DR RAJUS GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION EXERCISES SENTENCE COMPLETION PROBLEMS 1. In some cultures the essence of magic is i s its traditional integrity: it can be efficient only if it i t has been _______ without loss from primeval times to the present practitioner. (A) conventionalized (B) realized (C) transmitted (D) manipulated (E) aggrandized 2. Although skeptics say financial problems will probably _______ our establishing a base on the Moon, supporters of the project remain _______, saying that human curiosity should overcome such pragmatic constraints. (A) beset, disillusioned (B) hasten, hopeful (C) postpone, pessimistic (D) prevent, enthusiastic (E) allow, unconvinced 3. Before the Second World War, academics still questioned whether the body of literature produced in the United States truly _______ __ _____ a _______ literature or whether such literature was only a provincial branch of English literature. (A) symbolized, local (B) constituted, national (C) defined, historical (D) outlined, good (E) captured, meaningful www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 4. Many more eighteenth-century novels were written by women than by men, but this dominance has, until un til very recently, been regarded merely as _______ fact, a bit of arcane knowledge noted only by bibliographers. (A) a controversial (B) a statistical (C) an analytical
(D) an explicit (E) an unimpeachable 5. All _______ biological traits fall into one of two categories: those giving their possessors greater _______ the environment environm ent and those rendering them more independent of it. (A) widespread, detachment from (B) beneficial, control over (C) successful, freedom from (D) neutral, compatibility with (E) harmful, advantage in 6. One of archaeology’s central dilemmas is now to re construct the
_______ of complex ancient societies from meager and often _______ physical evidence. (A) riddles, obsolete (B) details, irrefutable (C) intricacies, equivocal (D) patterns, flawless (E) configuration, explicit 7. Just as the authors’ book on eels is often a key text for curses in
marine vertebrate zoology, their ideas on animal development and phylogeny _______ teaching in this area. (A) prevent (B) defy (C) replicate (D) inform (E) use www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 8. During the opera’s most famous aria the tempo chosen by the orchestra’s conductor seemed _______, without necessary relation to
what had gone before. (A) capricious (B) contrite (C) demure (D) definitive (E) dauntless 9. The state of a nation’s science determines its prosperity and political power, and scientists should not _______ this relationship even if their own interest in science is of a less practical nature. (A) overlook
(B) consider (C) overestimate (D) rely on (E) notice 10. In scientific studies, stu dies, supporting evidence is much more satisfying to report than are discredited hypotheses, but, in fact, the _______ of errors is more likely to be _______ than is the establishment of probable truth. (A) formulation, permitted (B) correction, ignored (C) detection, useful (D) accumulation, cordial (E) deference, credulous ANSWERS: CDBBB CDAAC www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 11. Most histories of science are success su ccess stories that conclude on _______ note with the fine _______ of a theory that is the basis of subsequent inquiries by later researchers. (A) a retrospective, extrapolation extrapolation (B) an analytic, rebuttal (C) an objective, defection (D) a positive, crescendo (E) a triumphal, ascendancy 12. Whereas the Elizabethans struggled with the transition from medieval _______ experience to modern individualism, we confront an electronic technology that seems likely li kely to reverse the trend, rendering individualism obsolete and interdependence mandatory. manda tory. (A) literary (B) intuitive (C) corporate (D) heroic (E) spiritual 13. Supporters praised the mayor’ action as a s a speedy and judicious judici ous
solution, but critics condemned it as _______ _ ______ and unfairly influenced by recent events. (A) innocuous (B) deferential (C) beguiling (D) discreet (E) premature
14. In an age a ge without radio or recordings, and age _______ by print, fiction gained its great ascendancy. (A) decimated (B) denigrated (C) dominated (D) emphasized (E) resurrected 15. The idealized paintings of nature produced in the eighteenth century are evidence that the medieval _______ natural settings had been _______ and that the outdoors now could be enjoyed without trepidation. (A) fear of, exorcised (B) concerns about, regained (C) affection for, surmounted (D) disinterest in, alleviated (E) enthusiasm for, construed www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 16. Though science is often imagined as a _______ exploration of external reality, scientists are no different from anyone an yone else: they are _______ human beings enmeshed in a web of personal and social circumstances. (A) dormant, decisive (B) neutral, rational (C) diligent, careless (D) disinterested, passionate (E) cautious, dynamic 17. While the delegate clearly sought to _______ the optimism that has emerged recently, she stopped short of suggesting that the conference was near collapse and might produce nothing of significance. (A) convene (B) confuse (C) dampen (D) elucidate (E) depict 18. Their air of cheerful self-sacrifice and endless complaisance won them undeserved praise, for their seeming gallantry was wholly motivated by a _______ wish to avoid conflict of any sort. (A) poignant
(B) conductive (C) plaintive (D) corporeal (E) craven 19. Rumors, embroidered with detail, live on for years, neither n either denied nor confirmed, until they become accepted as fact even among people not known for their _______. (A) insight (B) obstinacy (C) introspection (D) contrition (E) credulity 20. During the 1960’s assessments of the family shifted remarkably,
from general endorsement of it as a worthwhile, stable institution to wide-spread _______ it as an oppressive and bankrupt one whose _______ was both imminent and welcome. (A) flight from, restitution (B) contortion of, corruption (C) rejection of, vogue (D) censure of, dissolution (E) corroboration, ascent ANSWERS: ECECA DCEED www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 21. Furious at the harm being done to his good name, Donald sued to put an end to this _______. (A) contrition (B) depravity (C) defamation (D) derivation (E) decrepitude 22. Although scientists claim that the seemingly _______ language of their reports is more precise than the figurative language of fiction, fi ction, the language of science, like all l anguage, is inherently _______. (A) mysterious, subtle (B) morose, unintelligible (C) symbolic, complex (D) literal, allusive (E) metaphorical, lucid
23. When the graduating seniors tied balloons to their tassels, some faculty members were offended by such _______ at a supposedly serious commencement ceremony. (A) levity (B) lethargy (C) largesse (D) misgivings (E) loftiness 24. In most Native American culture, an article arti cle used in payer or ritual is made with extraordinary attention to and an d richness of detail: it is decorated more _______ than a similar article intended for _______ use. (A) minutely, vocational (B) colorfully, festive (C) coherently, religious (D) mordantly, commercial (E) lavishly, everyday 25. Famous among job seekers for its _______, the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such _______ as low-interest l ow-interest home mortgages and company cars. (A) magnanimity, reparations (B) inventiveness, benefits (C) largesse, perquisites (D) discernment, prerogatives (E) malapropism, credits www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 26. The attempt to breed suitable varieties of jojoba by using usi ng hybridization to _______ favorable traits was finally abandoned in favor of a simple and much mu ch faster _______: the domestication of flourishing wild strains. (A) eliminate, alternative (B) reinforce, method (C) allow, creation (D) reduce, idea (E) concentrate, theory 27. Although frequent air travelers remain unconvinced, researchers have found that paradoxically, the _______ disorientation di sorientation inherent in
