DSAT Words in Context Q

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Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context Medium
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For a 2020 exhibition, photographer and neurobiologist Okunola Jeyifous ______ a series of new images
based on a series of alphabet posters from the 1970s known as the “Black ABCs,” which featured Black
children from Chicago. Jeyifous photographed the now-adult models and layered the photos over
magnified images of the models’ cells, resulting in what he called “micro and macro portraiture.”
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. validated
B. created
C. challenged
D. restored
Question ID 5c38a6d5
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context Hard
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In studying the use of external stimuli to reduce the itching sensation caused by an allergic histamine
response, Louise Ward and colleagues found that while harmless applications of vibration or warming can
provide a temporary distraction, such ______ stimuli actually offer less relief than a stimulus that seems
less benign, like a mild electric shock.
A. deceptive
B. innocuous
C. novel
D. impractical
Question ID 101e69de
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The following text is from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.
[Jay Gatsby] was balancing himself on the dashboard of his car with that resourcefulness of
movement that is so peculiarly American—that comes, I suppose, with the absence of lifting work in
youth and, even more, with the formless grace of our nervous, sporadic games. This quality was
continually breaking through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness.
As used in the text, what does the word “quality” most nearly mean?
A. Standard
B. Prestige
C. Characteristic
D. Accomplishment
Question ID 5046a8e3
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context Easy
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In the mid-nineteenth century, some abolitionist newspapers ______ westward migration in the United
States; by printing a letter that described the easy fortunes and high salaries miners could make in
California during the Gold Rush, Frederick Douglass’s newspaper North Star was one such publication that
inspired readers to relocate.
A. stimulated
B. assigned
C. opposed
D. disregarded
Question ID 4165e701
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Given that the conditions in binary star systems should make planetary formation nearly impossible, it’s
not surprising that the existence of planets in such systems has lacked ______ explanation. Roman
Rafikov and Kedron Silsbee shed light on the subject when they used modeling to determine a complex
set of factors that could support planets’ development.
A. a discernible
B. a straightforward
C. an inconclusive
D. an unbiased
Question ID 1e4059b7
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Former astronaut Ellen Ochoa says that although she doesn’t have a definite idea of when it might
happen, she ______ that humans will someday need to be able to live in other environments than those
found on Earth. This conjecture informs her interest in future research missions to the moon.
A. demands
B. speculates
C. doubts
D. establishes
Question ID 123cf5db
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The work of Kiowa painter T.C. Cannon derives its power in part from the tension among his ______
influences: classic European portraiture, with its realistic treatment of faces; the American pop art
movement, with its vivid colors; and flatstyle, the intertribal painting style that rejects the effect of depth
typically achieved through shading and perspective.
A. complementary
B. unknown
C. disparate
D. interchangeable
Question ID 6d458a07
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Some researchers believe that the genes that enable groundhogs and certain other mammals to hibernate
through the winter by slowing their breathing and heart rates and lowering their body temperature may be
______ in humans: present yet having essentially no effect on our bodily processes.
A. decisive
B. lacking
C. variable
D. dormant
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Stephen Hannock’s luminous landscape paintings are appealing to viewers but have elicited little
commentary from contemporary critics, a phenomenon that may be due to the very fact that the paintings
seem so ______. Many critics focus their attention on art that is cryptic or overtly challenging.
A. innovative
B. subversive
C. profound
D. accessible
Question ID 6c39d701
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The process of mechanically recycling plastics is often considered ______ because of the environmental
impact and the loss of material quality that often occurs. But chemist Takunda Chazovachii has helped
develop a cleaner process of chemical recycling that converts superabsorbent polymers from diapers into
a desirable reusable adhesive.
A. resilient
B. inadequate
C. dynamic
D. satisfactory
Question ID 483db6c2
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The following text is adapted from Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
“The second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden. I think that will be the best plan.” It
sounded like an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and simply arranged; the only difficulty was,
that Alice had not the smallest idea how to set about it.
As used in the text, what does the word “simply” most nearly mean?
A. Faintly
B. Hastily
C. Easily
D. Foolishly
Question ID a84b11c2
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Some scientists have suggested that mammals in the Mesozoic era were not a very ______ group, but
paleontologist Zhe-Xi Luo’s research suggests that early mammals living in the shadow of dinosaurs
weren’t all ground-dwelling insectivores. Fossils of various plant-eating mammals have been found in
China, including species like Vilevolodon diplomylos, which Luo says could glide like a flying squirrel.
A. predatory
B. obscure
C. diverse
D. localized
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Following the principles of community-based participatory research, tribal nations and research
institutions are equal partners in health studies conducted on reservations. A collaboration between the
Crow Tribe and Montana State University ______ this model: tribal citizens worked alongside scientists to
design the methodology and continue to assist in data collection.
A. circumvents
B. eclipses
C. fabricates
D. exemplifies
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Scholarly discussions of gender in Shakespeare’s comedies often celebrate the rebellion of the
playwright’s characters against the rigid expectations ______ by Elizabethan society. Most of the comedies
end in marriage, with characters returning to their socially dictated gender roles after previously defying
them, but there are some notable exceptions.
