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NEW SET
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Type the letter of the word or words which correctly complete the
following sentences.
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1. Some people are so _____________ that they would risk their lives to save
someone else.
(A) authoritarian
(B) egotistical
(C) apprehensive
(D) obdurate
(E) altruistic
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(E) An "altruistic" person might risk his or her life to save someone else.
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2. I have always been _____________ because it's important to save money, but
I don't want people to think that I am _____________.
(A) prolific, humanitarian
(B) charitable, prudent
(C) parsimonious, avaricious
(D) anorexic, munificent
(E) mendacious, perspicacious
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(C) One who is "parsimonious" is thrifty; one who is "avaricious" is greedy.
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3. I love to hear him speak because he is so _____________.
(A) eloquent
(B) redundant
(C) banal
(D) gauche
(E) inept
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(A) An "eloquent" person speaks well.
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4. The language of the book was so _____________, and the ideas were
so _____________, that I couldn't understand it.
(A) facile, shocking
(B) abstruse, esoteric
(C) blunt, conceptual
(D) equestrian, interesting
(E) profane, statistical
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(B) Something that is "abstruse" or "esoteric" is difficult to understand.
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5. She knew she didn't have to worry about her neighbors seeking
revenge because they are not _____________ people.
(A) compassionate
(B) lascivious
(C) vindictive
(D) pertinent
(E) allegorical
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(C) Her neighbors are not "vindictive."
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6. The reporter tried to _____________ the senator by referring to
scandalous behavior, but everything the reporter said was _____________.
(A) malign, refuted
(B) aggrandize, sporadic
(C) insult, autonomic
(D) eulogize, true
(E) intimidate, deciduous
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(A) The reporter tried to "malign" the senator, but everything he said was
"refuted."
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7. He is very reserved and his actions are so carefully planned; I sometimes
wish he would be more _____________.
(A) circumspect
(B) spontaneous
(C) inhibited
(D) ontological
(E) prudent
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(B) I wish he would be more "spontaneous."
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8. The lawyer recommended that the clients come to an explicit agreement
rather than rely on a _____________ understanding.
(A) legal
(B) contractual
(C) tacit
(D) concrete
(E) endogenous
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(C) A "tacit" understanding is not expressed, but implied or understood.
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NEW SET
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Type the letter of the word or words which correctly complete the
following sentences.
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9. When he called me a _____________, I was deeply insulted; I'd
prefer to think of myself as _____________.
(A) pedant, scholarly
(B) hypocrite, obsolete
(C) stoic, unemotional
(D) plebeian, refined
(E) elocutionist, articulate
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(D) A "plebeian" acts as a peasant; a "refined" person is polite.
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10. Mary didn't want to criticize Anne because she was _____________ of
Anne's insecurity.
(A) cognizant
(B) unaware
(C) endemic
(D) abstemious
(E) comprised
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(A) Mary was "cognizant" or aware of Anne's insecurity.
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11. His sarcastic jokes were sometimes funny, but occasionally they
were _____________.
(A) witty
(B) degrading
(C) satirical
(D) systemic
(E) cynical
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(B) His jokes were occasionally "degrading."
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12. Some people are offended by the dissonance of modern music because
they don't like music that is _____________.
(A) consonant
(B) harmonious
(C) conventional
(D) tonal
(E) atonal
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(E) Music that is "atonal" lacks tone.
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