Sentence Completion B
Select the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:
The corporation's spokesperson -------------------- the report as junk science and
accused the researchers of pursuing a political agenda.
a highlighted
b denounced
c withdrew
d fomented
e inscribed
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The polite veneer that John exhibits in public _______________ a violent temper
that frequently erupts in private, especially when his authority is challenged.
a condemns
b belies
c validates
d queries
e presages
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Long hours of ______________ rehearsal ensured that the orchestra performed
the difficult piece flawlessly.
a arduous
b possible
c influential
d jubilant
e temporary
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Even those who vigorously disagreed with the goals of the plan _________
admitted that it had been well designed.
a erroneously
b valiantly
c successfully
d defiantly
e grudgingly
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The so-called "road rage" is just one more example of a more general
_____________ that includes disrespect for rules, traditions, and institutions.
a incivility
b caution
c curiosity
d passion
e apprehension
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Random noises have been shown to _____________ sleep cycles, causing fatigue
and instability in test subjects.
a reinforce
b disrupt
c solidify
d undermine
e fracture
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Increasingly, state legislatures have enacted laws that use a standardized exam as
the sole __________ by which the success or failure of a school system is to be
judged.
a prediction
b guarantee
c actuality
d criterion
e aspiration
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A fine public servant with an otherwise untarnished reputation has become the
latest _____________ in a war being waged by unscrupulous journalists against
those who espouse principles they reject.
a happenstance
b victory
c casualty
d detriment
e fiasco
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The new bookstore, with its coffee bar and classical music, hopes that its literature
selections will appeal to a ___________ clientele.
a sophisticated
b responsible
c provocative
d restrictive
e passive
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While the fame of musical geniuses like Mozart and Beethoven endures for
centuries, the idols of pop music quickly fade into ---------------------.
a obscurity
b disbelief
c permanence
d poverty
e notoriety
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In order to prevent an increase in the number of unemployed people, the economy
must expand to --------------- new jobs to offset those lost to factories in other
countries.
a extinguish
b create
c prolong
d conceal
e avoid
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In order to protect her privacy, the former employee spoke to reporters about the
safety violations only after they guaranteed her.
a compensation
b publicity
c anonymity
d security
e loyalty
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In the State of Nature, described by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan as a state of war,
one against all others, no individual has sufficient physical strength to be assured of
personal security, so all rely on ______________.
a animosity
b premeditation
c principles
d prowess
e allies
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Although the developmental sequence of the reproductive cycle in insects is similar
for many species, the timing can ___________ greatly in regard to the beginning
and duration of each stage.
a endure
b accelerate
c vary
d proceed
e coincide
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An examination of the psychological forces that shape the personality of the title
character of "The Magus" naturally invites closer study of its form, as story content
and form are carefully ___________ by Fowles in the novel.
a delineated
b anticipated
c integrated
d determined
e reserved
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When Ghana achieved independence from colonial domination in 1957, the first
country in sub-Saharan Africa to do so, it ________ economic and political
advantages unrivaled elsewhere in tropical Africa.
a discouraged
b enjoyed
c proclaimed
d denounced
e incited
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The Free Trade Zone law was enacted in order to __________ legal issues left open
by the Supreme Court case of California vs. Bond.
a resolve
b undermine
c redress
d present
e nullify
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Legalized gambling seems to offer unlimited governmental revenue without the
need to raise taxes; however, experience shows that casino gambling is not the
financial __________ claimed by its proponents.
a panacea
b calamity
c incentive
d predicament
e validation
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No reasonable trade-off between unemployment and inflation can be achieved by
either monetary or fiscal policy alone; rather, both must be regarded as _________
tools for managing the economy.
a complementary
b intelligible
c unnecessary
d delicate
e unlimited
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Professional schools assemble ___________ student body not for the sake of
enriching extracurricular life, but for the variety of personal and academic
backgrounds that enhance the learning experience.
a a homogeneous
b a knowledgeable
c an elite
d an unexceptional
e a diverse
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The Senator frequently _________ other members of the chamber with
unwarranted attacks on their personal lives.
a provokes
b analyzes
c enhances
d deprives
e elevates
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Research into sleep suggests that there are several ------- states between sleeping
and waking and that it is difficult to determine where one ends and another begins.
a serious
b permissive
c predetermined
d unalterable
e intermediate
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The playwright took a story so sublime that it has offered the ultimate challenge to
composers, choreographers, and writers for centuries and, with a wanton heavy-
handedness, gave the audience a hackneyed version that descended into
__________.
a confusion
b bathos
c inattention
d significance
e indecision
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Sensing his position was all but lost, the speaker launched into ------, hoping to save
the day by rhetoric rather than reason.
a rationalization
b recapitulation
c dramatization
d exactitude
e peroration
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The idea that a single individual can alter the course of history is not mere
speculation; in fact, well-documented instances are not even ____________.
a established
b confirmable
c conceivable
d actualized
e exceptional
