Corresponding Radio Button
Directions: For each question, select the best answer from among the choices given and click on the corresponding radio button.
1 | Although cheetahs are successful hunters, they are ------- as defenders of their catch, for they allow about half of their kills to be snatched by more aggressive animals. (A) | restless | (B) | conscientious | (C) | loathsome | (D) | prodigious | (E) | timid |
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2 | The author’s use of copious detail, though intended to ------- the reader’s appreciation of a tumultuous era, was instead regarded by many as a barrage of ------- information. (A) | excite . . illuminating | (B) | reverse . . accurate | (C) | curtail . . boring | (D) | deepen . . trivial | (E) | deter . . historical |
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3 | Unprecedented turmoil in the usually thriving nation has made the formerly ------- investors leery of any further involvement. (A) | pessimistic | (B) | cautious | (C) | clandestine | (D) | reticent | (E) | sanguine |
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4 | Ed's great skills as a basketball player ------- his ------- stature, enabling him to compete successfully against much taller opponents. (A) | reveal . . gargantuan | (B) | emphasize . . modest | (C) | detract from . . lofty | (D) | compensate for . . diminutive | (E) | contrast with . . towering |
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5 | The historian breaks new ground in her book on early African American culture because she ------- important parts of the historical record that other commentators have -------. (A) | reads . . mined | (B) | explores . . ignored | (C) | examines . . researched | (D) | utilizes . . defended | (E) | ridicules . . satirized | |
6 | Some lizards display the characteristic of -------: if their tails are broken off during predatory encounters, the tails will eventually grow back. (A) | adaptation | (B) | mimicry | (C) | regeneration | (D) | aggression | (E) | mutability |
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7 | Seemingly
1 | Although cheetahs are successful hunters, they are ------- as defenders of their catch, for they allow about half of their kills to be snatched by more aggressive animals. (A) | restless | (B) | conscientious | (C) | loathsome | (D) | prodigious | (E) | timid |
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2 | The author’s use of copious detail, though intended to ------- the reader’s appreciation of a tumultuous era, was instead regarded by many as a barrage of ------- information. (A) | excite . . illuminating | (B) | reverse . . accurate | (C) | curtail . . boring | (D) | deepen . . trivial | (E) | deter . . historical |
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3 | Unprecedented turmoil in the usually thriving nation has made the formerly ------- investors leery of any further involvement. (A) | pessimistic | (B) | cautious | (C) | clandestine | (D) | reticent | (E) | sanguine |
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4 | Ed's great skills as a basketball player ------- his ------- stature, enabling him to compete successfully against much taller opponents. (A) | reveal . . gargantuan | (B) | emphasize . . modest | (C) | detract from . . lofty | (D) | compensate for . . diminutive | (E) | contrast with . . towering |
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5 | The historian breaks new ground in her book on early African American culture because she ------- important parts of the historical record that other commentators have -------. (A) | reads . . mined | (B) | explores . . ignored | (C) | examines . . researched | (D) | utilizes . . defended | (E) | ridicules . . satirized | |
6 | Some lizards display the characteristic of -------: if their tails are broken off during predatory encounters, the tails will eventually grow back. (A) | adaptation | (B) | mimicry | (C) | regeneration | (D) | aggression | (E) | mutability |
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7 | Seemingly