jet lag also may yield some mental health _______. (A) temporal, benefits (B) acquired, hazards (C) somatic, disorders (D) random, deficiencies (E) meager, standards 28. Because the most recent research has _______ ___ ____ earlier criticism of her work, one has to conclude that scientists who persist in in dismissing her contribution are either _______ the latest l atest findings or simply obstinate. (A) disparaged, satisfied with (B) mired, preoccupied with (C) marred, unmoved by (D) lauded, opposed to (E) invalidated, ignorant of 29. To list Reilly’s achievements in a fragmentary way is _______, for
it distracts our attention from the _______ themes of her work. (A) unproductive, disparate (B) misleading, integrating (C) lachrymose, comprehensive (D) logical, important (E) moribund, unsettling 30. Until he learned to be more m ore _______ about writing down his homework assignments, James seldom knew when any assignment was due. (A) morose (B) latent (C) listless (D) meddlesome (E) methodical ANSWERS: CDAEC BAEBE www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 31. This final essay, its prevailing kindliness _______ by occasional flashes of savage irony, bespeaks the _______ _____ __ character of the author. (A) illuminated, imperturbable (B) marred, dichotomous (C) mired, vindictive (D) lauded, chivalrous (E) diluted, ruthless
32. The tone of Jane Carlyle’s letter is guarded, gu arded, and her feelings are
always _______ by the wit and pride that made _______ plea for sympathy impossible for her. (A) masked, a direct (B) bolstered, a mawkish (C) enhanced, an intentional (D) controlled, a circumspect (E) colored, a mercurial 33. Even though in today’s Soviet Union the ____ ___ the Muslim
clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank-and-file clergy still have little _______ to practice their religion. (A) practitioners among, opportunity (B) magnates within, obligation (C) adversaries of, inclination (D) leaders of, latitude (E) mentors among, motive 34. He was regarded by his followers foll owers as something of _______, not only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because of his _______ adherence to formal details. (A) a martinet, rigid (B) a miser, sporadic (C) a rebel, minute (D) a malingerer, conscientious (E) a magnate, maniacal 35. Though his contemporaries tended to fixate on the politician’s poli tician’s
supposed _______, his personal correspondence _______ a surprising largesse. (A) charity, confirms (B) parsimony, contradicts (C) avarice, betrays (D) integrity, reveals (E) generosity, bespeaks www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 36. The children’s _______ natures n atures were in sharp contrast to the
even-tempered dispositions of their parents.
(A) mercurial (B) blithe (C) phlegmatic (D) loutish (E) maladroit 37. The old man could coul d not have been accused of _______ his affection; his conduct toward the child betrayed his _______ ___ ____ her. (A) lavishing, fondness for (B) sparing, tolerance of (C) slackening, antipathy for (D) stinting, adoration of (E) scrutinizing, dislike of 38. James boasted that only factual arguments could influence him; he had no patience with mere _______ devices. (A) scanty (B) soporific (C) rhetorical (D) sacrilegious (E) sardonic 39. The English novelist William Thackeray considered the cult of the criminal so dangerous that he criticized Dickens’ Oliver Twist for making the characters in the thieves’ kitchen so _______.
(A) sluggish (B) sporadic (C) scrupulous (D) riveting (E) repugnant 40. Jones was unable to recognize the contradictions in his attitudes that were obvious to everyone else; even the hint of an untruth was _______ to him, but he _______ serious trouble by always cheating on his taxes. (A) acceptable, risked (B) shrewd, averted (C) repugnant, courted (D) soporific, evaded (E) ruthless, hazarded ANSWERS: BADAC ADCDC www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com
www.drrajusgre.com 41. Cezanne’s delicate watercolor sketches often served as _______ of a subject, a way of gathering fuller knowledge before the artist’s
final engagement of the subject in an oil painting. (A) a respite (B) a synthesis (C) a reconnaissance (D) a satire (E) a reflection 42. Prudery actually draws attention to the vice it is supposed to _______; the very act that forbids speech or prohibits sight _______ what is hidden. (A) stigmatize, distorts (B) saturate, signals (C) repress, dramatizes (D) sequester, fosters (E) retaliate, conceals 43. In contrast to more _______ ______ _ publications of ever narrower purview, the journal Antiquity has remained as _______ as it was when it began, continuing to serve the broader interests of the discipline of archaeology. (A) atypical, anomalous (B) specialized, eclectic (C) diverse, idiosyncratic (D) irrelevant, superfluous (E) authoritative, autocratic 44. In eighth-century Japan, people who _______ wasteland were rewarded with official ranks as part of an effort to overcome the shortage of _______ fields. (A) squandered, forested (B) reclaimed, arable (C) solicited, domestic (D) irrigated, accessible (E) required, desirable 45. As painted by Constable, the scene sc ene is not one of bucolic _______; rather it shows a striking emotional and intellectual _______. (A) subtlety, boredom
(B) synthesis, detachment (C) serenity, tension (D) searing, excitement (E) nostalgia, placidity www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 46. The fortress like façade of the Museum of Cartoon Art seems calculated to remind visitors the comic strip is i s an art form that has often been _______ by critics. (A) charmed (B) assailed (C) revoked (D) exhilarated (E) overwhelmed 47. Rhetoric often seems to _______ over reason in a heated debate, with both sides _______ in hyperbole. (A) cloud, subsiding (B) prevail, yielding (C) triumph, engaging (D) requite, clamoring (E) tout, sneering 48. The meeting seemed _______, not n ot just because decisions were made with excessive deliberation, but also because the director was so _______ as to provoke extremely lengthy debate. (A) abbreviated, distracted (B) interminable, tendentious (C) sedentary, persuasive (D) endless, amenable (E) restive, withdrawn 49. The reception given to Kimura’s radical theory of molecular
evolution shows that when _______ fights orthodoxy to a draw, then novelty has seized a good chunk of space from f rom convention. (A) imitation (B) reaction (C) dogmatism (D) invention (E) mediocrity 50. Some customs travel well; often, however, behavior that is is considered the epitome of _______ at home is perceived as impossibly
rude or, at the least, harmlessly bizarre abroad. (A) sordidness (B) servility (C) urbanity (D) coarseness (E) satiricalness ANSWERS: CCBBC BCBDC www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 51. Paradoxically, altruism may in fact be _______ if it aids only one’s close relatives.
