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Sentence Completion. Because it arrives so early in the season,before many other birds,the robin has been called the_____of spring. |
Hostage
Autocrat
Compass
Newcomer
Harbinger
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2 |
Sentence Completion. For Miro art became a______ritual; paper and pencils were holy objects to him and he worked as though he were performing a religious rite. |
Superficial
Sacred
banal
Cryptic
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3 |
Sentence Completion. The young man was quickly promoted when his employer's saw how______he was. |
Indigent
Indifferent
Assiduous
Lethargic
Cursory
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4 |
Sentence Completion. The_______pittance the widow receives from the government cannot keep her from poverty. |
Magnanimous
Indulgent
Meticulous
Munificent
Meager
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5 |
Sentence Completion. If you carry this______attitude to the conference,you will_____any supporters you may have at this moment. |
Belligerent,,,,delight
Truculent,,,,,,,alienate
Conciliatory,,,,,defer
Supercilious,,,,,,attract
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6 |
Sentence Completion. The orator was so______that the audience because_____. |
Soporific,,,,,drowsy
Inaudible,,,,,elated
Pompous,,,,,,bombastic
Dramatic,,,,,,affable
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7 |
Sentence Completion. Though he was theoretically a friend of labor,his voting record in Congress_______that impression. |
Implied
Created
Confirmed
Belied
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8 |
Sentence Completion. I have no_______motive in offering this advice;I seek no personal advantage or honor. |
Nominal
Altruistic
Incongruous
Disinterested
Ulterior
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9 |
Sentence Completion. If you are seeking______that will resolve all our ailments,you are undertaking an impossible task. |
A precedent
A panacea
An abstraction
A direction
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10 |
Sentence Completion. Modern architecture has discarded the_______trimming on buildings and has concentrated on an almost Greek simplicity of line. |
Flamboyant
Austere
Inconspicuous
Aesthetic
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11 |
Sentence Completion. A______statement is an_______comparison: it does not compare things explicitly, but suggests a likeness between them. |
Sarcastic,,,,unfair
Blatant,,,,overt
Sanguine,,,,inherent
Metaphorical,,,,,implied
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12 |
Sentence Completion. In japanese art,profound emotion is frequently couched in images of nature,observed with_______conditioned by life in a land of dramatic seasonal change,where perils of earthquake and processes awesome and beautiful. |
An intimacy,,,,,precarious
A fidelity,,,,,munificent
A skill,,,,excessive
An indifference,,,,,chancy
A sensitivity,,,distinctive
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13 |
Sentence Completion. Because Inspector Morse could not contain his scorn for the police commissioner,he was imprudent enough to make______remarkes about his superior officer. |
Ambiguous
Dispassionate
Unfathomable
Interminable
Scathing
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14 |
Sentence Completion. The texts as we have them were written down and edited carefully by Christians proud of their ancestors but unable to bear the thought of their indulging in heathen practices;thus,all references to the ancient religion of the Celts were_____if not______. |
Deleted,,,,,,expunged
Muddied,,,,,suppressed
Labored,,,,,denigrated
Aggrieved,,,,,overawed
Obscure,,,,,ironic
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15 |
Sentence Completion. The newest fiber-optic that carry telephone calls cross-country are made of glass so______that a piece 100 miles thick is clearer than a standard windowpane. |
Fragile
Immaculate
Tangible
Transparent
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16 |
Sentence Completion. One of the most______educators in New York,Dr.Shalala ignited a controversy in 1984 by calling the city public schools a "rotten barrel" in need of_____reform. |
Disputatious,,,,,little
Outspoken,,,,,,systemic
Caustic,,,,,partial
Indifferent,,,,pretentious
Sycophantic,,,,superficial
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17 |
Sentence Completion. The _____ of time had left the castle______it towered above the village,looking much as it must have done in Richard the Lion-Hearted's time. |
Repairs,,,,,,destroyed
Remoteness,,,,,alone
Lack,,,,,defended
Status,,,,,lonely
Ravages,,,,,untouched
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18 |
Sentence Completion. Just as disloyalty is the mark of the renegade,_____is the mark of the _____. |
Timorousness,,,hero
Temerity,,,,,coward
Avarice,,,,philanthropist
Cowardice,,,,,cravan
Vanity....flatterer
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19 |
Sentence Completion. The child was so spoiled by her indulgent parents that she pouted and became_____when she did not receive all of their attention. |
Discreet
Suspicious
Elated
Sullen
Tranquil
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20 |
Sentence Completion. Became she had a reputation for______we were surprised and pleased when she greeted us so______. |
Insolence,,,,irately
Insouciance,,,cordially
Graciousness,,,amiably
Arrogance,,,,,disdainfully
Querulousness,,,,affably
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