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1. Faraday does not ---- any particular theory; she believes that each theory increases our understanding of some dreams but that no single theory can ---- them all.
(A) endorse.. explain
(B) discuss.. simplify
(C) mention.. replace
(D) evaluate.. identify
(E) criticize.. eradicate
2. Although his outnumbered troops fought bravely, the general felt he had no choice but to ---- defeat and ---- a retreat.
(A) hasten.. suggest
(B) seek.. try
(C) oversee.. reject
(D) overcome.. request
(E) acknowledge.. order
3. Despite some allowances for occupational mobility, the normal expectation of seventeenth- century English society was that the child's vocation would develop along familial lines;
---- the career of one's parents was therefore
----.
(A) disagreement with .. forbidden
(B) divergence from .. limited
(C) preparation for .. difficult
(D) reliance on .. unanticipated
(E) assumption of .. premature
4. The little-known but rapidly expanding use of computers in mapmaking is technologically similar to the more ---- uses in designing everything from bolts to satellites.
(A) recent
(B) impromptu
(C) publicized
(D) ingenuous
(E) secure
5. The impact of a recently published collection of essays, written during and about the last presidential campaign, is lessened by its timing; it comes too late to affect us with its ---- and too soon for us to read it out of historical----.
(A) foresight.. anxiety
(B) research .. consistency
(C) assuredness.. skepticism
(D) immediacy.. curiosity
(E) veracity.. respect
6. It would be misleading to use a published play to generalize about fifteenth-century drama: the very fact of publication should serve as a ---- of the play's ---- character.
(A) qualification.. unusual
(B) manifestation.. unsophisticated
(C) restatement.. untraditional
(D) warning.. unrepresentative
(E) demonstration.. unliterary
7. The Neoplatonists' conception of a deity, in which perfection was measured by abundant fecundity, was contradicted by that of the Aristotelians, in which perfection was displayed in the ---- of creation.
(A) profusion
(B) precision
(C) variety
(D) clarity
(E) economy
8. TUITION: INSTRUCTION::
(A) salary: increment
(B) fare: transportation
(C) ransom: imprisonment
(D) collateral: mortgage
(E) stipend: charity
9. ARBITRATOR: DISPUTANTS::
(A) salesperson: clients
(B) waiter: chefs
(C) commander: adjutants
(D) judge: litigants
(E) artist: critics
10. ARBORETUM: TREES::
(A) zoo: range
(B) greenhouse: garden
(C) aviary: birds
(D) grove: forest
(E) museum: painters
11. WINNOW: WHEAT::
(A) refine: oi
(B) burn: coal
(C) grind: flour
(D) bake: bread
(E) mow: grass
12. IDYLL: CAREFREE::
(A) ordeal: difficult
(B) lark: regrettable
(C) interlude: nostalgic
(D) trial: tragic
(E) respite: spontaneous
13. RELAPSE: CONVALESCENCE::
(A) repetition: monotony
(B) impasse: debate
(C) dissonance: harmony
(D) recidivism: rehabilitation
(E) feudalism: industrialization
14. ANACHRONISM: CHRONOLOGY::
(A) fallacy: logic
(B) tradition: custom
(C) debauchery: appetites
(D) archetype: paradigm
(E) variations: incongruity
15. DEFAULT: PAY::
(A) evict: reside
(B) slouch: stand
(C) yield: resist
(D) sue: convict
(E) argue: win
16. FIRM: INTRANSIGENT::
(A) vague: inattentive
(B) faithful: resolute
(C) malleable: tractable
(D) concerned: obsessed
(E) improvident: industrious |