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DIRECTIONS: Each question below contains either one or two blanks, which correspond to a missing word(s) in the sentence. Select the word or set of words that would best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole when inserted into the
blank(s). Once you have selected your answer, fill in the corresponding oval on your answer sheet.
1. Millions of people in the drought-stricken continent
live on a ------- income of less than a dollar a day.
(A) meager
(B) rare
(C) spare
(D) limited
(E) deficient
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
2. The scientist was totally against using the new invention for any evil purpose; he was a ------- and ------man.
(A) principled . . conscientious
(B) meticulous . . pretentious
(C) moral . . felonious
(D) upright . . iniquitous
(E) learned . . righteous
hide . . unknown
forage . . familiar
ravage . . recognizable
rummage . . exotic
camp . . secure
(A) referred
(B) thanked
(C) regarded
(D) sponsored
(E) attributed
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8. Seeking to ------- himself with his supervisors, the
ambitious young employee eagerly volunteered for
overtime and extra assignments.
importune
extricate
differentiate
ingratiate
obviate
9. Despite his ------- pleas, the man was found guilty
and ------- for life in prison.
(A) adamant . . accused
(B) boisterous . . accused
(C) contrite . . sentenced
(D) condemned . . punished
(E) assumed . . convicted
5. Although many young people think that money is everything in life, I do not ------- with their shallow views.
conform
subscribe
consent
concur
coincide
7. The bright kid had the highest grades in the class for
the fifth time in a row. He has been ------- doing well
in all his exams.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
4. In his acceptance speech, the highly acclaimed actor
------- his success in life to his parents.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
gyrations . . persuaded
remonstrations . . compelled
compliance . . convinced
protestations . . allowed
invective . . qualified
(A) resiliently
(B) consistently
(C) inconstantly
(D) insistently
(E) perpetually
3. The British troops, short on food, could not ------- in
the woodlands as well as the American colonists,
who were in ------- territory.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
6. The witness’ ------- fell on deaf ears as the judge
------- him to obey the court order and testify.
10. Because its symptoms can sometimes take a long
time to manifest themselves, cancer can be a particularly ------- disease.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
self-evident
insidious
benign
contagious
epidemic
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11. The interviewers found the young candidate inventive, highly -------, and------- at problem solving. They
decided to hire him as the head of the creative team.
(A) prudent . . agile
(B) imaginative . . adept
(C) inept . . selective
(D) intelligent . . maladroit
(E) gifted . . ingenuous
12. The expedition through the woods, with the everpresent danger of wild animals lurking in the shadows, seemed ------- in the middle of the night.
(A) circumspect
(B) innocuous
(C) treacherous
(D) tenacious
(E) opinionated
13. Though the regime saw him as a(n) -------, the young
firebrand earned its grudging respect by seeking to
------- revolution through negotiations with the ruling
powers.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
patriot . . foment
traitor . . incite
guerrilla . . distract
instigator . . avert
infiltrator . . decimate
14. When the suspect began to shiver and fumble, the
police investigators knew that he was trying to ------something.
(A) conceal
(B) steal
(C) malign
(D) renumerate
(E) desecrate
15. Police were relieved to finally catch the thief last
night, because he had been cleverly ------- them for a
long time; he was known to be the most ------- thief in
the state.
(A) escaping . . popular
(B) absconding . . famous
(C) disappearing . . renowned
(D) eluding . . notorious
(E) avoiding . . condemned
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