A. interjected
B. committed
C. illustrated
D. prescribed
Question ID 5c9c3bca
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Mineralogical differences are detectable in samples collected from two locations on the near-Earth
asteroid Ryugu, but such differences may not indicate substantial compositional variations in the
asteroid. Cosmochemist Kazuhide Nagashima and colleagues note that at the small scale of the samples,
the distribution of minerals is unlikely to be ______.
A. neglected
B. redundant
C. ongoing
D. uniform
Question ID bf0c8b48
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The following text is adapted from George Eliot’s 1871–72 novel Middlemarch.
[Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have
contracted a too rambling habit of mind. Mr. Brooke’s conclusions were as difficult to predict as the
weather.
As used in the text, what does the word “contracted” most nearly mean?
A. Restricted
B. Described
C. Developed
D. Settled
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US traffic signals didn’t always contain the familiar three lights (red, yellow, and green). Traffic lights only
______ red and green lights until the three-light traffic signal was developed in the 1920s.
A. avoided
B. featured
C. appreciated
D. disregarded
Question ID 129f6b24
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Researchers and conservationists stress that biodiversity loss due to invasive species is ______. For
example, people can take simple steps such as washing their footwear after travel to avoid introducing
potentially invasive organisms into new environments.
A. preventable
B. undeniable
C. common
D. concerning
Question ID f279c98c
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In habitats with limited nutrients, certain fungus species grow on the roots of trees, engaging in mutually
beneficial relationships known as ectomycorrhizae: in this symbiotic exchange, the tree provides the
fungus with carbon, a nutrient necessary for both species, and the fungus ______ by enhancing the tree’s
ability to absorb nitrogen, another key nutrient, from the soil.
A. overreacts
B. reciprocates
C. retaliates
D. deviates
Question ID c4c7ef40
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In 2008 a complete set of ancient pessoi (glass game pieces) was uncovered from beneath a paving
stone in modern-day Israel. Due to their small size, pessoi were easily misplaced, making a whole set a
rare find. This has led some experts to suggest that the set may have been buried intentionally; however,
without clear evidence, archaeologists are left to ______ what happened.
A. speculate about
B. dismiss
C. expand on
D. catalog
Question ID 40e2ee29
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Sueño de Familia is an exhibition of drawings, paintings, and ceramics that explores the artistic heritage of
US-based artist Yolanda González. The exhibition ______ five generations, featuring works by González’s
great-grandfather, grandmother, mother, and niece as well as González herself.
A. borrows
B. spans
C. judges
D. neglects
Question ID 914dc048
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The Appalachian Trail is a hiking path in the eastern United States. Much of the 2,000 mile trail passes
through wilderness areas. In order to ______ those areas, the United States Congress passed the National
Trails System Act in 1968, ensuring that the trail would not be sold or commercially developed.
A. borrow
B. postpone
C. protect
D. decorate
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In the 1960s, Sam Gilliam, a Black painter from the southern United States, became the first artist to drape
painted canvases into flowing shapes. He later explored a different style, ______ quilt-like paintings
inspired by the patchwork quilting tradition of Black communities in the South.
A. predicting
B. refusing
C. hiding
D. creating
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For painter Jacob Lawrence, being ______ was an important part of the artistic process. Because he paid
close attention to all the details of his Harlem neighborhood, Lawrence’s artwork captured nuances in the
beauty and vitality of the Black experience during the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Migration.
A. skeptical
B. observant
C. critical
D. confident
Question ID 82dc74ec
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The Cambrian explosion gets its name from the sudden appearance and rapid diversification of animal
remains in the fossil record about 541 million years ago, during the Cambrian period. Some scientists
argue that this ______ change in the fossil record might be because of a shift in many organisms to body
types that were more likely to be preserved.
A. catastrophic
B. elusive
C. abrupt
D. imminent
Question ID 37ffb006
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The following text is from Yann Martel’s 2001 novel Life of Pi. The narrator’s family owned a zoo when he
was a child.
It was a huge zoo, spread over numberless acres, big enough to require a train to explore it, though it
seemed to get smaller as I grew older, train included.
©2001 by Yann Martel
As used in the text, what does the word “spread” most nearly mean?
A. Hidden
B. Discussed
C. Extended
D. Coated
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Critics have asserted that fine art and fashion rarely ______ in a world where artists create timeless works
for exhibition and designers periodically produce new styles for the public to buy. Luiseño/Shoshone-
Bannock beadwork artist and designer Jamie Okuma challenges this view: her work can be seen in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and purchased through her online boutique.
A. prevail
B. succumb
C. diverge
D. intersect
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The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx briefly made contact with the asteroid 101955 Bennu in 2020. NASA scientist
Daniella DellaGiustina reports that despite facing the unexpected obstacle of a surface mostly covered in
boulders, OSIRIS-REx successfully ______ a sample of the surface, gathering pieces of it to bring back to
Earth.
