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SECTION 4
Time — 30 minutes
35 Questions

Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill in the corresponding
oval on the answer sheet.

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank 4. The representative was a traditionalist, reluctant to
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the support any legislation inconsistent with the nation’s
sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through most ------- principles.
E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in (A) orthodox (B) impassioned (C) precarious
the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a (D) impressionable (E) indeterminate
whole.
Example: 5. Historian Carlo Botta often contradicted himself, as
when he first championed and then ------- the ideals of
Medieval kingdoms did not become constitutional the French Revolution.
republics overnight; on the contrary, the change
was -------. (A) invoked (B) investigated (C) conceived
(D) coveted (E) denounced
(A) unpopular (B) unexpected
(C) advantageous (D) sufficient 6. The author constructed a scenario in which playful,
(E) gradual A B C D E
creative children are rewarded for their ------- and
strict, dour adults are punished for their -------.
1. Originally ------- mainly by young, urban audiences,
rap music was ultimately ------- by its appreciative (A) spontaneity . . rigidity
listeners of all ages across the country. (B) digressions . . mirth
(C) solemnity . . malice
(A) admired . . embraced (D) inflexibility . . rigor
(B) performed . . condemned (E) improvisations . . buoyancy
(C) derided . . ignored
(D) appropriated . . relinquished 7. Although usually warm and ------- in greeting friends,
(E) applauded . . instigated Lauren was too reserved ever to be truly -------.

2. It was out of ------- that Professor Green, the author of (A) joyous . . conventional
several highly respected books in his field, described (B) cordial . . effusive
himself to his colleagues as -------. (C) restrained . . gracious
(D) dismissive . . ebullient
(A) embarrassment . . a paragon (E) genial . . antisocial
(B) magnanimity . . an avenger
(C) insolence . . a pedant 8. Legal scholars argue that when “justice” is interpreted
(D) egotism . . an apprentice too broadly, the concept becomes -------, easily changed
(E) modesty . . a dilettante and controlled by outside forces.

3. The ------- experiences of Madonna Swan, the 1983 (A) malleable (B) influential (C) coherent
North American Indian Woman of the Year, cannot be (D) felicitous (E) prosaic
fully appreciated if they are ------- in a tidy summary.
9. The instructor’s voice was so ------- that most students
(A) varied . . interposed preferred taking a test to listening to its grating sound.
(B) diverse . . condensed
(C) profound . . magnified (A) receptive (B) cajoling (C) melodious
(D) transformative . . embellished (D) muted (E) strident
(E) impressive . . immersed
10. Though surgeon and researcher Charles Drew never
enjoyed celebrity, he truly deserves to be ------- for his
life’s achievements.
(A) mollified (B) lionized (C) accosted
(D) galvanized (E) vilified

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Each question below consists of a related pair of words 17. DEFOLIATION : LEAVES ::
or phrases, followed by five pairs of words or phrases (A) contamination : germs
labeled A through E. Select the pair that best expresses a (B) evaporation : dryness
relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. (C) delimitation : boundaries
(D) acceleration : speed
Example:
(E) dehydration : moisture
CRUMB : BREAD ::
(A) ounce : unit 18. DEBACLE : FAILURE ::
(B) splinter : wood (A) catastrophe : assistance
(C) water : bucket (B) impediment : progress
(D) twine : rope (C) chaos : confusion
(E) cream : butter A B C D E (D) indecisiveness : action
(E) anarchy : order

19. GRIMACE : PAIN ::

11. BOTTLE : CONTAINER ::
(A) applause : praise
(A) door : room
(B) inquiry : curiosity
(B) well : bottom
(C) sneer : contempt
(C) knife : tool
(D) gesture : offense
(D) beaker : fluid
(E) hug : affection
(E) medicine : dose
20. EPIC : HEROIC ::
12. KELP : OCEAN ::
(A) euphony : discordant
(A) cactus : desert
(B) prose : theatrical
(B) alga : plant
(C) melodrama : exaggerated
(C) spider : web
(D) instrument : harmonious
(D) surf : beach
(E) satire : hypocritical
(E) avalanche : snow
21. PROTAGONIST : NOVEL ::
13. BEES : HONEY ::
(A) contributor : anthology
(A) moth : flame
(B) editor : newspaper
(B) fish : bait
(C) reviewer : movie
(C) birds : feathers
(D) subject : biography
(D) sheep : herd
(E) narrator : anecdote
(E) spiders : webs
22. LABYRINTH : PERPLEXITY ::
14. COAT : BODY ::
(A) prison : liberty
(A) bracelet : wrist
(B) harbor : navigation
(B) uniform : team
(C) refuge : relief
(C) mitten : hand
(D) lair : danger
(D) shirt : sleeve
(E) mirage : image
(E) bandage : cut
23. FOIBLE : VICE ::
15. LION : PRIDE ::
(A) frugality : generosity
(A) hawk : prey
(B) obsession : persistence
(B) whale : mammal
(C) venom : malevolence
(C) parrot : jungle
(D) oath : loyalty
(D) sheepdog : flock
(E) fib : lie
(E) wolf : pack

16. ERRATIC : CONSISTENCY ::

(A) lethargic : energy
(B) eccentric : oddity
(C) spellbound : charm
(D) scintillating : conversation
(E) feverish : delirium

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