(A) stalwart (B) beneficent (C) rancorous (D) selfish (E) censorious 52. The pressure of population available resources res ources is the key to understanding history; consequently, any historical writing that takes no cognizance of _______ facts is _______ flawed. (A) demographic, intrinsically (B) ecological, marginally (C) cultural, substantively (D) psychological, philosophically (E) political, demonstratively 53. Fenster schemed and plotted for weeks and these _______ ____ ___ were rewarded when Griswold was fired and Fenster was promoted. (A) circumlocutions (B) affiliations (C) gibbering (D) machinations (E) renunciations 54. Thomas Jefferson’s decision not to _______ lotteries was sanctioned by classical wisdom, which held that, far from being a _______ game, lots were a way of divining the future and of involving involving the gods in everyday affairs. (A) expand, sacred (B) publicize, vile (C) condemn, debased (D) legalize, standardized (E) restrict, useful
55. Although she was normally a _______ ____ ___ individual, she attacked the heckler who had been interrupting her speech. (A) perceptive (B) pusillanimous (C) peaceful (D) choleric (E) boastful www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 56. Although the feeding activities of whales and an d walruses give the seafloor of the Bering Shelf a devastated appearance, these activities seem to be actually _______ to the area, _______ its productivity. (A) destructive, counterbalancing (B) rehabilitative, diminishing (C) beneficial, enhancing (D) detrimental, redirecting (E) superfluous, encumbering 57. The somber news from the flood-stricken flood- stricken area does not justify the _______ attitude which you are displaying. (A) lugubrious (B) sanguinary (C) belligerent (D) optimistic (E) gloomy 58. Noting that few employees showed any _______ for complying complyin g with the corporation’s new safety regulations, Peterson was forced to
conclude that acceptance of the regulations would be _______, _ ______, at best. (A) aptitude, unavoidable (B) regard, indeterminate (C) respect, negotiable (D) patience, imminent (E) enthusiasm, grudging 59. The observation that nurses treating patients with pellagra did not _______ the disease led l ed epidemiologists to question the theory that pellagra is _______. (A) risk, deadly (B) fear, curable
(C) acknowledge, common (D) contract, contagious (E) battle, preventable 60. Sometimes fiction is marred by departures from the main narrative, but Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye is instead _______ ______ _ by its _______,
which add levels of meaning of the principal princi pal story. (A) enhanced, digressions (B) harmed, excursions (C) adorned, melodramas (D) strengthened, criticisms (E) unaffected, circumlocutions ANSWERS: DADCC CDEDA www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 61. Here in America, we have a _______ speech that is neither American, Oxford English, nor English but a _______ ___ ____ of all three. (A) motley, conflagration (B) hybrid, combination (C) nasal, mutilation (D) mangled, conglomeration (E) feigned, masquerade 62. We were annoyed by her _______ reply for we had been led l ed to expect definite assurances of her approval. (A) acerbic (B) noncommittal (C) vehement (D) caustic (E) articulate 63. Linguists have now confirmed what experienced users of ASL-American Sign Language- have always implicitly known: ASL is a grammatically _______ language in that it is capable of expressing every possible syntactic relation. (A) limited (B) economical (C) complete (D) shifting (E) abstract
64. Aalto, like other modernists, believed that form follows functions; consequently, his furniture designs asserted that _______ of human needs, and the furniture’s form wa s _______ human use. (A) universality, refined by (B) importance, relegated to (C) rationale, emphasized by (D) primacy, determined by (E) variability, reflected in 65. The action and characters in a melodrama can be so immediately _______ that all observers can hiss the villain with an air of smug but enjoyable _______. (A) spurned, boredom (B) forgotten, condescension (C) classified, self-righteousness (D) plausible, guilt (E) gripping, skepticism www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 66. The wonder of De Quincey is that although opium dominated his life, it never _______ him; indeed, i ndeed, he turned its use to _______ when he published the story of its influence in the London Magazine. (A) overcame, altruism (B) intimidated, triumph (C) distressed, pleasure (D) conquered, gain (E) released, necessity 67. Scientists who are on the cutting edge of research must often violate common sense and make seemingly _______ assumptions because existing theories simply do not _______ newly observed phenomena. (A) radical, confirm (B) vague, incorporate (C) absurd, explain (D) mistaken, reveal (E) inexact, corroborate 68. Today water is more _______ in i n landscape architecture than ever before, because technological advances have made it easy, in some instances even _______ to install water features in public places. (A) conspicuous, prohibitive (B) sporadic, effortless (C) indispensible, intricate
(D) ubiquitous, obligatory (E) controversial, unnecessary 69. The muses are _______ deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their charms. (A) rueful (B) ingenuous (C) solicitous (D) vindictive (E) dispassionate 70. A study of Berthe Morisot’s painting technique reveals that her
apparent _______ and _______ execution were never as casual as they seemed but actually resulted from years of practice and concentration. (A) craft, studied (B) improvisation, diligent (C) spontaneity, rapid (D) deception, flawless (E) accomplishment, laborious ANSWERS: BBCDC DCDDC www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 71. A misconception frequently held by novice writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought: the more convoluted the structure, the more _______ the ideas. (A) complicated (B) inconsequential (C) elementary (D) fanciful (E) blatant 72. Babcock’s criticism of the business practices of fellow merchants
was colored by _______; the more successful the other entrepreneurs, the more bitterly they were _______. (A) sensitivity, courted (B) jealousy, castigated (C) admiration, admonished (D) ambivalence, dismissed (E) blame, exonerated 73. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions;