A. attached
B. collected
C. followed
D. replaced
Question ID 48b6c74f
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The following text is adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1837 story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.” The
main character, a physician, is experimenting with rehydrating a dried flower.
At first [the rose] lay lightly on the surface of the fluid, appearing to imbibe none of its moisture. Soon,
however, a singular change began to be visible. The crushed and dried petals stirred and assumed a
deepening tinge of crimson, as if the flower were reviving from a deathlike slumber.
As used in the text, what does the phrase “a singular” most nearly mean?
A. A lonely
B. A disagreeable
C. An acceptable
D. An extraordinary
Question ID f98c6b9d
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In the 1970s, video cameras became increasingly affordable for ordinary consumers and gave Ulysses
Jenkins and other artists capabilities that were previously unavailable except to television broadcasters.
Jenkins recognized and took full advantage of this ______ access to powerful technology to create
groundbreaking works of video art, such as Mass of Images (1978).
A. newfound
B. delicate
C. inevitable
D. habitual
Question ID cf6f36e3
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Like the 1945 play it reimagines—Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba—Marcus Gardley’s
2014 play The House That Will Not Stand prominently features women. In both plays, the all-female cast
______ an array of female characters, including a strong mother and several daughters dealing with
individual struggles.
A. engulfs
B. encourages
C. comprises
D. provokes
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Investigating whether shared false visual memories—specific but inaccurate and widely held recollections
of images such as product logos—are caused by people’s previous ______ incorrect renditions of the
images, researchers Deepasri Prasad and Wilma Bainbridge found that, in fact, such memories are often
not explained by familiarity with erroneous versions of the images.
A. compliance with
B. exposure to
C. criteria for
D. forfeiture of
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While most animals are incapable of passing somatic mutations—genetic alterations that arise in an
organism’s nonreproductive cells—on to their offspring, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) presents an
intriguing ______: in a 2022 study, researchers found that elkhorn coral produced offspring that inherited
somatic mutations from a parent.
A. hypothesis
B. affinity
C. anomaly
D. corroboration
Question ID ea4d2a76
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The following text is adapted from Mohsin Hamid’s 2017 novel Exit West. Saeed lives with his mother and
father.
On cloudless nights after a daytime rain, Saeed’s father would sometimes bring out the telescope, and the
family would sip green tea on their balcony, enjoying a breeze, and take turns to look up at objects whose
light, often, had been emitted before any of these three viewers had been born—light from other centuries,
only now reaching Earth.
©2017 by Mohsin Hamid
As used in the text, what does the word “reaching” most nearly mean?
A. Arriving at
B. Consulting with
C. Running to
D. Clinging to
Question ID 893975a3
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The following text is adapted from Zora Neale Hurston’s 1921 short story “John Redding Goes to Sea.”
John wants to travel far beyond the village where he lives near his mother, Matty.
[John] had on several occasions attempted to reconcile his mother to the notion, but found it a
difficult task. Matty always took refuge in self-pity and tears. Her son’s desires were
incomprehensible to her, that was all.
As used in the text, what does the phrase “reconcile his mother to” most nearly mean?
A. Get his mother to accept
B. Get his mother to apologize for
C. Get his mother to match
D. Get his mother to reunite with

Question ID 6989e0f9
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The following text is adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1844 short story “Drowne’s Wooden Image.”
Drowne, a young man, is carving a wooden figure to decorate the front of a ship.
Day by day, the work assumed greater precision, and settled its irregular and misty outline into distincter
grace and beauty. The general design was now obvious to the common eye.
As used in the text, what does the word “assumed” most nearly mean?
A. Acquired
B. Acknowledged
C. Imitated
D. Speculated
Question ID 76d87f54
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Economist Marco Castillo and colleagues showed that nuisance costs—the time and effort people must
spend to make donations—reduce charitable giving. Charities can mitigate this effect by compensating
donors for nuisance costs, but those costs, though variable, are largely ______ donation size, so charities
that compensate donors will likely favor attracting a few large donors over many small donors.
A. supplemental to
B. predictive of
C. independent of
D. subsumed in
Question ID 3a1bf4bd
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Some people have speculated that two helmets with attached horns discovered in Denmark in 1942
belonged to Vikings, but scholars have long been skeptical. Archaeologist Helle Vandkilde and colleagues
recently provided radiocarbon dates for the helmets, and their findings ______ scholars’ skepticism: the
helmets date to the Nordic Bronze Age, centuries before the Vikings existed.
A. anticipate
B. inspect
C. reveal
D. justify
Question ID b0cc1303
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In addition to being an accomplished psychologist himself, Francis Cecil Sumner was a ______ increasing
the opportunity for Black students to study psychology, helping to found the psychology department at
Howard University, a historically Black university, in 1930.
A. proponent of
B. supplement to
C. beneficiary of
D. distraction for
Question ID 6291ba81
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Studying how workload affects productivity, Maryam Kouchaki and colleagues found that people who
chose to do relatively easy tasks first were less ______ compared to those who did hard tasks first.
