| 1. | Taxonomy can be described as the orderly _________of organisms according to their _________ natural relationship. |
| a. | | festering . . terrestrial |
| b. | | preclusion . . extraneous |
| c. | | habitat . . sustainable |
| d. | | disintegration . . endangered |
| e. | | nomenclature . . presumed
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| 2. | Faced with the possibility of a _________ mutiny, the government finally had to ________. |
| a. | | seditious . . deliberate |
| b. | | veritable . . buckle |
| c. | | recalcitrant . . relinquish |
| d. | | conceivable . . infiltrate |
| e. | | plausible . . buttress
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| 3. | ________ is, diametrically, the opposite of _________. |
| a. | | reconnoiter . . reconnaissance |
| b. | | tactics. . logistics |
| c. | | pragmatism . . radicalism |
| d. | | influx . . impasse |
| e. | | theoretical. . empirical
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| 4. | Historically, peace has often been found challenged by historical ________, territorial claims and ethnic ________. |
| a. | | distortions . . awakening |
| b. | | animosity. . assertiveness |
| c. | | acrimony . . warfare |
| d. | | belligerence . . regression |
| e. | | stalemates . . subversion
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| 5. | ________ burning of fossil fuels has resulted in ________ climatic changes leading to global warming. |
| a. | | indeterminate . . torrid |
| b. | | infinitesimal . . drastic |
| c. | | indiscriminate . . sustained |
| d. | | irascible . . cataclysmic |
| e. | | undeterred . . unwarranted
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| 6. | An understanding of a cultural idiom involves more than just appreciation of its ________ or ________ form. |
| a. | | etymological . . theosophical |
| b. | | enlightening . . historic |
| c. | | alliteration . . transcendental |
| d. | | connotation . . conjectural |
| e. | | religious . . aesthetic
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| 7. | ________, not tradition, development, not _________ is responsible for the successful storming of the upper class citadel. |
| a. | | iconoclasm . . liberalization |
| b. | | customs . . regression |
| c. | | modernity . . stagnation |
| d. | | education . . philanthropy |
| e. | | altruism . . misogyny
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| 8. | Because he had the tickets to the opera, my colleague Richard _______ my suggestion to work on the project till late. |
| a. | | endorsed |
| b. | | scoffed |
| c. | | mulled over |
| d. | | balked at |
| e. | | gleaned at
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| 9. | _______ jobs employ a large number of Americans, and this makes any attempt to ________ the federal payroll, both difficult and painful. |
| a. | | offshore . . mitigate |
| b. | | corporate . . supplement |
| c. | | federal . . prune |
| d. | | minimum wage . . rein in |
| e. | | undeserving . . concur
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| 10. | The more _________ the person or the activity, the harder it generally is to keep a\an _________eye on him. |
| a. | | subtle . . subverted |
| b. | | pensive . . implicit |
| c. | | solitary . . covert |
| d. | | facetious . . vigilant |
| e. | | reserved . . explicit
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| 11. | _________ literature or even a\an _________ remark can have a pernicious influence on the society that has become a tinderbox. |
| a. | | proscribed . . equivocal |
| b. | | classified . . uninhibited |
| c. | | provocative . . ravishing |
| d. | | perspicacious . . instigating |
| e. | | incendiary . . inimical
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| 12. | It was supposed to appear that they were discussing ordinary pleasantries, Jack supposed, with the added ________ that his colleague was enjoying himself. |
| a. | | panegyric |
| b. | | dimension |
| c. | | disbelieve |
| d. | | contour |
| e. | | plight
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