indeed, we almost have a natural _______ doing so. (A) aptitude for (B) repugnance to (C) interest in (D) ignorance of (E) reaction after 74. Just as astrology was for centuries _______ faith, countering the strength of established churches, so today believing in astrology is an act of _______ the professional sciences. (A) an individual, rebellion by (B) an accepted, antagonism toward (C) an underground, defiance against (D) a heretical, support for (E) an unknown, concern about 75. If you come to the conference with such _______ _____ __ attitude, we cannot expect to reach _______ agreement. (A) a subservient, passive (B) an indolent, satisfactory (C) an unwonted, hypothetical (D) an obdurate, harmonious (E) a complicated, conclusive www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 76. The credibility of her _______ description of the conflicts experienced by many contemporary women in their t heir everyday lives was undermined by her _______ conclusions. (A) even-handed, partisan (B) biased, lopsided (C) detailed, careful (D) general, far-reaching (E) realistic, valid 77. Although Johnson _______ great enthusiasm for his employees’ project, in reality his interest in the project was so _______ as to be almost nonexistent. (A) generated, redundant (B) displayed, preemptive (C) expected, indiscriminate (D) feigned, perfunctory (E) demanded, dispassionate 78. Dependence on foreign sources of heavy metals, though _______, _____ __,
remains _______ for United States foreign policy. (A) deepening, a challenge (B) diminishing, a problem (C) excessive, a dilemma (D) debilitating, an embarrassment (E) unavoidable, a precedent 79. In many science fiction films, the opposition of good and evil is portrayed as a _______ between technology, which is _______, __ _____, and the errant will of a depraved intellectual. (A) fusion, useful (B) struggle, dehumanizing (C) parallel, unfettered (D) conflict, beneficent (E) similarity, malevolent 80. Although some of her fellow scientists _______ the t he unorthodox laboratory methodology than others found innovative, unanimous praise greeted her experimental results: at once pioneering and _______. __ _____. (A) ignored, untrustworthy (B) complimented, foreseeable (C) welcomed, mundane (D) decried, unexceptionable (E) attacked, inconclusive ANSWERS: ABBCD ADBDD www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 81. Business forecasts usually prove reasonably accurate when the assumption that the future will be much like li ke the past is _______; in times of major _______ in the business environment, however, forecasts can be dangerously wrong. (A) specified, discontinuities (B) questioned, surges (C) renounced, improvements (D) stipulated, risks (E) satisfied, shifts 82. In their preface, the collection’s collecti on’s editors plead that certain of
the important articles they _______ were published too recently for inclusion, but in the case of many such articles, this _______ is not valid.
(A) discussed, replacement (B) omitted, excuse (C) revised, clarification (D) disparaged, justification (E) ignored, endorsement 83. The labor union and the company’s management despite t heir long
history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly _______, albeit still tentative, agreement on next year’s contract.
(A) swift (B) onerous (C) hesitant (D) reluctant (E) conclusive 84. The _______ qu questions estions that consistently structure the study of history must be distinguished from merely _______ questions, which have their day and then pass into oblivion. (A) recurrent, practical (B) instinctive, factual (C) ingrained, discriminating (D) philosophical, random (E) perennial, ephemeral 85. That she seemed to prefer _______ to concentrated concent rated effort is undeniable; nevertheless, the impressive quality of her finished paintings suggests that her actual relationship to her art was anything but _______. (A) preparation, passionate (B) artfulness, disengaged (C) dabbling, superficial (D) caprice, considered (E) indecision, lighthearted www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 86. Although they were not direct _______, the new arts of the Classical period were clearly created in the spirit of older Roman models and thus _______ many m any features of the older style. (A) impressions, introduced (B) translations, accentuated (C) copies, maintained (D) masterpieces, depicted (E) borrowings, improvised
87. Marshal Philippe Petain, unlike any other French citizen of this century, has been, paradoxically, the object of both great veneration and great _______. (A) reverence (B) interest (C) empathy (D) contempt (E) praise 88. Philosophical problems arise when people ask questions that, though very _______, have certain characteristics in common. (A) relevant (B) elementary (C) abstract (D) diverse (E) controversial 89. Early critics of Emily Dickinson’s poetry mistook for
simplemindedness the surface of artlessness that in fact she constructed with such _______. (A) astonishment (B) vexation (C) allusion (D) innocence (E) cunning 90. Her tone of voice _______ him: he could not tell whether she was being _______ or whether he was to take her comment literally. (A) offended, genuine (B) puzzled, direct (C) comforted, kind (D) reassured, condescending (E) perplexed, sarcastic ANSWERS: EBAEC CDDEE www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 91. The self-important cant of musicologists musicologi sts on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is i s an _______ process closed to the uninitiated listener, however enthusiastic. (A) unreliable (B) variegated (C) salubrious (D) arcane
(E) balmy 92. By divesting himself of all regalities, the former king _______ the consideration that customarily protects monarchs. (A) merited (B) forfeited (C) debased (D) concealed (E) superannuated 93. I have no _______ in this matter: I am forced to follow the guidelines set forth in this manual. (A) grudge (B) qualifications (C) prudence (D) wisdom (E) latitude 94. The _______ qualities qualiti es of this salve will provide you with temporary relief from the pain which you now suffer. (A) obscure (B) analgesic (C) soporific (D) caustic (E) esthetic 95. Just as midwifery was for hundreds of years _______ practice, something that women retained control over for themselves, so too the increasingly independent role of the midwife in the process of childbirth is _______ domination by institutional medicine. (A) a personal, reaction of (B) a controversial, tolerance of (C) an autonomous, liberation from (D) a communal, celebration of (E) a dangerous, protection from 96. Usually the first to spot data that t hat were inconsistent with other findings, in this particular partic ular experiment she let a number of _______ results slip by. (A) inaccurate (B) verifiable (C) redundant (D) salient
(E) anomalous 97. In a most m ost impressive demonstration, Pavarotti sailed through Verdi’s “Celeste Aida,” normally a tenor’s _______, with the casual
enthusiasm of a folk singer performing one of his hi s favorite _______. (A) pitfall, recitals (B) glory, chorales (C) nightmare, ballads (D) delight, chanteys (E) routine, composers 98. Unfortunately, his damaging damagin g attacks on the ramification of the economic policy have been _______ by his wholehearted acceptance of that policy’s underlying assumptions.