Finishing easy tasks gave participants a sense of accomplishment, but those who tackled hard tasks first
actually became more skilled and productive workers over time.
A. secretive
B. efficient
C. outgoing
D. unsympathetic
Question ID 2860aeed
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The following text is from Claude McKay’s 1922 poem “Morning Joy.” The speaker is looking out a window
and observing a wold, or large area of land.
At night the wide and level stretch of wold,

Which at high noon had basked in quiet gold,
Far as the eye could see was ghostly white;
Dark was the night save for the snow’s weird light.
I drew the shades far down, crept into bed;

Hearing the cold wind moaning overhead
Through the sad pines, my soul, catching its pain,
Went sorrowing with it across the plain.
As used in the text, what does the word “drew” most nearly mean?
A. Pulled
B. Drained
C. Inspired
D. Sketched
Question ID f9a72856
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Visual artist Gabriela Alemán states that the bold colors of comics, pop art, and Latinx culture have
always fascinated her. This passion for the rich history and colors of her Latinx community translates into
the ______ artworks she produces.
A. vivid
B. unknown
C. definite
D. reserved
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Business researcher Melanie Brucks and colleagues found that remote video conference meetings may
be less conducive to brainstorming than in-person meetings are. The researchers suspect that video
meeting participants are focused on staring at the speaker on the screen and don’t allow their eyes or
mind to wander as much, which may ultimately ______ creativity.
A. recommend
B. criticize
C. impede
D. construct
Question ID eceefa95
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The province of Xoconochco was situated on the Pacific coast, hundreds of kilometers southeast of
Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. Because Xoconochco’s location within the empire was so
______, cacao and other trade goods produced there could reach the capital only after a long overland
journey.
A. unobtrusive
B. concealed
C. approximate
D. peripheral
Question ID 89406bb7
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Like other tribal nations, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation is self-governing; its National Council generates
laws regulating aspects of community life such as land use and healthcare, while the principal chief and
cabinet officials ______ those laws by devising policies and administering services in accordance with
them.
A. implement
B. presume
C. improvise
D. mimic
Question ID dd415de8
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Seminole/Muscogee director Sterlin Harjo ______ television’s tendency to situate Native characters in the
distant past: this rejection is evident in his series Reservation Dogs, which revolves around teenagers who
dress in contemporary styles and whose dialogue is laced with current slang.
A. repudiates
B. proclaims
C. foretells
D. recants
Question ID c6da512f
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While scholars believe many Mesoamerican cities influenced each other, direct evidence of such influence
is difficult to ascertain. However, recent excavations in a sector of Tikal (Guatemala) unearthed a citadel
that shows ______ Teotihuacán (Mexico) architecture—including a near replica of a famed Teotihuacán
temple—providing tangible evidence of outside influence in portions of Tikal.
A. refinements of
B. precursors of
C. commonalities with
D. animosities toward
Question ID f6e632fb
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Researcher Haesung Jung led a 2020 study showing that individual acts of kindness can ______ prosocial
behavior across a larger group. Jung and her team found that bystanders who witness a helpful act
become more likely to offer help to someone else, and in doing so, can inspire still others to act.
A. require
B. remember
C. foster
D. discourage
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Research conducted by planetary scientist Katarina Miljkovic suggests that the Moon’s surface may not
accurately ______ early impact events. When the Moon was still forming, its surface was softer, and
asteroid or meteoroid impacts would have left less of an impression; thus, evidence of early impacts may
no longer be present.
A. reflect
B. receive
C. evaluate
D. mimic
Question ID 129e7ae3
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In recommending Bao Phi’s collection Sông I Sing, a librarian noted that pieces by the spoken-word poet
don’t lose their ______ nature when printed: the language has the same pleasant musical quality on the
page as it does when performed by Phi.
A. scholarly
B. melodic
C. jarring
D. personal
Question ID baa60c44
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Set in a world where science fiction tropes exist as everyday realities, Charles Yu’s 2010 novel How to Live
Safely in a Science Fictional Universe traces a time traveler’s quest to find his father. Because the journey
at the novel’s center is so ______, with the protagonist ricocheting chaotically across time, the reader often
wonders whether the pair will ever be reunited.
A. haphazard
B. premeditated
C. inspirational
D. fruitless
Question ID 4bda3cab
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Osage Nation citizen Randy Tinker-Smith produced and directed the ballet Wahzhazhe, which vividly
chronicles Osage history and culture. Telling Osage stories through ballet is ______ choice because two of
the foremost ballet dancers of the twentieth century were Osage: sisters Maria and Marjorie Tallchief.
A. a suitable
B. a determined
C. an arbitrary
D. an unpredictable
Question ID 40bd08d8
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Biologist Jane Edgeloe and colleagues have located what is believed to be the largest individual plant in
the world in the Shark Bay area of Australia. The plant is a type of seagrass called Posidonia australis, and
it ______ approximately 200 square kilometers.
A. acknowledges
B. produces
C. spans
D. advances
Question ID 2e5a7736
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As an undergraduate researcher in anthropology, Jennifer C. Chen contributed to a groundbreaking study
challenging the accepted view that among prehistoric peoples, female participation in hunting was ______.
