiously (ii) _____. Then there is travel writer Pico Iyer, for whom a simple stroll through an airport can beget sentences bursting forth with as many semicolons as revelations. Who thought the terminal could be so (iii) _____? Surely not many writers today. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aprosaic Baphoristic CsardonicDavoid Elampoon FcultivateGirrevocably wrenching Hwildly unpredictable Iendlessly fascinatingThe classical music critic suffers the double indignity of opining on a field that the layman mostly (i)_____: not only must he deal with the fact that the public tends to look (ii)_____ on critics but he must also risk coming across as (iii)_____ a subject in which few deign to show any interest. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aspurns Bembraces CmisinterpretsDaskance Eunduly FsmuglyGdeeply moved by Hdispassionate Icondescending towardsA successful revolution, whereby those who have unseated the previous government are able to usher in an irenic transformation, is not (i) _____. Nonetheless, scholars, and even the public at large, persist in believing that the American Revolution, while clearly successful, bequeathed a(n) (ii) _____ that all restive nations need only followto enjoy effective self-rule. One must look no further than the sweep of the 20th century, to realize the (iii) _____ of this conception. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Athe norm Ban aberration Can archetypeDtemplate Enotion FmaximGfutility Hambiguity IfollyPublic officials recently announced plans to (i) _____ noise pollution in parts of the downtown. Aside from citing the usual costs of enforcing ordinances, the city also referenced reports indicating that residents had become (ii) _____ the hubbub, a finding that, for the most part, is not (iii)_____ the dearth of media coverage on the issue―when a municipality is responsible for disgruntled citizens, the newspapers are sure to follow up with a flurry of coverage. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Ascrap Bcurb CcondoneDenraged by Eflustered by Finured toGincompatible with Hreconciled with Imitigated byIt is telling that a politician long adept at inhabiting any role that will serve his immediate purpose has been able to (i)_____ a disgruntled electorate, an outcome that perhaps speaks more to the electorate‘s (ii)_____ nature than it does to his ability to be (iii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aeasily placate Bonly repel Cshrewdly courtDfickle Edisaffected FdocileGpersuasive Hcandid ImisleadingHistory has known few as _____ as the Irish wit Oscar Wilde: on his inaugural trip to America, when asked by customs officials if he had anything to declare, Wilde replied: DThe only thing I have to declare is my genius.‖? ? ? ? ? ?Aarch Bnarcissistic Csuccessful Dmisanthropic Epuckish FaccomplishedThe travel writer must invite _____. Few, if any travelogues, have ever been inspired by a languorous afternoon poolside.? ? ? ? ? ?Atravail Btribulations Cexcitement Dscandal Etranquility FserenityThe recent discovery of the existence of a far greater number of planets than had previously been thought only _____ undergirds the argument for i such an argument depends on more than a mere tally of planets, for only those planets that can form a viable atmosphere can host the conditions necessary for life.? ? ? ? ? ?Asubtly Bminimally Cobliquely Dretroactively Ediscursively FindirectlyAnticipating a dry, hot fall, city officials are _____ citizens to rake up any leaves on their respective property: many radio shows have slotted 15-second spots warning listeners about the heightened possibility of fire should sufficient underbrush collect in untended parts of residents‘ premises.? ? ? ? ? ?Areminding Bexhorting Cpetitioning Denlisting Ecounseling FenjoiningThough she would _____ at a mere peccadillo, she would, with nary more than a wagging finger, condone far more untenable behavior.? ? ? ? ? ?Abridle Bquibble Cbristle Dbeam Echortle FguffawThat art wields political power is not an incontrovertible position―if it is even true at all: Picasso‘s Guernica, a painting capturing the wanton plundering of a Spanish village, hangs almost _____ in the Guggenheim, framed by a soft light best befitting a seaside idyll.? ? ? ?Ademurely Bgrotesquely Caskew Dself-effacingly? ?Epeacefully FfrivolouslyThe city council was notorious for voting down any measure that would restrict its ability to wield power, so that it _____ a bill aimed to narrow the ambit of its jurisdiction was surprising only to the small few who had come to believe that the council would pull an about-face.? ? ? ? ? ?Achampioned Btook exception to Cdiscarded Dwas in favor of Etabled Fobjected toWith university lecture halls rivaling small-concert venues in terms of the number of those in attendance, it _____ incoming freshmen--most long coddled in an intimate learning environment--to become adept at navigating the treacherous waters of anonymity.? ? ? ? ? ?Aimplicates Bis incumbent upon Cbehooves Dremoves the onus for Eis unfair for FbenefitsThat the web may seem some (i)_____ phenomenon, hardly rooted in the physical world, is a notion clearly (ii)_____ by the existence of Dserver farms,‖ sprawling forests of metal that, figuratively speaking, provide the backbone of the Internet.Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aethereal Bephemeral CfaddishDbuttressed Ebetrayed Funsupported(i)_____ in the 1990s, Swing music has since (ii)_____ in popular venues, returning to its former state of middling popularity. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?AAbundant BUncommon CResurgentDalighted Epetered out FburgeonedIt is (i)_____ that the short story, regardless of its acclaim amongst certain members of the literati, has (ii)_____ amongst the public. All the more so, because the novel, in some ways an inherently more demanding form, continues to be popular amongst lay readers who apparently subscribe to the trite credo that bigger is better. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Aunsurprising Bencouraging CtellingDlanguished Eburgeoned FimplodedThe number of speeding tickets one receives is by no means a reliable measure of (i)_____. Some (ii)_____ drivers, in fact, prove that in certain cases the inverse is true. That is those savvy enough to have availed themselves of the latest cellular phone applications receive up-to-the-minute information on the presence of highway patrolmen―greater excess speed, in these instances, simply implies a greater (iii)_____. Blank(i) Blank(ii) Blank(iii)? ? ?Aawareness Bculpability Csusceptibility? ? ?Daffluent Eintrepid Fresourceful? ? ?Gdegree of confidence Hsense of vulnerability Ilikelihood of entrapmentAll too often scientists are quick to (i)_____ findings that ostensibly fail to mesh with their own research nonetheless, such a response is (ii)_____ compared to the (iii)_____, if not downright contemptuous, attitude they take towards a theory that questions the very foundation upon which their work rests. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Adiscuss Bdoubt Cclutch atDunquestionably vitriolic Epositively muted Fslightly undiplomaticGcomplacent Hconvivial IdismissiveJansen‘s writing strikes many as (i)_____ for one who is capable of enduing even the most recondite topics with a(n) (ii)_____?tone, his prose becomes (iii) _____in the informal correspondences he had with his contemporaries. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Apedantic Bforbidding CparadoxicalDacerbic Ecautious FbreezyGcuriously stilted Hfully realized Isomewhat unguardedWhile society may regard science as some (i)_____ activity closed off to the (ii)_____ masses, the daily life of a scientist--driving to work each day, checking emails, meeting deadlines--can seem (iii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Agrand Barcane CillicitDdisheveled Ebenighted FhuddledGirredeemably prosaic Hsurprisingly quotidian Irelentlessly hecticFor an artist of such circumscribed talent, Mario was given (i)_____ attention, many connoisseurs (ii)_____ over works that warranted nothing more than a(n) (iii)_____ glance. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Ascant Bsporadic CscrupulousDporing Epassing FfalteringGderisive Hcursory ItentativeAs spurious sightings of imaginary creatures that have captured the popular mind (i)_____, however (ii)_____ a story may be, once it has been circulated enough times, it will gather a patina of (iii) _____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Adiminish Bentail CsuggestDclever Eapocryphal FcaptivatingGneglect Htruth IdeceitWhen researchers follow the scientific method, the absence of (i)_____ proof by no means suggests a theory lacks validity. Indeed, no theory is (ii)_____ : each can always be subject to further testing and scrutiny, and thus, by definition, remains (iii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aineffable Bsufficient CirrefutableDcherished Eporous FunassailableGequivocal Hsuspect IprovisionalShe gave him a(n) (i)_____ look that was not so much (ii)_____ as it was (iii)_____. Blank(i) Blank(ii) Blank(iii)? ? ?Aknowing Bencouraging Cunequivocal? ? ?Daccusatory Eapprobatory Ffastidious? ? ?Gegregious Htentative IadmonitoryThat we may become flaccid after our rivals have been vanquished, and we are surrounded by those friendly to our interests, is in no way a(n) (i)_____ observation. Still, history is rife with examples where a sense of (ii)_____ pervades once a people has achieved victory. Yet, even were this insight more (iii)_____, few would take notice, as human nature is wont to ignore future threats in times of prosperity. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Apithy Btrite CastoundingDduty Ecamaraderie FcomplacencyGwidely circulated Hclearly unassailable Ihastily dismissedJames Clerk Maxwell once remarked that the best scientists are, in a sense, the (i)_____ ones not hemmed in by the (ii)_____ of their respective fields, they are able to approach problems with a(n) (iii)_____ mind, so to speak. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aadaptable Brevolutionary CignorantDmyopia Epreconceptions FinertiaGfertile Hrational IemptyAccording to Lackmuller‘s latest screed, published under the title,?Why We Can‘t Win at Their Game, special interest groups not nominally tied to ecological concerns have become so (i) _____ the process of environmental policymaking that those groups who actually aim to ensure that corporate profit does not trump environmental health have been effectively (ii) _____. Lackmuller‘s contention, however, is (iii)_____ in that it fails to account for the signal achievements environmental groups have effected over the last 20 years―often to the chagrin of big business.Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Amarginalized in Bindebted to Cinfluential inDvindicated Esquelched FlionizedGsomewhat tentative Hrarely myopic Ihighly misleadingHeinrich Feyermahn, in insisting that Galileo did not fully uphold the tenets of scientific rationalism, does not (i)_____ the Italian astronomer, but rather the very edifice of Western thought. For if Galileo is the purported exemplar of rational thinking, and yet is (ii)_____, then the history of science cannot be understood as an endless succession of scientists carrying out their work free of all-too-human biases. Thus, Feyermahn admonishes, in faithfully chronicling the sweep of science in the last 300 years, historiographers would be (iii)_____ to not include the human foibles that were part of even the most ostensibly Apollonian endeavors. ? Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aexclusively implicate Bpartially repudiate Cfully espouseDfound wanting Econsidered enlightened Fdismissed as inconsequentiaGprudent Hremiss IcontrarianWhether repression has come from the church or from a totalitarian state, science has always been an imperiled endeavor, but to claim that it will only flourish in times of libertarian rule is not a(n) (i)_____ conclusion. A(n) (ii)_____ government is not the same as one that actively takes an interest in funding science C and the latter may well be, in some respects, (iii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Asuperficial Bineluctable CtentativeDdespotic Ealoof FpermissiveGcorrupt Hinviolate IautocraticTo view a film by Torneau is to enter the auteur‘s mind. That his reality fails to correspond in salient ways to that of a ‖normal‖ person does not (i)_____ ―even if Torneau is incapable of escaping his own head. To appreciate his work, the audience simply has to indulge the director his (ii)_____and leave at the theater door its own (iii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Ajustify censorship Bserve as a rebuke Cpreclude a connectionDsolipsism Espontaneity FchauvinismGdemands for coherence Hexpectations of resolution Ipresumptions of the worldAmongst business school students exists a(n) (i)_____ that the more (ii) _____ the material, the less bearing it will have on their respective futures. This unspoken notion is by no means (iii)_____ by the finding that business leaders who read voraciously cite as their favorite works books that offer practical guidance on how to succeed. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aapt supposition Brepresentative trend Ctacit beliefDtopical Eesoteric FtheoreticalGsupported Hredressed IchallengedUnlike her predecessor, Mayor Williams would not (i)_____ any impertinence from her subordinates. Even a (ii)_____ comment she tended to construe as one full of (iii)_____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Adiscountenance Belicit CbrookDseemingly innocuous Eclearly tangential Fsomewhat ambivalentGsubterfuge Hprolixity IcontumelyLambert, in his latest thesis, is guilty of (i) _____ Nietzsche‘s conception of eternal recurrence, a scholarly transgression that results mainly from his propensity to (ii) _____ multiple sources. That his interpretation seems(iii) _____ may indeed obscure the fact that he liberally combined ideas drawn from numerous works, many of them contemporary, a fact that, in part, accounts for the dubious validity of his overall project. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aequivocating upon Bmisconstruing CundervaluingDenjoin Econflate FmisquoteGtentative Hcohesive IdisjointedFor charities operating in the developing world, when noble impulses (i)_____ into mere (ii)_____, vapid slogans rear their heads and we witness a further deterioration in the very situation such high-mindedness had initially sought to (iii) _____. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Adevolve Bmorph CcoalesceDquixotry Efraud FaltruismGlimit Hprevent IameliorateWhat tradition has long known, science must labor through its usual rigorous protocols to arrive at the very same assessment. Concerning learning in infants, recent findings (i)_____ this trend: the timeworn yarn that babies are (ii)_____ ―and oftentimes disregarding―stimuli from their surroundings has been turned on its head although (iii) _____ ?exhibiting a mastery of their respective worlds, infants are constantly conducting experiments―very much like scientists themselves―testing their limits vis-a-vis an environment at once enchanting and frustrating. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Abuck Buphold CunderscoreDpassively receiving Esubtly parsing Factively misinterpretingGfar from Hknown for IpotentiallyOur (i)_____ of the world is only possible through the (ii)_____ of the eye and brain. For without light striking the retina, there would be no image for the occipital lobe to project, so to speak, onto the conscious mind. And without the occipital lobe to (iii)_____ visual input from the eyes, there would be no coherent reality. Blank(i)? ? ?Blank(ii)? ? ?Blank(iii)? ? ?Aintimation Bapprehension CinterpolationDpercipience Econstrual FcollaborationGmanage Hreform IlocateAn increase in blood pressure, by itself, does not indicate that a person is at greater risk for a myocardial infarction, there must be a(n) _____ of symptoms before a doctor comes to such a conclusion.? ? ? ? ?Asuperfluity Bcluster Coutbreak Dpaucity EremissionThe travel writer‘s _____ towards others he met on his cross-country trip most likely endeared him only to those readers with a misanthropic bent.? ? ? ? ?Adiffidence Bhumility Ccynicism Dgarrulity Eobsequiousness_____ abound in geography: the city of Alexandria is named after Alexander the G Leopoldville, the former name of Kinshasa, is named after King Leopold II of Belgium.? ? ? ? ?AEponyms BDerivatives CMetaphors DTropes EDiminutivesMuch of the consumer protection movement is predicated on the notion that routine exposure to seemingly _____ products can actually have long-term deleterious consequences.? ? ? ? ?Aoutdated Bbanal Clitigious Dvirulent EbenignUnlike classical music, which has many perennial favorites, pop music produces few _____ .? ? ? ? ?Amannerisms Bevergreens Cdetractors Daffidavits EephemeraThough she had spent years toiling away, she had again, much to her _____ , been passed over for a lucrative post that went to someone far less senior.? ? ?Adelight Bdisenfranchisement Cdiligence? ?Dprescience EchagrinThe professor repelled many students with his _____ asides, often droning on about some trivial academic point.? ? ? ? ?Asubtle Balluring Cpedantic Dcontemptuous EedifyingThomas Chippendale, the 17th Century English designer, was renowned for his _____ style: even typically prosaic furniture pieces were ornately embellished.? ? ? ? ?Aplebeian Bcosmopolitan Crococo Dintuitive EaustereThe gallery hinted at the curator‘s affinity for _____ works: despite an overarching theme to the exhibit, the pieces ranged from Incan pottery to African tribal masks.? ? ? ? ?Aobscure Brevitalized Cveritable Declectic EforgottenThe Barcelona based outfit, Ojos de Brujos, combines elements of East Indian tabla music, American hip-hop, and classical Flamenco, producing an unique _____ of sound.? ? ? ? ?Acadence Bsubtlety Camalgam Dinfusion EdynamoWith characteristic _____ , H.L. Mencken skewered the sacred cows of his time, criticizing social trends and government institutions with equal asperity.? ? ? ? ?Ahauteur Bplayfulness Cvitriol Dcivility EdashSmall talk abounds with _____ , which are nothing more than canned phrases lacking any real substance.? ? ? ? ?Adigressions Brecriminations Chistrionics Daddenda EplatitudesThat the nightmarish depictions common to most early 20th century dystopian novels are exaggerated should by no means diminish the _____ power of these works, for many of the visions they conjure up are reflected, albeit in less vivid form, in many totalitarian