(A) supplemented (B) undermined (C) wasted (D) diverted (E) redeemed 99. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values was regarded as _______, ______ _, even as a sign of madness. (A) adventurous (B) frivolous (C) willful (D) impermissible (E) irrational 100. In keeping with the well-established well -established custom that even the most favorable review should include some _______, the reviewer follows her _______ the book’s prose with some objections to its implementations
of theory. (A) equivocations, quibbles with (B) accolades, attack on (C) reservations, praise of (D) disparagements, criticism of (E) compliments, consideration of ANSWERS: DBEBC ECBEC www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com
101. Mary hoped to get the job not n ot only because of the salary but also because of the health plan and other _______ which went with it. (A) perquisites (B) inconveniences (C) detractions (D) details (E) prerequisites 102. Propaganda may influence the sophisticated sophisti cated and urbane as well as the more _______ members of the community. (A) knowledgeable (B) worldly (C) gullible (D) philanthropic (E) blasé 103. Congress is having great difficulty diffi culty developing a consensus on energy policy, primarily because the policy objectives of various members of Congress rest on such _______ assumptions. a ssumptions. (A) commonplace (B) trivial (C) explicit (D) divergent (E) fundamental 104. In the design of medical m edical experiments, the need for _______ assignment of treatments to patients must be _______ the difficulty of persuading patients to participate in an experiment in which their treatment is decided by chance. (A) independent, amended by (B) competent, emphasized by (C) mechanical, controlled by (D) swift, associated with (E) random, reconciled with 105. People should not be praised prai sed for their virtue if they lack the energy to be _______; in such cases, goodness is merely the effect of _______. (A) depraved, hesitation (B) cruel, effortlessness (C) wicked, indolence (D) unjust, boredom (E) iniquitous, impiety
www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 106. Despite vigorous protestations, the grin on the teenager’s face _______ her denial that she had known about the practical joke before it was played on her parents. (A) belied (B) illustrated (C) reinforced (D) exacerbated (E) trivialized 107. Nature’s energy effici ency often _______ human technology:
despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency _______ the firefly’s systems. (A) engenders, manipulates (B) reflects, simulates (C) outstrips, rivals (D) inhibits, matches (E) determines, reproduces 108. While nurturing parents can compensate for adversity, cold or inconsistent parents may _______ it. (A) exacerbate (B) neutralize (C) eradicate (D) ameliorate (E) relieve 109. Dramatic literature often _______ the th e history of a culture in that it takes as its subject su bject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture. (A) confounds (B) repudiates (C) recapitulates (D) anticipates (E) polarizes 110. Documenting science’s _______ philosophy would be _______,
since it is almost axiomatic that many m any philosophers use scientific concepts as the foundations for their speculations. (A) distrust of, elementary
(B) influence on, superfluous (C) reliance on, inappropriate (D) dependence on, difficult (E) differences from, impossible ANSWERS: ACDEC ACACB www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 111. The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazed and Rachel Brown were _______ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the _______ methodology into question. (A) provocative, prevailing (B) predictable, contemporary (C) inconclusive, traditional (D) intriguing, projected (E) specious, original 112. Because they had expected the spacecraft Voyager 2 to be able to gather data only about the planets Jupiter and Saturn, scientists were _______ the wealth of information it sent back from Neptune twelve years after leaving Earth. (A) disappointed in (B) concerned about (C) confident in (D) elated by (E) anxious for 113. Scientists’ pristine reputation as devotees of the disinterested
pursuit of truth has been _______ ______ _ by recent evidence that some scientists have deliberately _______ experimental results to further their own careers. (A) reinforced, published (B) validated, suppressed (C) exterminated, replicated (D) compromised, fabricated (E) resuscitated, challenged 114. It is his dubious distinction to have proved what nobody would think of denying, that Romero at the age of sixty-four sixty- four writes with all the characteristics of _______. (A) maturity (B) fiction
(C) inventiveness (D) art (E) brilliance 115. It is a great _______ to be able to transfer useful genes with as little extra material as possible, because the donor’s genome may
contain, in addition to desirable genes, many genes with _______ effects. (A) misfortune, unpredictable (B) disappointment, superfluous (C) convenience, exquisite (D) accomplishment, profound (E) advantage, deleterious www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 116. Scholars’ sense of the uniqueness uni queness of the central concept of “the state” at the time when political science scien ce became an academic field
quite naturally led to striving for a correspondingly _______ mode m ode of study. (A) through (B) distinctive (C) dependable (D) scientific (E) dynamic 117. In certain forms of discourse such as the parable, the central point of a message can be effectively communicated even though this point is not _______. (A) preferred (B) explicit (C) inferable (D) discerned (E) illustrated 118. Wearing the latest fashions was exclusively the _______ _ ______ of the wealthy until the 1850’s, when mass production, aggressive
entrepreneurs, and the availability of the sewing machine made them _______ the middle class. (A) aspiration, disagreeable to (B) vexation, superfluous for (C) bane, profitable to (D) prerogative, accessible to (E) obligation, popular with
119. A number of writers who once greatly _______ __ _____ the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting _______ for their former criticism. (A) lauded, censure (B) influenced, analysis (C) simulated, ambivalence (D) disparaged, approbation (E) honored, adulation 120. Broadway audiences have become inured to _______ and so _______ to be pleased as to make their ready ovations meaningless as a s an indicator of the quality of the production before them. (A) sentimentality, reluctant (B) condescension, disinclined (C) histrionics, unlikely (D) cleverness, eager (E) mediocrity, desperate ANSWERS: ADDAE BBDDE www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 121. Any population increase beyond a certain level necessitates greater _______ vegetable foods; thus, thu s, the ability of a society to choose meat over cereals always arises, in part, from _______ the number of people. (A) reliance on, replenishing (B) production of, estimating (C) spending on, concealing (D) recourse to, limiting (E) attention to, varying 122. A recent survey shows that, while ninety-four percent of companies conducting management-training programs open them to women, women are _______ only seventy-four percent of those programs. (A) protesting against (B) participating in (C) displeased by (D) allowed in (E) refused by 123. Thomas Paine, whose political writing was often flamboyant, was in private life a surprisingly _______ ___ ____ man: he lived in rented rooms,