The research team’s review of data from late Pleistocene and early Holocene burials in the Americas
revealed that, in fact, as many as half of the hunters in those populations were female.
A. inevitable
B. satisfactory
C. negligible
D. commonplace
Question ID 994aa0df
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Arturo A. Schomburg was dedicated to preserving books, art, and other materials from peoples of African
descent around the world. To get these items, Schomburg ______ friends and colleagues, whom he asked
to bring back rare and valuable objects from their international travels. Now, Schomburg’s collection is a
valuable resource for scholars of Black history and culture.
A. admired
B. disagreed with
C. warned
D. depended on
Question ID 0fd6f290
ID: 0fd6f290
New and interesting research conducted by Suleiman A. Al-Sweedan and Moath Alhaj is inspired by their
observation that though there have been many studies of the effect of high altitude on blood chemistry,
there is a ______ studies of the effect on blood chemistry of living in locations below sea level, such as the
California towns of Salton City and Seeley.
A. quarrel about
B. paucity of
C. profusion of
D. verisimilitude in
Question ID d3cb31fe
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In the Indigenous intercropping system known as the Three Sisters, maize, squash, and beans form an
______ web of relations: maize provides the structure on which the bean vines grow; the squash vines
cover the soil, discouraging competition from weeds; and the beans aid their two “sisters” by enriching the
soil with essential nitrogen.
A. indecipherable
B. ornamental
C. obscure
D. intricate
Question ID fdca5915
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Although the playwrights hoped that their play would be ______ when performed live, critics generally
agreed that the production and performances had the opposite effect, wearying audiences instead of
energizing them.
A. multifaceted
B. realistic
C. rousing
D. subtle
Question ID 87d5618f
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The artisans of the Igun Eronmwon guild in Benin City, Nigeria, typically ______ the bronze- and brass-
casting techniques that have been passed down through their families since the thirteenth century, but
they don’t strictly observe every tradition; for example, guild members now use air-conditioning motors
instead of handheld bellows to help heat their forges.
A. experiment with
B. adhere to
C. improve on
D. grapple with
Question ID 9b5443f3
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Particle physicists like Ayana Holloway Arce and Aida El-Khadra spend much of their time ______ what is
invisible to the naked eye: using sophisticated technology, they closely examine the behavior of
subatomic particles, the smallest detectable parts of matter.
A. selecting
B. inspecting
C. creating
D. deciding
Question ID 4de321d6
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Logically, a damaged fossil should provide less information than an intact one, but for paleontologist
Brigitte Schoenemann, a broken area on a fossilized trilobite (a crustacean-like creature) ______ fresh
insight, allowing her to view the inner structure of the organism’s eye.
A. resolved
B. adjusted
C. offered
D. directed
Question ID 0b5ac378
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The following text is adapted from Sui Sin Far’s 1912 short story “Mrs. Spring Fragrance.” Mr. and Mrs.
Spring Fragrance immigrated to the United States from China.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance was unaware that Mr. Spring Fragrance, tired with the day’s business, had
thrown himself down on the bamboo settee on the veranda, and that although his eyes were engaged
in scanning the pages of the Chinese World, his ears could not help receiving the words which were
borne to him through the open window.
As used in the text, what does the word “receiving” most nearly mean?
A. Denying
B. Entering
C. Carrying
D. Hearing
Question ID 79543afc
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It is by no means ______ to recognize the influence of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch on Ali Banisadr’s
paintings; indeed, Banisadr himself cites Bosch as an inspiration. However, some scholars have
suggested that the ancient Mesopotamian poem Epic of Gilgamesh may have had a far greater impact on
Banisadr’s work.
A. substantial
B. satisfying
C. unimportant
D. appropriate
Question ID 102db0b9
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The following text is from Nella Larsen’s 1928 novel Quicksand.
The trees in their spring beauty sent through her restive mind a sharp thrill of pleasure. Seductive,
charming, and beckoning as cities were, they had not this easy unhuman loveliness.
As used in the text, what does the word “beckoning” most nearly mean?
A. Demanding
B. Signaling
C. Inviting
D. Shifting
Question ID cefb2baa
ID: cefb2baa
Artificially delivering biomolecules to plant cells is an important component of protecting plants from
pathogens, but it is difficult to transmit biomolecules through the layers of the plant cell wall. Markita del
Carpio Landry and her colleagues have shown that it may be possible to ______ this problem by
transmitting molecules through carbon nanotubes, which can cross cell walls.
A. conceptualize
B. neglect
C. illustrate
D. overcome
Question ID a7848a23
ID: a7848a23
Physicist Joseph Weber performed ______ work in gravitational wave research in the 1960s and 1970s,
conducting key experiments that scientists later used as the basis for their own investigations that led to
the first verified detection of a gravitational wave in 2015.
A. foundational
B. supplementary
C. repetitive
D. ineffective
Question ID 308abfd7
ID: 308abfd7
Handedness, a preferential use of either the right or left hand, typically is easy to observe in humans.
