| 1. | I have always despised the idea of dividing the world into the _________ and the __________. |
| a. | | affluent . . effluent |
| b. | | fundamentals . . basics |
| c. | | prudent . . prude |
| d. | | orient . . occident |
| e. | | apocalypse . . exodus
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| 2. | He realized, with a\an ________ sense of futility, that knowledge of life and the human condition ________ brought disillusionment and despair. |
| a. | | profound . . sporadically |
| b. | | emaciating . . intermittently |
| c. | | emanating . . profusely |
| d. | | sickening . . inevitably |
| e. | | corollary . . unaccountably
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| 3. | The humanistic tradition of transparent documentation, hypothesis testing, ________ of experiments and debate is the _________ to just a little learning. |
| a. | | replication . . antidote |
| b. | | plethora . . anodyne |
| c. | | conduction . . compass |
| d. | | propounding . . panacea |
| e. | | patenting . . initiation
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| 4. | The policy was implemented in such a _________ manner that it had been rendered almost _________. |
| a. | | brilliant . . conducive |
| b. | | haphazard . . ineffective |
| c. | | nebulous . . stupendous |
| d. | | sycophant . . successful |
| e. | | obsequious . . obsolete
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| 5. | Noria and the Archimedean screw, the two _________ of more varied and complex machines, were first developed for use in irrigation systems. |
| a. | | vanguards |
| b. | | yeomen |
| c. | | forerunners |
| d. | | founts |
| e. | | appliances
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| 6. | The representative pointed out that the ___________ was established to ensure _________. |
| a. | | fact . . defect |
| b. | | paradigm . . transparency |
| c. | | theory . . success |
| d. | | machination . . honest transactions |
| e. | | theme . . semantics
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| 7. | The words "DO NOT" were the ________ in the lives of many women but today, they seem to have turned into an ________. |
| a. | | diktat . . absolution |
| b. | | refrain . . impasse |
| c. | | leitmotif . . anthem |
| d. | | moral fiber . . anathema |
| e. | | resonance . . approbation
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| 8. | ___________ is the dark cousin of the much _________ emotion called love. |
| a. | | lust . . vitiated |
| b. | | passion . . venerated |
| c. | | diatribe . . serenaded |
| d. | | sensuality . . hallowed |
| e. | | opportunism . . fantasized
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| 9. | In a complex __________, the contribution of an individual to the eventual decision cannot be readily ___________ . |
| a. | | quandary . . arbitrated |
| b. | | hierarchy . . isolated |
| c. | | scenario . . condescended |
| d. | | phenomenon . . realigned |
| e. | | pedagogy . . censored
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| 10. | He felt extraordinarily _________ under what should have been extremely ________ circumstances. |
| a. | | restive . . ravaging |
| b. | | valiant . . provocative |
| c. | | pacified . . provoking |
| d. | | skeptical . . tranquil |
| e. | | acrimonious . . festering
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| 11. | Like the stretto in the ___________ the spring term _________ the tempo of a melody already racing to its conclusion. |
| a. | | fugue . . accelerated |
| b. | | symphony . . substantiated |
| c. | | crescendo . . authenticated |
| d. | | soprano . . retarded |
| e. | | opera . . relegated
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| 12. | Whether ________ or ___________, Daniel Rossi had chosen to lead the class. |
| a. | | effusive . . elusive |
| b. | | corpulent . . diffident |
| c. | | mellow . . timorous |
| d. | | abrasive . . derisive |
| e. | | acerbic . . placid
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| 13. | The surgeon __________ the bleeding ____________to maintain the visual field. |
| a. | | cauterized, promptly |
| b. | | ligated , soon |
| c. | | aggravated often |
| d. | | sponged quickly
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