Verbal Section

It is ironic and somehow tragic that good people are often dull while evil people can be endlessly _______.
1. ordinary
2. stubborn
3. skeptical
4. fascinating
5. unobtrusive
,

Question 2

Because most of them lack recreational facilities, high rise apartments have been criticized in recent years as
_______ for families with children.
1. unsuitable
2. degrading
3. important
4. inevitable
5. appropriate

Question 3

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, which graphically exposed the _______ of the indiscriminate use of pesticides,
is widely credited with having _______ the modern environmental movement.
1. advantages.. inaugurated
2. hazards.. defused
3. benefits.. launched
4. deaths.. contained
5. dangers.. inspired

Question 4
Having turned out forty solo recordings, this hardworking harpsichordist can almost be classed as _______.
1. a contradiction
2. a sluggard
3. an apprentice
4. an event
5.
6. an industry.

Question 5

It is impossible for a serious scholar to condone this _______ dismissal of respected theories.
1. astute
2. cavalier
3. sagacious
 4. necessary
5. commendable
.

Question 6
Harrying the foe with artillery fire and _______ them with fire ships, the English forced the Spanish to _______
their invasion attempt.
1. dispersing .. abandon
2. ramming .. confirm
3. restricting .. rebuff
4. helping .. reconsider
5. reinforcing .. ignore

Question 7
Fortunately, Ms. Mason has the unusual ability to transform a tedious legal contention into an _______
account.
1. arid
2. erratic
3. improbable
4. )absorbing
5. interminable
.

Question 8
The descriptions in these essays range widely, from the fanciful to the matter-of-fact, from the _______ to the
fatuous, from the objective to the _______.
1. witty.. realistic
2. meager.. descriptive
3. insightful.. impressionistic
4. inane. commonplace
5. articulate.. empirical

Question 9
Students who interpret the honor strictly find it _______ that some bright students complete take-home
examinations for less proficient friends.
1. remedial
2. irreproachable
3. unconscionable
4. irrelevant
5. magnanimous

Question 10
The discovery that interstellar _______ exist _______ the scientific hypothesis that the expanses between the
stars are devoid of matter.
1. galaxies.. revived
2. constellations.. prompted
3. molecules.. demolished
4. vastness.. challenged
5. Vacuums. Altered
.

Question 11
Although the colonist resented the new British laws, they _______ them as long as England did not _______
them too strenuously.
1. rejected.. define
2. amended.. follow
3. tolerated.. enforce
4. defied.. interpret
5. welcomed.. observe

Question 12
As the best-informed and most dispassionate of the panel members, Dr. Camila Torrez was the most ---- of
those offering views on fission technology.
1. unsuspecting
2. preposterous
3. persuasive
4. confusing
5. temperamental

Question 13
He was _______ in his vindictiveness, often feigning a disarming camaraderie while _______ his opportunity
for revenge.
1. impulsive.. gauging
2. harmless.. preparing
3. resolute.. forgetting
4. brazen.. dreading
5. devious.. awaiting

Question 14
Those who seek the advice of scientists in this matter should recognize that, because the knowledge available
is _______. The reliability of the advice cannot be _______.
1. technical.. documented
2. coherent.. explained
3. explicit.. understood
4. inadequate.. guaranteed
 5. extraneous.. denied

Question 15
The _______ of modernist architecture _______ the natural human desire to celebrate the decorate, to take
delight in ornament.
1. elaborateness.. neglects
2. austerity.. recognize
3. embellishment.. undermines
4. severity.. opposes
5. uniformity.. reflects

Test 2

Question 1
Although is seems to have been a fixture of the square since the city's origin, the produce market actually
opened only _______.
1. enthusiastically
2. recently
3. frequently
4. illegally
5. graciously

Question 2
The grave problems that afficted him were the purely _______ ones of hunger, pain and fatigue.
1. physical
2. imaginary
3. irrelevant
4. hereditary
5. coincidental

Question 3
Her ability to analyze issues fairly and competently has earned her the _______ of even her most _______
peers.
1. solicitation.. unbiased
2. attention.. sympathetic
3. suspicion.. discerning(select clearly)
4. reputation.. knowledgeable
5. respect.. exacting(discourage people)

Question 4
Until the mid- 1800's, the occasional reports by European explorers of the existence of gorillas were generally
disbelieved and swiftly _______ the realm of tall tales.
1. extracted from
2. confused with
3. relegated to(keep a side not giving importance)
4. compared to
5. exalted to

Question 5
The historian's assertion that there is a _______ of verifiable information about nineteenth-century Native
Americans is _______, for there exist many transcripts of authentic oral accounts of their activities.
1. wealth.. fallacious(wrong)
2. shortage.. legitimate
3. depletion.. irrefutable
4. paucity(shortage ).. erroneous(wrong statement
5. surfeit(excess).. implausible

Question 6
This book has neither merit nor distinction, and it all but _______ whatever prestige the author may once have
had.
1. challenges
2. maximizes
3. epitomizes(describe in one word)
4. nullifies
5. encompasses(complete description)

Question 7
Far from exercising a counter influence to intellectual orthodoxy, the movement itself has become a center of
_______.
1. conformity
2. notoriety
3. enmity
4. theology
5. idealism

Question 8
People, being prisoners of _______, have made failing a basic metaphor for failure, from the fall of the stock
market to the fall of government.
1. politics
2. gravity
3. greed
4. turbulence
5. emotion

Question 9
The movie avoids many of the _______ of the novel, bringing into sharper focus characters who originally
were amiable or disagreeable _______.
1. subtleties.. monsters
2. excellencies.. stereotypes
3. allusions.. individuals
4. particulars.. nonentities
5. shortcomings.. blur

Question 10
Even the most insulated and _______ government has to be concerned today about the popular mind; some
systems may be less _______ than others, but at some point all must pay attention.
1. Parochial(norrow minded).. vociferous(loudly protesting)
2. corrupt.. theoretical
3. arbitrary.. sensitive
4. obscure.. reined
5. vibrant.. responsive

Question 11
Explanations given to the patient by the anesthetist prior to surgery often _______ anxiety and _______ the
need for analgesics.
1. intensify.. counteract
2. parallel.. assume
3. explore.. prepare
4. relieve.. reduce
5. ignore.. preclude

Question 12
The jellyfish's show pulsing action people it in a graceful, seemingly _______ drift, but its tentacles contain
poison potent enough to stun a swimming human.
1. sinister
2. rhythmic
3. murky
4. harmless
5. patient

Question 13
The production's slight romantic appeal depends on its two stars, who are _______ to watch oven when they
are delivering _______ speeches.
1. overbearing.. innocent
2. farcical.. complex
3. attractive.. creative
4. impossible.. dull
5. pleasant.. empty
Question 14
The murderous capriciousness of Nero infused the Roman Empire with such pervasive _______ that not even
the most _______ citizens felt safe.
1. distaste.. vulgar
2. paranoia.. suspicious
3. enthusiasm.. apathetic
4. unease.. oppressed
5. panic.. distinguished

Question 15
His inclination to succumb to flattery made him _______ to the _______ of people who wished to take
advantage of him.
1. immune.. predilection
2. prejudicial.. intentions
3. susceptible.. cajolery
4. resistant.. blandishments
5. amenable.. rejection