| 1. | Right from the start, it was apparent that Jack regarded the forthcoming _________ as a\an _________ of his father's life and dedication. |
| a. | | analogy . . perpetration |
| b. | | ordination . . perpetuation |
| c. | | tryst . . precipitation |
| d. | | catastrophe . . emulation |
| e. | | predicament . . corollary
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| 2. | Ridden with a guilty conscience, a ________ part of his hoped that perhaps his father would have taken an early night. |
| a. | | sanguine |
| b. | | disparaging |
| c. | | conscious |
| d. | | craven |
| e. | | wily
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| 3. | Julia was as much in awe of her husband as were her children but she hid it under a veneer of __________, slightly _________ calm. |
| a. | | effervescence . . ominous |
| b. | | malice . . timorous |
| c. | | hatred . . tentative |
| d. | | impenetrable . . dour |
| e. | | indifference . . abashed
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| 4. | With a _________ rustling, the students shuffled the sheets of paper to one side so that elbows could be __________ placed on the desk. |
| a. | | strident . . subtly |
| b. | | deafening . . ostensibly |
| c. | | histrionic . . dramatically |
| d. | | muted . . surreptitiously |
| e. | | mutant . . superciliously
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| 5. | Animation or ballet can capture the _______ , but not the struggles of the human mind or the ________ of the human soul. |
| a. | | heart . . innuendo |
| b. | | rudiments . . paroxysm |
| c. | | grace . . depiction |
| d. | | fantasy. . angst |
| e. | | nuances . . premise
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| 6. | The novel made no attempt to re-create the ________, conversational, or psychological details, the story was set in a________ future and was told in simple terms. |
| a. | | perceptual. . Utopian |
| b. | | veracity . . nebulous |
| c. | | ambience . . presumptuous |
| d. | | phenomenal . . remote |
| e. | | satirical . . far-fetched
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| 7. | Nick was making a whole __________ of happenings and memories out of her, and he was afraid of the ________. |
| a. | | rigmarole . . hysteria |
| b. | | drama . . flagellation |
| c. | | crypt . . snowballing |
| d. | | avalanche . . scenario |
| e. | | arsenal . . consequences
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| 8. | The symposium was held under the _________ of a premier ___________. |
| a. | | aegis . . condominium |
| b. | | auspices . . prelate |
| c. | | honor . . .conglomerate |
| d. | | niche . . corporation |
| e. | | manipulation . . cartel
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| 9. | Her voluminous journals show her mind in action, confident when groping, purposeful even when ________, luminously eloquent though _______. |
| a. | | disoriented . . paraphrased |
| b. | | waning . . verbose |
| c. | | devastated . . exuberant |
| d. | | stymied . . unedited |
| e. | | validated . . vanquished
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| 10. | It is ______for a creator to be optimistic in the deepest sense, since the creator believes in a ________universe and functions on that premise. |
| a. | | proper . . benevolent |
| b. | | naïve . . pragmatic |
| c. | | empirical . . unified |
| d. | | incomprehensible . . divine |
| e. | | infeasible . . fragmented
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| 11. | Little did he realize that his being inconspicuous would prove to be _________ . |
| a. | | retroactive |
| b. | | prophylactic |
| c. | | inconsequential |
| d. | | reputable |
| e. | | prophetic
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| 12. | Substitute a\an _________ incisiveness for sweetness and she resembled a\an________, willful martyr rather than the resigned, contemplative saint of his dreams. |
| a. | | subtle . . supreme |
| b. | | tentative . . prophetic |
| c. | | incarcerating . . persecuted |
| d. | | unleashed . . obdurate |
| e. | | trenchant . . vigorous
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