1. Unlike a judge, who must act alone, a jury discusses a case and then reaches its decision as a group, thus minimizing the effect of ---bias.
(A) legal
(B) professional
(C) individual
(D) unexpected
(E) unarticulated
2. One reason why pertinent fossils are ---is that crucial stages of evolution occurred in the tropics where it is difficult to explore for fossils, and so their discovery has ----.
(A) unique... resulted
(B) unconcealable.. declined
(C) uncommon.. lagged
(D) recent.. resumed
(E) prominent .. failed
3. The harmonious accommodation reached by the warring factions exemplifies the axiom that --is possible among people of goodwill, even when they have previously held quite ---perspectives.
(A) candor.. indistinguishable
(B) tension.. congenial
(C) agreement.. unequivocal
(D) compromise.. antagonistic
(E) coexistence.. fixed
4. The prime minister tried to act but the plans were ---by her cabinet.
(A) frustrated
(B) discussed
(C) embellished
(D) overlooked
(E) unleashed
5. Amid the collapsing or out-of-control mechanical devices, the belching volcano had a disturbingly---quality, like a character who has stumbled onstage by mistake.
(A) anomalous
(B) overwrought
(C) obdurate
(D) ephemeral
(E) derelict
6. It is an error to regard the imagination as a mainly ---force; if it destroys and alters, it also---hitherto isolated beliefs, insights, and mental habits into strongly unified systems.
(A) visionary.. conjures
(B) beneficial.. converts
(C) revolutionary.. fuses
(D) negative.. shunts
(E) synthetic.. integrates
7. The semantic ---of ancient documents is not unique; even in our own time, many documents are difficult to decipher.
(A) aspect
(B) pattern
(C) opacity
(D) intention
(E) erudition
8. SCYTHE: REAPER::
(A) pipe: plumber
(B) crop: farmer
(C) grease: mechanic
(D) game: hunter
(E) axe: woodcutter
9. DISCOMBOBULATED: ORDER::
(A) political.. anarchy
(B) promiscuous: chaos
(C) rumpled: wrinkle
(D) strategic: logic
(E) erratic: consistency
10. FERVOR: ZEALOT::
(A) anger: critic
(B) wisdom: convert
(C) doubt: skeptic
(D) caution: philosopher
(E) fearlessness: investor
11. COLTISH: DISCIPLINE::
(A) selfish: ego
(B) mindless: memory
(C) loutish: grace
(D) fiendish: patience
(E) comely: rancor
12. AWL: PIERCE::
(A) lathe: penetrate
(B) drill: flatten
(C) pestle: hash
(D) sickle: smooth
(E) sifter: bake
13. COMPLIMENT: FLATTERY::
(A) eulogy: excoriation
(B) deference: subservience
(C) wisdom: wit
(D) sincerity: hypocrisy
(E) pride: obsequiousness
14. TAXONOMIST: CLASSIFY::
(A) carpenter: build
(B) parodist: laugh
(C) physician: study
(D) spy: equivocate
(E) neophyte: pray
15. UPBRAID: DISAPPROVAL::
(A) rankle: resentment
(B) mortify: distress
(C) beg: favor
(D) stifle: concealment
(E) lament: grief
16. ANATHEMA: CURSE::
(A) charity: saint
(B) pagan: magic
(C) bishop: vestment
(D) prayer: sin
(E) theocracy: state |