governments today.?Asynoptic? ? ? ?Bephemeral Ccomprehensive Dapolitical EpropheticHoping for a fresh _____ of cash, the nascent public works program had to shut down when funds were not forthcoming.? ? ? ? ?Areprisal Bdispersal Cliquidity Dinfusion EinstantiationFor a writer with a reputation for both prolixity and inscrutability, Thompson, in this slim collection of short stories, may finally be intent on making his ideas more _____ to a readership looking for quick edification.? ? ? ? ?Aaesthetic Bprescient Cpalatable Dinaccessible EtranscendentThe stage of daytime talk shows has become our Roman coliseum C the audience, hissing and booing, _____ the Dculprit,‖ who is forced to justify some unseemly behavior.? ? ?Aconciliates Bremediates Clauds? ?Dexecrates EstymiesParson Weems, George Washington‘s preeminent biographer during the president‘s life, is responsible for spreading many of the _____ we today accept as the unvarnished truth.? ? ? ? ?Acanards Bassurances Cdisenchantments Denmities EcertaintiesMany claim that the 19th Century institution of snake‘s oil―the peddling of items that seldom live up to their vaunted claims―is a one need only look so far as the Internet to see that the tradition is _____ .? ? ? ? ?Athriving Btransient Cperipheral Ddiminishing EcounterfeitThe days of the consummate _____ are over: there are simply too many fields of knowledge for one person to master completely.? ? ? ? ?Asurveyor Bdilettante Cpolymath Drationalist EfabulistFor the time being, at least, the director‘s intent is _____ : he has remained reticent during interviews, and even viewers have had wildly divergent interpretations over the film.? ? ? ? ?Asuspect Bunambiguous Cequivocal Dhostile EdiffidentUnlike the performances of her youth, in which she seamlessly inhabited a role, the performances of her later years were _____ as though she were calling out to audiences, Dlook how convincingly I can portray my character.‖? ? ? ? ?Adecrepit Bcomical Cvolatile Dmechanical EcontrivedWhether the writer‘s most recent work will _____ his status as a great n that, with this work, he continues to create probing narratives that capture a country in the midst of turmoil is unassailable.? ? ? ? ?Aalter Bcement Cdegrade Dconcern EdiminishWithout food and water, Mike continued back to camp in a _____ fashion, moving slowly and with great difficulty.?Ahuffy? ? ? ?Blabored Cmorose Dapathetic EconsistentRather than _____ the objectives of the recent reform, the government opted to forgo making any official announcement to the public.? ? ? ? ?Ainstitute Bpromulgate Cconcede Dretract EcompromiseThe conception of time as parcelled out in _____ intervals did not begin with the as such we must have a biological predisposition to not conceive of time as simply an amorphous succession of moments.? ? ? ? ?Afleeting Billusory Cunbounded Ddiscrete EindiscernibleModern psychoanalysis is _____ Freud, for while he bequeathed us an effective heuristic for understanding the human psyche, he is also guilty of perpetuating many untruths.? ? ?Adismissive of Bambivalent toward Ccondemnatory of? ?Dindifferent to Euninformed aboutJacques was a born _____ : he would often regale those around him with stories from his fascinating childhood.? ? ? ? ?Adissembler Biconoclast Craconteur Dsentimentalist EmaverickA successful space shuttle launch is _____ such a great number of factors--any of which can sabotage a lift-off--that spectators should not chafe at the slightest sign of delay.? ? ? ? ? ?Aunrelated to Brelevant to Ccontingent upon Ddependent on Eperipheral to Fcoterminous withMax was so _____ that he never could be caugh his duplicity worked its seductive spell through a calculated mix of half-truths and disingenuousness.? ? ? ? ?Aobtuse Bwily Cuncanny Dundiscerning Ecrafty?FartlessMartha was _____ those whom she had only met a few times, expressing her misgivings with folded arms and furrowed brow.? ? ? ? ? ?Awary of Bhaughty towards Csmitten with Dinarticulate towards Econciliatory of Fsuspicious ofThe professor began to work _____ on various research projects―though never to the point that she failed to attend to her classes, since whether she received tenure was determined not only by published research but also, to some extent, by student recommendations.? ? ? ? ? ?Aperiodically Bsporadically Cmonotonously Dindustriously Ediligently FfruitfullyA tantalizing paradox in the field of number theory―especially for the neophyte―is that even one with little training can pose a legitimate question that can _____ a seasoned expert.? ? ? ?Aimpress Bbaffle Cundermine Dconfound? ?Econvince Fdiscourage
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