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1. Ronnie, a (i) _____individual if there ever was one, was so rarely (ii) _____that his co-
workers began to wonder if his house were rife with clocks.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
(A) duplicitous (D) on time
(B) hospitable (E) needy
(C) punctilious (F) tardy
2. The problem with foreign policy is its aim to (i) _____rival nations, leading to tit-for-tat (ii)
_____that makes everyone worse off.
(A) take no notice of (D) retaliation
(B) inflict harm on (E) canonization
(C) promote reconciliation with (F) improvisation
3. Famous South Korean director Shin Sang-ok was illegally abducted by North Korean agents
and, under (i) _____, forced to make movies, in the vain belief that the country’s (ii) _____film
industry would somehow be bolstered.
(A) contract (D) brazen
(B) hypnosis (E) stagnating
(C) duress (F) promising
Medium
4. Because their breed is (i) _____, infamous for escaping virtually any enclosure, and (ii)
_____, requiring daily walks in excess of five miles, Thelma was advised by more than one person
to not adopt a husky.
(A) prodigious (D) high-maintenance
(B) wily (E) capricious
(C) blithe (F) inactive
5. Jared found himself in another (i) _____ – the third of that year – but some (ii) _____
counsel provided hope that he'd, once again, escape his predicament.
(A) harangue (D) esoteric
(B) quandary (E) inapposite
(C) consensus (F) opportune
6. At Engine Tech, company (i) _____was not confined to isolated incidents; indeed, such
misconduct was (ii) _____.
(A) malfeasance (D) debilitating
(B) belligerence (E) habitual
(C) indolence (F) secretive
7. Normally a process (i) _____ peril, the transition of power from the recently departed king
to his first cousin went off with nary a (ii) _____; in fact, a large majority of the populace stood
firmly behind the new monarch.
(A) teeming with (D) tribute
(B) wanting of (E) remark
(C) nostalgic for (F) hiccup
8. Greater effort must be made to transform the (i) _____ verbiage of legal documents, also
known as legalese, into (ii) _____language.
(A) abstruse (D) stylized
(B) pristine (E) penetrable
(C) synoptic (F) candid
9. Voters dutifully recalled the elected official, hoping his ouster would do much to weed out
political (i) _____; surely then they were disappointed when government impropriety
continued (ii) _____.
(A) monotony (D) severely hampered
(B) obstinance (E) virtually unabated
(C) malfeasance (F) gradually piecemeal
10. The bureaucrats at the Department of Motor Vehicles are a feckless bunch: (i) _____is clearly
(ii) _____.
(A) expertise (D) intriguing
(B) incompetence (E) wanting
(C) avarice (F) zealous
11. The citizens found comfort in the (i) _____tenure of their elected leader, reassuring
themselves that any tyrannical inclinations would be relatively (ii) _____.
(A) truncated (D) vital
(B) austere (E) short-lived
(C) beneficent (F) rational
12. If history is any guide, an ostensibly (i) _____discovery might actually have (ii) _____
implications. Take, for example, Fleming’s revelation that mold could be used as an antibiotic.
(A) powerful (D) modest
(B) propitious (E) adverse
(C) pointless (F) pronounced
13. In societies with a high degree of (i) _____, wily critics are clever with their _____, subtly
rebuking the regime through allusion and metaphor.
(A) dissembling (D) censure
(B) fortitude (E) equanimity
(C) censorship (F) pedantry
14. Politicians claim to seek __________, but their actions say otherwise; elected officials
promoting _________ are few and far between.
(A) enmity (D) inactivity
(B) alacrity (E) goodwill
(C) amity (F) caution
15. The dreadnaught battleships were the most powerful ever built; (i) _____, their inordinate
cost kept the ships moored in ports more often than not, (ii) _____admirals fearing they’d be
sunk by comparatively inexpensive torpedoes.
(A) consequently (D) chary
(B) notably (E) irrational
(C) ironically (F) brash
16. Policymakers need not be (i) _____with evidence of adverse social conditions to enact
change; that poverty is (ii) _____in many of our streets should prove sufficient.
(A) inundated (D) scant
(B) provoked (E) improving
(C) burnished (F) discernible
17. The civilization’s greatest fear was (i) _____from its indentured servants; measures were
thus enacted to maintain their (ii) _____. However, these did not always work and revolts did
take place.
(A) obeisance (D) animosity
(B) insurgency (E) transience
(C) proficiency (F) subservience
18. Having become a professor at such a young age, Veronica was inexperienced and (i) _____,
her bumbling jokes eliciting only (ii) _____chuckles from the more polite students.
