section 4
1. Our young people, whose ---- sensitivities have not yet become ----, have a purer and more immediate response than we do to our environment.
(A) native.. excited
(B) keen.. calloused
(C) dull.. numbed
(D) impartial.. objective
(E) sophisticated.. perceptive
2. The repudiation of Puritanism in seventeenth- century England expressed itself not only in retaliatory laws to ---- Puritans, but also in a general attitude of ---- for Puritans.
(A) restrict.. contempt
(B) regulate.. regard
(C) benefit.. affection
(D) repress.. respect
(E) evade.. hatred
3. It is a great ---- to be able to transfer useful genes with as little extra gene material as possible, because the donor's genome may contain, in addition to desirable genes, many genes with ---- effects.
(A) misfortune.. unpredictable
(B) disappointment .. superfluous
(C) convenience.. exquisite
(D) accomplishment.. profound
(E) advantage.. deleterious
4. Because it has no distinct and recognizable typo- graphical form and few recurring narrative con- ventions, the novel is, of all literary genres, the least susceptible to ----.
(A) misuse
(B) imprecision
(C) inquiry
(D) definition
(E) innovation
5. The brittle fronds of the Boston fern break easily and become brown, so that the overall appearance of the plant is ---- unless the broken fronds are cut off.
(A) admired
(B) overrated
(C) disparaged
(D) blunted
(E) ruined
6. There is no necessary intrinsic connection between a word and the thing it refers to, the relationship is purely ----.
(A) conventional
(B) consistent
(C) strategic
(D) illustrative
(E) problematical
7. That the Third Battalion's fifty-percent casualty rate transformed its assault on Hill 306 from a brilliant stratagem into a debacle does not ---- eyewitness reports of its commander's extra- ordinary ---- in deploying his forces.
(A) justify.. rapidity
(B) gainsay.. cleverness
(C) corroborate.. determination
(D) invalidate.. brutality
(E) underscore.. ineptitude
8. LIQUID: VALVE::
(A) temperature: thermometer
(B) electric current: switch
(C) bus ticket: punch
(D) railroad track: route
(E) fence: gate
9. PRIMP: VAIN::
(A) scowl: uncomfortable
(B) mask: slick
(C) cringe: mean
(D) gloat: smug
(E) boast: successful
10. GOBBLE: EAT::
(A) nibble: chomp
(B) quaff: swallow
(C) bite: chew
(D) guzzle: drink
(E) gulp: slurp
11. SHIPSHAPE: DISARRAY::
(A) snug: propriety
(B) squalid: cleanlines
(C) plush: prosperity
(D) forsaken: desolation
(E) chaotic: ostentation
12. HOVER: PLUNGE::
(A) float: swim
(B) hide: stalk
(C) crouch: spring
(D) glide: swerve
(E) flutter: alight
13. SAGE: WISDOM::
(A) pilgrim: abstinence
(B) pundit: imitation
(C) philanthropist: benevolence
(D) legislator: diplomacy
(E) crusader: ambition
14. ERODE: DIMINISH::
(A) corrode: contract
(B) compress: conform
(C) coalesce: purify
(D) accrete: enlarge
(E) adhere: complete
15. MANIA: ENTHUSIASM::
(A) exercise: activity
(B) fever: symptom
(C) coma: unconsciousness
(D) honesty: virtue
(E) doting: fondness
16. DBDURATE: BUDGE::
(A) outlandish: confirm
(B) lucid: clarify
(C) abstemious: deprive
(D) lachrymose: cheer
(E) insouciant: relax |
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