ate little, and wore drab clothes. (A) simple (B) controversial (C) sordid (D) comfortable (E) discourteous 124. Because she had a reputation reputati on for _______, we were surprised and pleased when she greeted us so _______. (A) insolence, irately (B) insouciance, cordially (C) graciousness, amiably (D) arrogance, disdainfully (E) querulousness, affably 125. The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in Western society during the current decade is _______ critical. (A) perennially (B) disturbingly (C) uniquely (D) archetypally (E) captiously www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 126. At first, I found f ound her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that _______ _____ __ was very near the surface. (A) seriousness (B) confidence (C) laughter (D) poise (E) determination 127. Despite claims that his philosophy can be traced to _______ source, the philosophy in fact draws liberally on several traditions and methodologies and so could justifiably be termed _______. (A) a particular, consistent (B) a schematic, multifaceted (C) a dominant, cogent (D) an authoritative, derivative (E) a single, eclectic
128. During a period of protracted illness, the sick can become infirm, _______ both the strength to work and many of the specific skills they once possessed. (A) regaining (B) denying (C) pursuing (D) insuring (E) losing 129. Melodramas, which presented stark oppositions between innocence and criminality, virtue and corruption, good and evil, were popular precisely because they offered the audience a world _______ of _______. (A) bereft, theatricality (B) composed, adversity (C) full, circumstantiality (D) deprived, polarity (E) devoid, neutrality 130. Du Bois’s foreign trips were the highlight, not the _______, of
his travels; he was habitually on the go across and around the United States. (A) idiosyncrasy (B) result (C) precursor (D) culmination (E) totality ANSWERS: DBAEC CEEEE www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 131. In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so _______ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are are over the hidden sea. (A) permanently (B) imperceptibly (C) irreqularly (D) precariously (E) slightly 132. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look _______; they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the _______
of natural beauty and human glory. (A) beautiful, immutability (B) cheerful, transitoriness (C) colorful, abstractness (D) luxuriant, simplicity (E) conventional, wildness 133. Despite many decades of research on the gasifi cation of coal, the data accumulated are not directly _______ to environmental questions; thus a new program of research specifically addressing such question is _______. (A) analogous, promising (B) transferable, contradictory (C) antithetical, unremarkable (D) applicable, warranted (E) pertinent, unnecessary 134. Unlike other creatures, who are shaped largely by their _______ ____ ___ environment, human beings are products of a culture accumulated accumul ated over centuries, yet one that is constantly being _______ by massive m assive infusions of new information i nformation from everywhere. (A) harsh, unconfirmed (B) surrounding, upheld (C) immediate, transformed (D) natural, mechanized (E) limited, superseded 135. Vaillant, who has been particularly particul arly interested in the means by which people attain mental health, seems to be looking for _______ _ ______ answers: a way to close the book on at least a few questions about human nature. (A) definitive (B) confused (C) temporary (D) personal (E) derivative www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 136. Because many of the minerals found on the ocean floor are still _______ on land, where mining the ocean floor has yet to become a _______ enterprise. (A) scarce, marginal
(B) accessible, marginal (C) unidentified, subsidized (D) conserved, public (E) plentiful, profitable 137. The disjunction between bet ween educational objectives that stress independence and individuality and those that emphasize obedience to rules and cooperation with others reflects a _______ that th at arises from the values on which these objectives are based. (A) conflict (B) redundancy (C) gain (D) predictability (E) wisdom 138. The Chinese, who began systematic astronomical and weather observations shortly after the ancient Egyptians, were assiduous record-keepers, and because of this, can claim humanity’s longest continuous _______ of natural events. (A) defiance (B) documentation (C) maintenance (D) theory (E) domination 139. The valedictory address, as it has developed devel oped in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary _______ that permits very little _______. (A) text, clarity (B) work, tradition (C) genre, deviation (D) oration, grandiloquence (E) achievement, rigidity 140. It is _______ for a government to fail to do whatever it can to to eliminate a totally _______ disease. (A) folly, innocuous (B) irresponsible, preventable (C) crucial, fatal (D) instinctive, devastating (E) detrimental, insignificant ANSWERS: BBDCA EABCB www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com
141. Inspired interim responses to hitherto hith erto unknown problem, New Deal economic stratagems became _______ as a result of bureaucratization, their flexibility and adaptability destroyed by their transformation into rigid policies. (A) politicized (B) consolidated (C) ossified (D) ungovernable (E) streamlined 142. Natural selection tends to eliminate elimin ate genes that cause inherited diseases, acting most strongly against the most m ost severe diseases; consequently, hereditary disease that are _______ would be expected to be very _______, but, surprisingly, they are not. (A) lethal, rare (B) untreated, dangerous (C) unusual, refractory (D) new, perplexing (E) widespread, acute 143. That his intransigence in making m aking decisions _______ no open disagreement from any quarter was well known; thus, clever subordinates learned the art of _______ their thei r opinions in casual remarks. (A) elicited, quashing (B) engendered, recasting (C) brooked, intimating (D) embodied, instigating (E) forbore, emending 144. Some paleontologists debate whether the diversity of species ha s _______ since the Cambrian period or whether imperfections in the fossil record only suggest greater diversity today, while in actuality there has been either _______ or decreased diversity. (A) changed, escalation (B) increased, stasis (C) expanded, discontinuity (D) declined, reduction (E) improved, deviation 145. It is strange how words shape out thoughts and trap us at the
bottom of deeply _______ canyons of thinking, their imprisoning sides carved out by the _______ of past usage. usa ge. (A) cleaved, eruptions (B) rooted, flood (C) incised, river (D) ridged, ocean (E) notched, mountains www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 146. The sheer diversity of tropical plants represents a seemingly _______ source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized. (A) exploited (B) quantifiable (C) controversial (D) inexhaustible (E) remarkable 147. For centuries animals have been used as _______ for people in experiments to assess the effects of therapeutic and other ag ents that might later be used in humans. (A) benefactors (B) companions (C) examples (D) precedents (E) surrogates 148. By idiosyncratically refusing to dismiss an insubordinate i nsubordinate member of his staff, the manager not n ot only _______ established policy, but he also _______ his heretofore good chances for f or promotion. (A) instituted, bettered (B) recognized, protected (C) contravened, jeopardized (D) reiterated, computed (E) delimited, restricted 149. The widespread public shock at the news of the guilty verdict was caused partly by _______ news stories that had _______ acquittal. (A) sensational, condemned (B) buried, urged (C) impartial, mentioned (D) biased, predicted (E) local, denounced