Because this trait is present but less ______ in many other animals, animal-behavior researchers often
employ tasks specially designed to reveal individual animals’ preferences for a certain hand or paw.
A. recognizable
B. intriguing
C. significant
D. useful
Question ID 7cd65b89
ID: 7cd65b89
In a 2019 study, Jeremy Gunawardena and colleagues found that the single-celled protozoan Stentor
roeseli not only uses strategies to escape irritating stimuli but also switches strategies when one fails.
This evidence of protozoans sophisticatedly “changing their minds” demonstrates that single-celled
organisms may not be limited to ______ behaviors.
A. aggressive
B. rudimentary
C. evolving
D. advantageous
Question ID 6550292c
ID: 6550292c
Dance choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar aims to give people the opportunity to be ______ her creative
process. For example, live performances of her dance HairStories, which debuted in 2001, featured videos
of people across the United States talking about their hair and audience members sharing pictures of
their interesting hairstyles.
A. nervous about
B. completed by
C. delayed by
D. involved in
Question ID c2b1d787
ID: c2b1d787
The recent discovery of a carved wooden figure dating to around 2,000 years ago in a ditch in England
was truly surprising. Wooden objects ______ survive for so long due to their high susceptibility to rot, but
archaeologists suspect layers of sediment in the ditch preserved the figure by creating an oxygen-free
environment.
A. sturdily
B. carelessly
C. rarely
D. simply
Question ID e8f27b8f
ID: e8f27b8f
Sumerian civilization (which lasted from around 3300 to 2000 BCE) ______ many concepts that persist into
present-day civilizations: for example, the first description of the seven-day week appears in the Sumerian
Epic of Gilgamesh.
A. transformed
B. introduced
C. inherited
D. overlooked
Question ID 5b24b55d
ID: 5b24b55d
The Mule Bone, a 1930 play written by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, is perhaps the best-
known of the few examples of ______ in literature. Most writers prefer working alone, and given that
working together cost Hurston and Hughes their friendship, it is not hard to see why.
A. characterization
B. interpretation
C. collaboration
D. commercialization
Question ID 267f8986
ID: 267f8986
For her 2021 art installation Anthem, Wu Tsang joined forces with singer and composer Beverly Glenn-
Copeland to produce a piece that critics found truly ______: they praised Tsang for creatively transforming
a museum rotunda into a dynamic exhibit by projecting filmed images of Glenn-Copeland onto a massive
84-foot curtain and filling the space with the sounds of his and other voices singing.
A. restrained
B. inventive
C. inexplicable
D. mystifying
Question ID b51f185d
ID: b51f185d
In 1929 the Atlantic Monthly published several articles based on newly discovered letters allegedly
exchanged between President Abraham Lincoln and a woman named Ann Rutledge. Historians were
unable to ______ the authenticity of the letters, however, and quickly dismissed them as a hoax.
A. validate
B. interpret
C. relate
D. accommodate
Question ID ad1fc529
ID: ad1fc529
Interruptions in the supply chain for microchips used in personal electronics have challenged an
economist’s assertion that retailers can expect robust growth in sales of those devices in the coming
months. The delays are unlikely to ______ her projection entirely but will almost certainly extend its time
frame.
A. dispute
B. withdraw
C. underscore
D. invalidate
Question ID a4f4b3fb
ID: a4f4b3fb
The parasitic dodder plant increases its reproductive success by flowering at the same time as the host
plant it has latched onto. In 2020, Jianqiang Wu and his colleagues determined that the tiny dodder
achieves this ______ with its host by absorbing and utilizing a protein the host produces when it is about to
flower.
A. synchronization
B. hibernation
C. prediction
D. moderation
Question ID 37843228
ID: 37843228
According to Potawatomi ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, the Indigenous method of harvesting Hierochloe
odorata, or sweetgrass, by snapping the plant off at the root actually ______ wild populations: it may seem
counterintuitive, she says, but this method of removal allows new sweetgrass plants to repopulate the
space, with an overall increase in number and vigor.
A. selects
B. originates
C. conditions
D. replenishes
Question ID f453708d
ID: f453708d
As an architect in Los Angeles in the 1950s, Helen Liu Fong became known for avoiding ______ designs in
her buildings. Instead of using standard shapes and colors, she typically explored innovative forms and
daring hues.
A. creative
B. bold
C. traditional
D. understandable
Question ID e8e987a7
ID: e8e987a7
Some economic historians ______ that late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century households in the
United States experienced an economy of scale when it came to food purchases—they assumed that
large households spent less on food per person than did small households. Economist Trevon Logan
showed, however, that a close look at the available data disproves this supposition.
A. surmised
B. contrived
C. questioned
D. regretted
Question ID 702a74f4
ID: 702a74f4
According to a US tax policy expert, state taxes are ______ other factors when considering an interstate
move. Even significant differences in state taxation have almost no effect on most people’s decisions,
while differences in employment opportunities, housing availability, and climate are strong influences.
