#4.

Torpey’s study has turned a seemingly _____ topic, the passport, into a fascinating one by making an
original contribution to the sociology of the state.

A. ironic
B. banal
C. provocative
D. witty
E. insipid
F. stimulating

4. Choice B: banal; AND Choice E: insipid

Contradict:- surprisingly,seemingly

3. Through its state associations, the American Medical Association controlled who could become a physician
and dominated................... professions like nursing and occupational therapy.
A commensurate
B proportionate
C kindred
D affiliated
E imperative
F voluntary

No other contemporary poet’s work has such a well-earned reputation for (i) _, and there are few whose
moral vision is so imperiously unsparing. Of late, however, the almost belligerent demands of his severe
and densely forbidding poetry have taken an improbable turn. This new collection is the poet’s fourth
book in six years―an ample output even for poets of sunny disposition, let alone for one of such (ii)
___over the previous 50 years. Yet for all his newfound (iii) ___, his poetry is as thorny as ever.

Blank (i)

(A) patent accessibility

(B) intrinsic frivolity

(C) near impenetrability

Blank (ii)

(D) penitential austerity

(E) intractable prolixity

(F) impetuous prodigality

(G) taciturnity

(H) volubility

(I) pellucidity

Answer: C/D/H

For Ruskin, architecture serves the community only when approached in a spirit of piety and (i) ____.
Architecture must set effective boundaries to public space, and it does so by (ii) ____ the desire to show
off, to stand out, to record the artistic flair of some temporary ego. Architecture succeeds in its public
task through (iii) ____ and devotion, of the kind that can be observed in the molding, firing and laying of
a properly proportioned brick, but which is violated at every point by Frank Gehry’s bombastic
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

Blank (i)

(A) altruism

(B) sanctimony

(C) sacrifice

Blank (ii)

(D) retrieving

(E) fastening

(F) relinquishing

Blank (iii)

(G) humility
(H) demise

(I) braggadocio

Answer: C/F/G

In every society, even the most primitive, some form of musical expression exists. From the percussive
sounds of prehistoric man beating on a hollow log to the magnificent symphonies of Beethoven, music
(i) ______ a need for artistic expression in human society. The universal appeal of musical expression
suggests that it is (ii) ______ to our psychological makeup. We use music to express feelings of love,
despair, fear, hope, and splendor; yet, at the same time, music can (iii) ______ these same feelings in us.

Blank 1

A. repudiates

B. satisfies

C. inures

Blank 2

D. yoked

E. antithetical

F. insensitive

Blank 3

G. undermine

H. engender
I. verbalize

Answer: B/D/H

The movement in literature known as realism was so named because of its attempt to describe life
without idealization or romantic subjectivity; similarly, the realist movement in art h ad as its intent the
(i) ______. of natural forms without (ii) ______.

Blank (i)

A. obfuscation

B. rendering

C. adulteration

Blank (ii)

D. vulgarity

E. embellishment

F. intrusion

Growing up in a wealthy suburb, she felt quite the ____ as she began her first job as a llama caretaker on
a rural farm.
A. tyro

B. concierge

C. agronomist

D. cultivator

F. curator

E. neophyte

Economic policy is primarily reactionary, designed solely to avoid downturns rather than foster upturns.
As a result, economic policies tend to be (i) _____ the previous crisis, rather than focusing on (ii) _____
management of the current boom. As a result, unrestrained financial growth leads to rampant
speculation, and soon even seemingly (iii) _____ investments collapse as another recession

begins.

Blank (i)

A. ignorant of

B. responses to

C. peripheral to

Blank (ii)

D. prudent

E. sparing

F. irrational

Blank (iii)

G. solid

H. tenuous

I. unstable
Answer: B/D/G

he new film was practically a (i) _____ to Canada, with its shots of Toronto landmarks such as Honest
Ed's, Sonic Boom record store, and Parliament Street. Even t-shirts, such as a Canadian coffee shop t-shirt
and a Canadian indie-rock band shirt, stress to viewers that the film is (ii) ____ Canadian.

Blank (i)

A. breach

B. dearth

C. paean

Blank (ii)

D. unreservedly

E. obscurely

F. cinematically
Answer: C/D

Unlike the politician’s earlier evasions and equivocations, this latest statement is a _____ lie.

A. bald

B. tacit

C. overt

D. didactic

E. rhetorical

F. implicit

Answer: A/C

Books on statistics frequently use the (i) _____ paradox between attitudes about flying and driving as
evidence of the public's (ii) _____ understanding of probability. Even though fliers have a much lower
risk of injury or death than drivers, people consistently attest to h aving fewer (iii) ______ about driving
than flying.
Blank (i)

A. variegated

B. ostensible

C. sibilant

Blank (ii)

D. nebulous

E. nefarious

F. obligatory

Blank (ii)

G. disputes

H. antitheses

I. qualms

Answer: B/D/I
While the life of _______ may appeal to some, others hold interests they believe are more intellectually based
than cultivating a discriminating taste in food.
A. an epicure
B. an ascetic
C. a connoisseur
D. a sage
E. a hedonist

Answer: A

Given the lack of popular protest against the strident and polarized character of modern political
discourse, observers must ask whether the American people have become _______ to it or are

simply apathetic.

A. drawn

B. antipathetic

C. inured

D. habituated

E. averse

F. committed
Answer: C/D

The researcher expected to find only (i) ____ medical tips in the medieval texts and was surprised to find
information about things such as lemon balm, cayenne pepper, and onions, items that

modern medical experts recommend for their (ii) ____ benefits.

Blank (i)

A. commodious

B. antediluvian

C. extant

Blank (ii)

D. tenebrous

E. lugubrious

F. salubrious

Answer: B/F
Notwithstanding the mishmash of worn tools littering every surface of the artist’s studio, the place
exuded a certain sense of order manifest through the clutter; the decor was, if (i) _______, (ii) _______ .

Blank (i)

A. unkempt

B. dire

C. arduous

Blank (ii)

D. largely unsophisticated

E. positively callous

F. surprisingly deliberate

Answer: A/F

When the town's water supply ran low during the summer drought, the residents received a notice that
_______ them to take heed of the dearth of water and avoid any water-related activities that weren't
necessary.

A. lambasted
B. beseeched

C. wheedled

D. inundated

E. castigated

F. importuned

Answer: B/F

The young researcher's conclusions flew in the face of established scientific knowledge; she

therefore stated her findings (i) ______ in her paper. Despite her confidence in her theories, she wanted
to avoid accusations of (ii) _______ that might come from more seasoned academics, and determined
that she could forgo recognition for the time being. Once her ideas were corroborated by additional
experimentation, she would receive her due (iii) ________.

Blank (i)

A. eruditely

B. facetiously
C. diffidently

Blank (ii)

D. brazenness

E. ineptitude

F. deference

Blank (iii)

G. compensation

H. diligence

I. kudos

Answer: C/D/I

My mother would brook no argument about the use of vulgar (i) ________. As a result, I refined and
sharpened my vocabulary until it became too (ii) ________ for my peers to (iii) ________.

Blank (i)

A. vernacular

B. persuasion

C. enticement
Blank (ii)

D. insolvent

E. abstruse

F. evanescent

Blank (iii)

G. goad

H. allocate

I. penetrate

Answer: A/E/I

The researcher expected to find only (i) ____ medical tips in the medieval texts and was surprised to find
information about things such as lemon balm, cayenne pepper, and onions, items that

modern medical experts recommend for their (ii) ____ benefits.

Blank (i)

A. commodious
B. antediluvian

C. extant

Blank (ii)

D. tenebrous

E. lugubrious

F. salubrious

Answer: B/F