(A) gauche (D) noisy
(B) discreet (E) forced
(C) tempestuous (F) furtive
19. Even in its beginnings, ancient Rome was never that (i) _____; a constant influx of settlers,
immigrants, tradesman, and slaves ensured a (ii) _____of people.
(A) sundry (D) transience
(B) urbanized (E) hysteria
(C) homogeneous (F) medley
20. Were it not for people’s (i) _____, junk food would cease to exist, or at least not be as
plentiful. For most, short-term pleasure (ii) _____long-term health.
(A) myopia (D) equates to
(B) austerity (E) trumps
(C) modesty (F) sparks
21. For all the corporate embrace of automation, public support for it appears to sit on (i)
_____footing. Many appreciate rising stock prices but fear a reality in which few can find (ii)
_____employ.
(A) bawdy (D) temporary
(B) flimsy (E) prestigious
(C) solid (F) gainful
22. The Empress occasionally interfered directly in the affairs of the State, for instance the (i)
_____arrest of several leaders of the labor party, whom, under some (ii) _____or other, the
government threw into prison.
(A) Arbitrary (D) mitigation
(B) temporary (E) pretense
(C) justified (F) largesse
23. (i) _____by nature, she had unlimited confidence in her own abilities and (ii) _____for
those of others.
(A) August (D) approbation
(B) Haughty (E) tact
(C) Cerebral (F) disdain
24. Ironically, the troops sent to maintain order only served to (i) _____people’s agitation and
soon there was (ii) _____.
(A) immure (D) a reconciliation
(B) augment (E) an exculpation
(C) temper (F) a fracas
25. While (i) _____to labor unions, the prospect of fully automated factories has managers
bubbling with (ii) _____.
(A) cathartic (D) glee
(B) anathema (E) caprice
(C) elitist (F) inhibition
26. Artificial intelligence and data analysis are unlikely to (i) _____private health care to the
same degree as public health given the former’s mandate to (ii) _____privacy laws.
(A) covet (D) initiate
(B) revolutionize (E) ascribe
(C) forestall (F) heed
27. Evidence of the ancient civilization’s seafaring is (i) _____; its boats were typically
constructed of wood and other (ii) _____materials.
(A) tenable (D) intractable
(B) covert (E) malleable
(C) scant (F) degradable
28. Space debris – traveling upwards of 17,000 MPH – has been an issue with potentially (i)
_____consequences since the 1950s. Lately, however, there has been (ii) _____increase in
human rubbish orbiting the atmosphere.
(A) dire (D) clamorous
(B) evasive (E) itinerant
(C) anodyne (F) precipitous
29. The social condition of mankind is (i) _____affected by climatic and other external
circumstances. The intense cold of the Arctic and Antarctic regions is (ii) _____to anything
approaching a developed form of civilization.
(A) superfluously (D) ruinous
(B) tenuously (E) heavenly
(C) profoundly (F) ethereal
30. There still survives the notion that the civilization of the Middle Ages was (i) _____, that
there was little (ii) _____with the advancement of the ancient world.
(A) onerous (D) propriety
(B) unprogressive (E) exchange
(C) penitent (F) continuity
31. The lawyer’s argument that the tech giant constituted a monopoly was (i) _____when, during
a recent outage, many of its users (ii) _____competitor platforms.
(A) understood (D) flocked to
(B) underscored (E) searched for
(C) undermined (F) abandoned
Hard
32. The author's latest work offers (i) _____critique of modern economics, eschewing jargon in
favor of (ii) _____prose that lay readers find refreshing.
(A) a penetrating (D) a reverent
(B) an honest (E) a lucid
(C) a recondite (F) an eccentric
33. The diplomat's strategy in the negotiations was (i) ______, avoiding any show of aggression
while maintaining a position of (ii) _____strength that left little room for opposition.
(A) fraught (D) unassailable
(B) artful (E) truculent
(C) headstrong (F) dubious
34. In the realm of quantum mechanics, even outwardly (i) _____phenomena can yield (ii)
_____insights, providing breakthroughs that resonate far beyond the microscopic world.
(A) prosaic (D) consequential
(B) profound (E) captious
(C) transient (F) specious
35. The philanthropist's motives were not entirely (i) _____, as her substantial donations to the
arts were often accompanied by (ii) _____stipulations for recognition and control over creative
direction.
(A) self-serving (D) trifling
(B) altruistic (E) feigned
(C) economical (F) onerous
36. The once-lauded theory, now (i) _____by the scientific community, remains (ii) _____
topic in textbooks, highlighting the reluctance of publishers to swiftly discard outdated
concepts.