A. consistent with
B. representative of
C. overshadowed by
D. irrelevant to
Question ID 7f66ae7e
ID: 7f66ae7e
Within baleen whale species, some individuals develop an accessory spleen—a seemingly functionless
formation of splenetic tissue outside the normal spleen. Given the formation’s greater prevalence among
whales known to make deeper dives, some researchers hypothesize that its role isn’t ______; rather, the
accessory spleen may actively support diving mechanisms.
A. replicable
B. predetermined
C. operative
D. latent
Question ID 826c2a7e
ID: 826c2a7e
Close analysis of the painting Girl with a Flute, long attributed to the seventeenth-century Dutch painter
Johannes Vermeer, has revealed subtle deviations from the artist’s signature techniques. These variations
suggest that the work may be that of a student under Vermeer’s tutelage—potentially ______ our
understanding of Vermeer as a solitary artist.
A. negating
B. prefiguring
C. entrenching
D. substantiating
Question ID ae5d96c5
ID: ae5d96c5
The following text is adapted from Sadakichi Hartmann’s 1894 short story “Magnolia Blossoms.” The
narrator is standing on the deck of a boat.
What a night it was! My soul had left its body to lose itself in the wild unrestrained beauty around me
—from where it came—and only left a trembling suggestion of its existence within me. The other
passengers moved around me like shadows, and again and again my eyes drank in all the glory and
wealth of that night.
As used in the text, what does the word “suggestion” most nearly mean?
A. Trace
B. Opinion
C. Dispute
D. Command
Question ID b99e3267
ID: b99e3267
A journalist and well-respected art critic of nineteenth-century Britain, Lady Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake did
not hesitate to publish reviews that went against popular opinion. One of her most divisive works was an
essay questioning the idea of photography as an emerging medium for fine art: in the essay, Eastlake
______ that the value of photographs was informational rather than creative.
A. exposed
B. asserted
C. discovered
D. doubted
Question ID f106b81e
ID: f106b81e
Ofelia Zepeda’s contributions to the field of linguistics are ______: her many accomplishments include
working as a linguistics professor and bilingual poet, authoring the first Tohono O’odham grammar book,
and co-founding the American Indian Language Development Institute.
A. pragmatic
B. controversial
C. extensive
D. universal
Question ID e08dee38
ID: e08dee38
In Nature Poem (2017), Kumeyaay poet Tommy Pico portrays his ______ the natural world by honoring the
centrality of nature within his tribe’s traditional beliefs while simultaneously expressing his distaste for
being in wilderness settings himself.
A. responsiveness to
B. ambivalence toward
C. renunciation of
D. mastery over
Question ID 0c0e9872
ID: 0c0e9872
The following text is adapted from Oscar Wilde’s 1895 play The Importance of Being Earnest.
CECILY: Have we got to part?
ALGERNON: I am afraid so. It’s a very painful parting.
CECILY: It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The
absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone
to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.
As used in the text, what does the word “endure” most nearly mean?
A. Regret
B. Persist
C. Tolerate
D. Encourage
Question ID b82ea874
ID: b82ea874
Cucurbits, a group of plants that includes squash and melons, relied on mastodons to spread their seeds
in the Ice Age. When these animals died out, cucurbits faced extinction in turn, having lost their means of
seed dispersal. Around this time, however, the ancestors of Indigenous peoples in North America began
raising cucurbits as crops, thus ______ the plants’ survival.
A. verifying
B. multiplying
C. comforting
D. ensuring
Question ID ba030b39
ID: ba030b39
When Mexican-American archaeologist Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall published her 1886 research paper
on sculptures found at the ancient Indigenous city of Teotihuacan in present-day Mexico, other
researchers readily ______ her work as groundbreaking; this recognition stemmed from her convincing
demonstration that the sculptures were much older than had previously been thought.
A. acknowledged
B. ensured
C. denied
D. underestimated
Question ID c9543f2a
ID: c9543f2a
Although science fiction was dominated mostly by white male authors when Octavia Butler, a Black
woman, began writing, she did not view the genre as ______: Butler broke into the field with the publication
of several short stories and her 1976 novel Patternmaster, and she later became the first science fiction
writer to win a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.
A. legitimate
B. impenetrable
C. compelling
D. indecipherable
ID: c2727308
According to botanists, a viburnum plant experiencing insect damage may develop erineum—a discolored,
felty growth—on its leaf blades. A ______ viburnum plant, on the other hand, will have leaves with smooth
surfaces and uniformly green coloration.
A. struggling
B. beneficial
C. simple
D. healthy
Question ID f87593f7
ID: f87593f7
Bioluminescent beetles called fireflies may seem to create flashes of light randomly, but each species of
firefly actually has its own special series of repeated flashes and pauses. These unique ______ allow
fireflies of the same species to find each other.