150. Only by ignoring decades of mismanagement mi smanagement and inefficiency could investors conclude that a fresh infusion of cash would provide anything more than a _______ solution to the company’s financial
woes. (A) fair (B) temporary (C) genuine (D) realistic (E) complete ANSWERS: CACBC DECDB www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 151. Although the discovery of antibiotics led to great advances in clinical practice, it did not represent a _______ bacterial illness, for there are some bacteria that cannot be _______ ___ ____ treated with antibiotics. (A) breakthrough in, consistently (B) panacea for, effectively (C) neglect of, efficiently (D) reexamination of, conventionally (E) resurgence of, entirely 152. To compensate for the substantial decline in i n the availability of fossil fuels in future years, we w e will have to provide at least _______ alternative energy source. (A) an anticipated (B) an official (C) an equivalent (D) a derivative (E) a redundant 153. There is some _______ the th e fact that the author of a book as sensitive and informed as Indian Artisans Arti sans did not develop her interest in Native American art until adulthood, for she grew up u p in a region rich in American Indian culture. (A) irony in (B) satisfaction in (C) doubt about (D) concern about (E) presumptuousness in 154. Ironically, the party leaders l eaders encountered no greater _______
their efforts to build a progressive party than the _______ of the progressives already elected to the legislature. (A) support for, advocacy (B) threat to, promise (C) benefit from, success (D) obstacle to, resistance (E) praise for, reputation 155. Though many medieval women possessed devotional books that had belonged to their mothers, formal written evidence of women bequeathing books to their daughters is scarce, which suggests that such bequests were _______and required no _______. (A) unselfish, rationalization (B) tangential, approval (C) customary, documentation (D) covert, discretion (E) spurious, record www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 156. The challenge of interpreting fictional fi ctional works written under politically repressive regimes lies in distinguishing what is _______ to an author’s beliefs, as opposed to what is _______ by political
coercion. (A) innate, understood (B) organic, imposed (C) contradictory, conveyed (D) oblique, captured (E) peripheral, demanded 157. Observable as a tendency of our culture is a _______ of _______ psychoanalysis: we no longer feel that it can solve our emotional problems. (A) divergence, certainty about (B) confrontation, enigmas in (C) withdrawal, belief in (D) defense, weaknesses in (E) failure, rigor in 158. The astronomer and feminist Maria Mitchell’s own prodigious
activity and the vigor of the Association for the Advancement of Women during the 1870’s _______ any assertion that feminism was _______ in
that period. (A) exclude, thriving (B) contradict, prospering (C) pervade, remote (D) buttress, dormant (E) belie, quiescent 159. Nineteenth-century scholars, by examining earlier geometric Greek art, found that classical Greek art was not a magical _______ or a brilliant _______ blending Egyptian and Assyrian art, but was independently evolved by Greeks in Greece. (A) stratagem, appropriation (B) exemplar, synthesis (C) conversion, annexation (D) paradigm, construct (E) apparition, amalgam 160. The repudiation of Puritanism in seventeenth-century England expressed itself not only in retaliatory laws to _______ Puritans, Pu ritans, but also in a general attitude of _______ for Puritans. (A) restrict, contempt (B) regulate, regard (C) benefit, affection (D) repress, respect (E) evade, hatred ANSWERS: BCADC BCEEA www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 161. In the absence of any _______ caused by danger, hardship, or even cultural difference, most utopian communities deteriorate into _______ but enervating backwaters. (A) turmoil, frantic (B) mistrust, naïve (C) amelioration, ignorant (D) decimation, intrusive (E) stimulation, placid 162. Some artists immodestly idealize or exaggerate the significance of their work; yet others _______ to exalt the role of the artist, reject a transcendent view of art.
(A) appearing (B) disdaining (C) seeking (D) failing (E) tending 163. Calculus, though still indispensable i ndispensable to science and technology, is no longer _______; it has an equal partner called discrete mathematics. (A) preeminent (B) pertinent (C) beneficial (D) essential (E) pragmatic 164. Despite its _______, ___ ____, the book deals _______ with a number of crucial issues. (A) optimism, cursorily (B) importance, needlessly (C) virtues, inadequately (D) novelty, strangely (E) completeness, thoroughly 165. If the theory is self-evidently self -evidently true, as its proponents assert, then why does _______ it still exist among well-informed people? (A) support for (B) excitement about (C) regret for (D) resignation about (E) opposition to www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 166. Religious philosopher that he was, Henry More derived his conception of an infinite universe from the Infinite God in i n whom he believed, a benevolent God of _______ whose nature was to create _______. (A) plenitude, abundance (B) vengeance, justice (C) indifference, suffering (D) indulgence, temperance (E) rectitude, havoc 167. A century ago the physician’s word was ______ _: to doubt it was
considered almost sacrilegious.
(A) inevitable (B) intractable (C) incontrovertible (D) objective (E) respectable 168. So much of modern fiction ficti on in the United States is autobiographical, and so much of the autobiography fictionalized, that the _______ sometimes seem largely _______. (A) authors, ignored (B) needs, unrecognized (C) genres, interchangeable (D) intentions, misunderstood (E) misapprehensions, uncorrected 169. Prior to the work of Heckel, illustrations of fish were often beautiful but rarely _______; this fish, combined with the _______ nature of most nineteenth-century taxonomic descriptions, often kept scientists from recognizing differences between species. (A) impressive, inaccurate (B) realistic, detailed (C) traditional, progressive (D) precise, inexact (E) distinctive, sophisticated 170. According to some experts, modern science as it emerged in the seventeenth century was essentially a _______ calling: the culture of science was more a _______ than a departure from ecclesiastical traditions. (A) scholarly, recapitulation of (B) skeptical, return to (C) religious, continuation of (D) solemn, recantation of (E) technical, modification of ANSWERS: EBACE ACCDC www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 171. We first became aware that his hi s support for the new program was less than _______ when he declined to make a speech in its favor. (A) qualified (B) haphazard (C) fleeting (D) unwarranted