(A) exalted (D) a supplementary
(B) debated (E) an indelible
(C) abjured (F)a derivative
37. Bernard argues that young men comprise the bulk of an army, particularly in wartime, since
only they possess the unique combination of (i) _____and naivety required of a soldier. Their
valor spurs them to battle but their (ii) _____leaves them incapable of appreciating war's true
cost.
(A) optimism (D) resilience
(B) inexperience (E) callousness
(C) mettle (F) callowness
38. The water three miles off the coast was so (i) _____that the organizers of the scuba diving
trip, despite their normally (ii) _____policy, refunded all of the customers' money.
(A) turbid (D) pithy
(B) turgid (E) rigorous
(C) torpid (F) enigmatic
39. A disgruntled populace without recourse to (i) _____disobedience will inevitably resort to
(ii) _____to enact change.
(A) pacifistic (D) ennui
(B) bitter (E) savagery
(C) ambivalent (F) equivocation
40. Sandra does not (i) _____the stadium's new moniker, Mills Field, named after its biggest
benefactor, though she does think the committee could have settled on something a little less
(i) _____.
(A) relish (D) byzantine
(B) react to (E) bogus
(C) revile (F) humdrum
41. Keith made the mistake – like many of his contemporaries – of (i) _____the advice of the
more (ii) _____among him.
(A) spurning (D) garrulous
(B) supplanting (E) intrepid
(C) seeking (F) learned
42. Ana Brady's iconoclastic studies illustrated that, contrary to popular belief, contention
breeds innovation; in fact, (i) _____significantly increased in companies where management
made a concerted effort to lower employee (ii) _____.
(A) punctuality (D) harmony
(B) productivity (E) morale
(C) creativity (F) discord
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43. The authoritarian regime invoked the threat of nuclear war so often that rivals began (i)
_____its (ii) _____.
(A) bolstering (D) panache
(B) disregarding (E) frailty
(C) conceding to (F) bluster
44. By excising all (i) _____influences from his surroundings, Danyal set his life on a more (ii)
_____trajectory.
(A) worthwhile (D) illusory
(B) adverse (E) destructive
(C) disparate (F) windy
45. Given the dire state of the economy, the prime minister is remarkably (i) _____; even more
(ii) _____, the country’s citizens seem equally blasé.
(A) inquisitive (D) enraging
(B) blithe (E) baffling
(C) sanguine (F) unexceptional
46. The cadets had been told in advance of the (i) _____of boot camp; nevertheless, the degree
of (ii) _____they encountered still surprised them.
(A) rigors (D) fellowship
(B) camaraderie (E) sophistry
(C) belligerence (F) contempt
47. The dancer’s movements were casual, almost (i) _____; paradoxically, however, the lack of
(ii) _____enraptured the audience.
(A) deranged (D) brio
(B) incessant (E) restraint
(C) listless (F) indolence
48. Noting that organizational unrest was conducive to personal (i) _____, the ever-aspiring
Penny sought to sow (ii) _____whenever possible.
(A) aggrandizement (D) tumult
(B) introspection (E) sangfroid
(C) circumspection (F) serenity
49. Under the (i) _____she was merely keeping the dying mogul company, Edna (ii) _____
her way into his inner circle in the hope of securing an inheritance.
(A) compromise (D) quibbled
(B) pretense (E) pummeled
(C) recourse (F) inveigled
50. With an (i) _____of restaurant options hitherto unavailable, people’s food preferences have
(ii) _____across many cuisines.
(A) amalgamation (D) flatlined
(B) array (E) splintered
(C) adulteration (F) suffered
51. The entire affair only had the air of (i) _____; those who sought more information found
the episode (ii) _____enough.
(A) euphemism (D) explicable
(B) mystique (E) baffling
(C) panache (F) fascinating
52. The hypothesis was first (i) _____in the 17th century but has heretofore proven difficult to
(ii) _____.
(A) verified (D) ignore
(B) advanced (E) manage
(C) modified (F) corroborate
53. That Ignat would have the (i) _____to propose the greedy and self-serving proposal was
not unexpected; that he designed it in such a way as to (ii) _____over half of the profits to his
own coffer, however, was a step too far.
(A) benevolence (D) hoard
(B) obstinance (E) depose
(C) temerity (F) funnel
Extreme
54. In direct opposition to his current (i) _____, the mayor was unreserved in his early career,
despite the world of politics typically punishing those who lack (ii) _____.
(A) inscrutability (D) panache
(B) sanguinity (E) bombast
(C) amicability (F) guile
55. His works have a (i) _____quality rarely seen in today's climate, dominated as it is by (ii)
_____plots and hackneyed characters.
(A) pellucid (D) auspicious
(B) documentary (E) contrived
(C) simulated (F) macabre

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