5.

Isherwood’s sympathy for communism

For questions 1 to 7, select the two answer choices that, when used to
during the interwar period was not only a
complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and reaction against fascism, but also a mark of
produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning. his fellow feeling for the laboring classes and
his __________ to engage as an equal with
1. The representative’s violent ascension to prominence working people.
began with a __________ attack on the comparatively
conciliatory leaders of his own party. (A) disinclination
(B) hankering
(A) truculent
(C) proclivity
(B) partisan
(D) implacability
(C) savage
(E) unwillingness
(D) biased
(F) joviality
(E) imperious
(F) dissembling
6. The saying “Time stops for no man” also
2. The tremendous wealth of ancient life on display as applies to rock and roll; once the rebellious
part of the Ancient Life of New York exhibit — sound of the young, it _________ became part
billion-year-old blue-green bacteria from the of the culture of the old, just as had every
Adirondacks, fossilized tree stumps and spiders from preceding style of music.
Schoharie County, trilobites from Oneida County, and
armored fish from throughout the state — represents (A) inevitably
only a tiny fraction of the New York State Museum’s (B) accidentally
________________ collection of over one million (C) deliberately
specimens. (D) unavoidably
(E) resolutely
(A) piecemeal (F) painfully
(B) voluble
(C) exhaustive 7. The government interpreted the enemy’s
(D) evergreen decision to move their army to the borderline
(E) compendious as _________ act of aggression.
(F) commanding
(A) an explicit
3. Unbridled passion, whether rage or ardor, gives way (B) an extant
to the sort of rash declarations that too often end in (C) an impudent
__________ and sorrow. (D) a bellicose
(E) an overt
(A) disdain (F) a belligerent
(B) pity
(C) rue
(D) affinity
(E) remorse 8. The famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris took
(F) contempt almost two hundred years to complete; this immense
architectural effort included the first notable use of a
4. Academic freedom does not protect a professor’s flying _______________, but this renowned feature was
classroom remarks on matters irrelevant to his subject, not part of the original design and only employed
though it guarantees the professor considerable liberty of
when the walls forming the nave began to crumble
speech about matters __________ to his or her academic work.
and needed additional support.
(A) germane
(B) indifferent (A) ballast
(C) mimetic (B) albatross
(D) disinterested (C) hallmark
(E) congruent
(D) buttress
(F) pertinent
(E) trademark
9. While no single empirical investigation can ever conclusively 13. Desktop publishing allows (i) _________ to do for
prove the (i) _________ of a theory, the fact that our data are themselves the work once reserved for
(ii) _________ findings from over a dozen independent labs professionals whose (ii) _________ or other training
worldwide bodes well for our framework’s resilience. developed design skills along with narrow
technical mastery.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
(A) rationality (D) consistent with Blank (i) Blank (ii)
(B) veracity (E) founded on (A) dilettantes (D) sensibility
(C) candor (F) antithetical to (B) artisans (E) acumen
(C) ideologues (F) apprenticeship
10. A full account of the complexities of sleep, sought after
by scientists, philosophers, and mystics for millennia, 14. Even thrill-seeking visitors to amusement parks
continues to elude us. That we are still so ignorant about will avoid those attractions with a reputation for
a topic so (i) _________ to our daily lives is at once real (i) ________, like those at the now-shuttered
fascinating and (ii) _________. Action Park. These patrons want not danger but
its (ii) _________, a ride that (iii) _________ but is
Blank (i) Blank (ii) in fact perfectly safe.
(A) mysterious (D) deeply humbling
(B) obscure (E) fully impenetrable Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
(C) pertinent (F) totally blatant (A) peril (D) complement (G) satisfies
(B) titillation (E) simulacrum (H) mollifies
11. Mozart’s brief life exemplified a discrepancy between fame (C) lavishness (F) abettor ( I ) terrifies
and means: as his musical star (i) _________ beyond
measure, his income (ii) _________.

Blank (i) Blank (ii)

(A) abated (D) grew exponentially
(B) waxed (E) remained exorbitant
(C) dwindled (F) barely stirred

12. Though some judges have found in the Third Amendment

to the US Constitution a (i) _________ for a right to
privacy, it was drafted primarily to appease opponents of
the Constitution, and was particularly a (ii) _________
to those anti-federalists who sought to prevent the new
state from maintaining a standing army. Since Article 1,
section 8 of the Constitution explicitly grants to Congress
the power to raise and maintain an army, the Third
Amendment was largely (ii) _________ before it was written.

Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)

(A) detriment (D) boon (G) daft
(B) basis (E) sop (H) gauche
(C) counterargument (F ) bolster (I ) moot
 10. elude: escape or avoid
blatant: offensively conspicuous
1. ascension : act of moving up
conciliate : make peace
11. discrepancy: failure to match
truculent: aggressively defiant
partisan: biased ; one-sided abate : decrease
imperious : haughty and domineering exponentially: rapidly growing
dissemble: put on false appearance wax : increase
exorbitant: unreasonably high or large
2. trilobite: extinct arthropod
dwindle : diminish
piecemeal: little by little / in parts
voluble : talking great deal stir : mix ; swirl
exhaustive: complete
compendious: full and concise 12. detriment : disadvantage
boon : great benefit / gift
3. unbridled : openly expressed / without restrain daft: not sensible / sensible
disdain: intense scorn gauche: socially awkward
rue: feel regret for
bolster: encourage something through support
affinity: empathy ; kinship
moot: open to argument or dispute / not relevant

4. germane: relevant 13. dilettante: novice / amateur

mimetic: imitating something artisan: skilled craftsperson
disinterested: impartial acumen: sharpness of mind
congruent: in agreement
pertinent: relevant
14. shutter: close (v)
5. disinclination: wish to avoid something peril: danger
hankering: want something titillation: excite somebody
proclivity: natural tendency simulacrum : representation or image
implacable: impossible to pacify mollify: pacify somebody
jovial: cheerful abet: help somebody

6. resolute: having determination

7. extant: still in existence

Impudent: rude
bellicose: warlike
belligerent: hostile or aggressive

8. ballast : something that gives stability

albatross : oppressive burden / large seabird
hallmark : mark of quality
buttress : support for wall

9. empirical: based on observation and experiment

resilience: flexibility / spirit
veracity: truth
candor: lack of sophistication
antithetical: exact opposite
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