Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words that BEST fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. :RA :Q 1. The quality in any artistic representation of life or in life itself that moves one to ____ is ____. (a) laughter--ridicule (b) pathos--compassion (c) pity--pathos (d) dread--irony (e) inertia-pathos :RCC :Q 2. A(n) ____ parent may be said to be full of ____. (a) disdainful--jealous (b) solicitous--anger (c) angry--solicitude (d) solicitous--concern (e) apprehensive--solemnity :RCD :Q 3. An imitation which deliberately ____ certain features of the original is a ____. (a) distorts--caricature (b) traces--compassion (c) applauds--fan (d) ribald--derision (e) derisive--disapprobation :RCA :Q 4. For days many of us have been scurrying through our Christmas shopping, ____ checking our gift lists to make sure that no one is forgotten. Mountains of gifts have been swept from the stores' shelves. Inventories have been reduced. It looks as if this is to be a Yule of great ____. (a) cursorily--pandemonium (b) punctiliously--raillery (c) dilatory--parsimony (d) jubilantly--penury (e) meticulously--largess :RCE :Q 5. An expression that is in current use and that has not been formally accepted into language is termed ____. (a) axiomatic (b) epigrammatic (c) slang (d) vulgar (e) ungrammatically :RCC :Q 6. In seeking to reach from history some conclusions about the meaning of human experience, the author has recognized that it is ____ on him to give as factual and honest an account of a particular situation as possible. He has thus produced, by massive research and lucid exposition, the most ____ and fairest statement of the eminent man's activities in foreign affairs, within the given conditions of his time, as now exists. (a) inexpedient--arbitrary (b) redundant--concise (c) presumptuous--comprehensive (d) incumbent--comprehensive (e) mandatory--cumbersome :RCD :Q 7. To use language that is deliberately ____ and with intent to deceive is to ____. (a) nebulous--prognosticate (b) ambiguous--equivocate (c) equivocal--connive (d) prevaricating--mystify (e) ludicrous--banter :RCB :Q 8. A person who practices ____ is a ____. (a) mendacity--builder (b) mendicancy--beggar (c) plagiarism--virtuoso (d) expediency--racer (e) opportunism--moralist :RCB :Q 9. He is ____ who is offensively ____. (a) arrogant--proud (b) presumptuous--circumspect (c) contumelious--irate (d) supercilious--disrespect (e) haughty--meek :RCA :Q 10. An argument that may be disproved by fact is ____. (a) unassailable (b) contradictory (c) refutable (d) biased (e) veracious :RCC :Q 11. He managed to deceive everyone through his ____. (a) intelligence (b) wit (c) canard (d) telescope (e) circumspection :RCC :Q 12. Maryann is ____ and, therefore, easily ____. (a) corpulent-unnoticed (b) callow-duped (c) docile-irritated (d) frugal-hoodwinked (e) apathetic-aroused :RCB :Q 13. A(n) ____ is not ____. (a) anachronism-dated (b) agnostic-convinced (c) panacea-efficacious (d) specter-ghostly (e) syllogism-reasoning :RCB :Q 14. Since she was suffering from ____, she thought it best to stay indoors. (a) claustrophobia (b) kleptomania (c) hydrophobia (d) acrophobia (e) agoraphobia :RCE :Q 15. To be ____ is to be ____. (a) truckling-servile (b) obsolete-fashionable (c) maudlin-stolid (d) mercenary-altruistic (e) ribald-decent :RCA :ET :ET :ET