(E) wholehearted 172. Because of the excellent preservation of the fossil, anatomical details of early horseshoe crabs were _______ for the first time, enabling experts to _______ the evolution of the horseshoe crab. (A) scrutinized, ensure (B) verified, advance (C) identified, dirt (D) obscured, illustrate (E) clarified, reassess 173. Nothing _______ his irresponsibility better than his _______ delay in sending us the items he promised weeks ago. (A) justifies, conspicuous (B) characterizes, timely (C) epitomizes, unnecessary (D) reveals, conscientious (E) conceals, inexplicable 174. The few dozen gray seals that have thus far f ar died of canine distemper can, at least for now, be considered consi dered _______, since most of the remaining 200,000 gray seals seal s appear uninfected by the disease. (A) unexceptional (B) immune (C) anomalous (D) endangered (E) contagious 175. Because modern scientists find the ancient Greek view of the cosmos outdated and irrelevant, they now perceive it as only of _______ interest. (A) historical (B) intrinsic (C) astronomical (D) experimental (E) superfluous www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 176. Although the intellectual and artistic achievements ac hievements of this ancient civilization were, even by modern standards, extraordinarily _______, its level of technical and mechanical development was by no means _______to that of modern m odern technology. (A) primitive, superior (B) diverse, inimical
(C) sophisticated, comparable (D) primeval, equivalent (E) influential, subordinate 177. Although the genetic explanation of why some people are right-handed whereas others are left-handed is plausible, it has been effectively _______ by experiments in which genetically _______ mice showed different paw preferences. (A) verified, related (B) challenged, indistinguishable (C) tested, altered (D) proven, identical (E) destroyed, complex 178. While T.S. Eliot maintained that poets themselves were the best _______ of _______, C.S. Lewis opposed this view, declaring that one did not have to be a trained chef to be a discriminating gourmet. (A) mimics, life (B) constructors, rhyme (C) critics, verse (D) conservators, aesthetics (E) interpreters, sensation 179. The discipline of sociology has finally achieved a degree of consensus: however _______ their individual interpretations and emphases might be, most sociologists now _______ a single broad conception of the field. (A) different, share (B) uncontroversial, champion (C) limited, reject (D) divergent, dispute (E) concordant, acknowledge 180. By forcing our surrender to the authority of the clock, systematic timekeeping has imposed a form of _______ ______ _ on society. (A) anarchy (B) permanence (C) provincialism (D) tyranny (E) autonomy ANSWERS: EECCA CBCAD www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 181. Overall, the evidence was inconclusive as to whether the
adjustment to the inflated estimates would _______ _ ______ their accuracy or instead _______ the actual amount. (A) compromise, magnify (B) confirm, validate (C) disprove, pinpoint (D) verify, distort (E) improve, understate 182. Perhaps there is a shortcoming in the script, but the film’s poor
reviews may also be a function of one or two _______ casting decisions in an otherwise _______ production. (A) fitting, magnificent (B) faulty, solid (C) deliberate, cautious (D) hasty, mediocre (E) confusing, perplexing 183. As a means of _______ __ _____ a tempestuous confrontation, the labor arbitrator advised the opposing parties to _______ their positions. (A) promoting, qualify (B) calming, reinforce (C) neglecting, clarity (D) appraising, soften (E) defusing, moderate 184. Unenlightened authoritarian managers rarely recognize a crucial reason for the low levels of serious conflict among members of democratically run work groups: a modicum of tolerance for dis sent often prevents _______. (A) demur (B) schism (C) cooperation (D) compliance (E) shortsightedness 185. The natures of social history hist ory and lyric poetry are _______, social history always recounting the _______ and lyric poetry speaking for unchanging human nature, that timeless essence es sence beyond fashion and economics. (A) predetermined, bygone (B) antithetical, evanescent (C) interdependent, unnoticed
(D) irreconcilable, unalterable (E) indistinguishable, transitory www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 186. Despite the fact that it is i s almost universally _______, the practice of indentured servitude still _______ in many m any parts of the world. (A) condemned, abates (B) tolerated, survives (C) proscribed, persists (D) mandated, lingers (E) disdained, intervenes 187. Ironically, the proper use of figurative figu rative language must be based on the denotative meaning of the words, because it is the failure to recognize this _______ meaning that leads l eads to mixed metaphors and their attendant incongruity. (A) esoteric (B) literal (C) latent (D) allusive (E) symbolic 188. Having sufficient income of her own constituted for Alice _______ _ ______ independence that made possible a degree of _______ ____ ___ in her emotional life as well. (A) a material, security (B) a profound, conformity (C) a financial, economy (D) a psychological, extravagance (E) an unexpected, uncertainty 189. Mathematics consists of a group of languages l anguages that are more stable than any _______ language; mathematical symbols do not _______ their meanings as words do. (A) developed, substitute (B) written, translate (C) traditional, require (D) verbal, change (E) explicit, conceal
190. While many people utilize homeopathic remedies to treat health problems, other people do not _______ such alternative treatments, _______ conventional medical treatments instead. (A) distrust, employing (B) embrace, eschewing (C) reject, envisioning (D) countenance, relying on (E) recommend, turning from ANSWERS: EBEBB CBADD www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 191. Paleontologists’ assumptions about the equable nature n ature of the
climate on the primeval island of Pangaea Pan gaea are _______ computer simulations indicating that the island’s i sland’s temperatures tended to
_______ during the course of a year. (A) based on, cool (B) confirmed by, vary (C) challenged by, stabilize (D) bolstered by, soar (E) undermined by, fluctuate 192. Whereas historians once maintained that science is _______ other enterprises, they have come to realize that science sci ence is actually _______ the values, social assumptions, and intellectual traditions of a particular historical period. (A) related to, informed by (B) ancillary to, secondary to (C) tantamount to, equivalent to (D) distinct from, intertwined with (E) dependent on, influenced by 193. Chinese art has no _______ ___ ____ the powerfully explicit antiwar paintings of the West, but _______ ______ _ subtlety and indirection to express political thought. (A) panacea for, passes by (B) diversion from, defers to (C) counterpart for, relies on (D) intimation of, alludes to (E) derivative of, refrains from 194. Breakdowns in communication between intimates may occur because
the _______ of the relationship, ironically, may _______ openness. (A) depth, necessitate (B) closeness, discourage (C) reciprocity, foster (D) juxtaposition, offset (E) precariousness, facilitate 195. Often the argument against philanthropy has the effect of _______ the character of philanthropists but not necessarily _______ their t heir work: they may have done good in spite of themselves. (A) describing, explaining (B) aggrandizing, acknowledging (C) emphasizing, citing (D) impugning, discrediting (E) obscuring, attacking www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com www.drrajusgre.com 196. The novelist devotes so much time to avid avi d descriptions of his character’s clothes that the reader soon feels that such _______ ______ _
concerns, although worthy of attention, have superseded any more directly literary aims. (A) didactic (B) syntactical (C) belletristic (D) sartorial (E) frivolous 197. Carruther’s latest literary criticism _______ _____ __ her reputation for
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_______ of the illusions built into games of chance in order to misguide player and take their money. (A) distortion, outcome (B) restriction, result (C) maintenance, function
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