A. quantities
B. decorations
C. patterns
D. agreements
Question ID 65b4b39b
ID: 65b4b39b
Anthropologist Kristian J. Carlson and colleagues examined the fossilized clavicle and shoulder bones of
a 3.6-million-year-old early hominin known as “Little Foot.” They found that these bones were ______ the
clavicle and shoulder bones of modern apes that are frequent climbers, such as gorillas and
chimpanzees, suggesting that Little Foot had adapted to life in the trees.
A. surpassed by
B. comparable to
C. independent of
D. obtained from
Question ID db3a0799
ID: db3a0799
The following text is from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel The Secret Garden. Mary, a young girl, is
outside trying her new jump rope.
The sun was shining and a little wind was blowing—not a rough wind, but one which came in
delightful little gusts and brought a fresh scent of newly turned earth with it. She skipped round the
fountain garden, and up one walk and down another.
As used in the text, what does the word “rough” most nearly mean?
A. Harsh
B. Scratchy
C. Basic
D. Vague
Question ID 3fda3820
ID: 3fda3820
The fashion resale market, in which consumers purchase secondhand clothing from stores and online
sellers, generated nearly $30 billion globally in 2019. Expecting to see continued growth, some analysts
______ that revenues will more than double by 2028.
A. produced
B. denied
C. worried
D. predicted
Question ID 0b3af2d3
ID: 0b3af2d3
According to statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the best way to predict the amount of time a
nonperishable entity (such as a building or a technology) will continue to exist is to examine how long it
has survived so far. In this view, an item’s age is the strongest ______ how much longer it will last.
A. uncertainty about
B. indicator of
C. motivation for
D. criticism of
Question ID 28fae87d
ID: 28fae87d
Bicycle sharing systems allow users to rent a bicycle at one location within a city and return it to any other
designated location in that city, which can cause serious problems of bicycle supply and user demand
within the city’s system. Tohru Ikeguchi uses open-source data and statistical modeling to identify when a
high number of users making one-way trips is likely to leave some locations within the system ______
bicycles and other areas with insufficient supply.
A. susceptible to
B. contingent on
C. saturated with
D. depleted of
Question ID 0bb61973
ID: 0bb61973
In the early 1800s, the Cherokee scholar Sequoyah created the first script, or writing system, for an
Indigenous language in the United States. Because it represented the sounds of spoken Cherokee so
accurately, his script was easy to learn and thus quickly achieved ______ use: by 1830, over 90 percent of
the Cherokee people could read and write it.
A. widespread
B. careful
C. unintended
D. infrequent
Question ID 12bece85
ID: 12bece85
Rejecting the premise that the literary magazine Ebony and Topaz (1927) should present a unified vision of
Black American identity, editor Charles S. Johnson fostered his contributors’ diverse perspectives by
promoting their authorial autonomy. Johnson’s self-effacement diverged from the editorial stances of
W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke, whose decisions for their publications were more ______.
A. proficient
B. dogmatic
C. ambiguous
D. unpretentious
Question ID 7d6526db
ID: 7d6526db
Due to their often strange images, highly experimental syntax, and opaque subject matter, many of John
Ashbery’s poems can be quite difficult to ______ and thus are the object of heated debate among scholars.
A. delegate
B. compose
C. interpret
D. renounce
Question ID 8a4a2079
ID: 8a4a2079
Novelist N. K. Jemisin declines to ______ the conventions of the science fiction genre in which she writes,
and she has suggested that her readers appreciate her work precisely because of this willingness to
thwart expectations and avoid formulaic plots and themes.
A. question
B. react to
C. perceive
D. conform to
Question ID 0a589ca9
ID: 0a589ca9
Rydra Wong, the protagonist of Samuel R. Delany’s 1966 novel Babel-17, is a poet, an occupation which, in
Delany’s work, is not ______: nearly a dozen of the characters that populate his novels are poets or writers.
A. infallible
B. atypical
C. lucrative
D. tedious
Question ID c20d8a10
ID: c20d8a10
Archaeologists studying an ancient amphitheater in Switzerland believe that it dates back to the fourth
century CE. Their discoveries of a coin made between 337 and 341 CE and era-appropriate building
materials ______ evidence for this theory.
A. dismiss
B. provide
C. regulate
D. refuse
Question ID 2d19a1cb
ID: 2d19a1cb
The following text is from Booth Tarkington’s 1921 novel Alice Adams.
Mrs. Adams had always been fond of vases, she said, and every year her husband’s Christmas
present to her was a vase of one sort or another—whatever the clerk showed him, marked at about
twelve or fourteen dollars.
As used in the text, what does the word “marked” most nearly mean?
A. Staged
B. Priced
C. Stained
D. Watched
Question ID 6ca52080
ID: 6ca52080
In 1877, 85% of California’s railways were already controlled by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The
company further solidified its ______ in rail access to the state’s Pacific coast when it completed the
Sunset Route in 1883: running from Louisiana to Southern California, the route established the first
transcontinental rail line across the southern United States.
A. dominance
B. creativity
C. insignificance
D. neutrality
Question ID 97c347fb
ID: 97c347fb
Charles “Teenie” Harris was a photographer for the Pittsburgh Courier from 1936 to 1975. During his
career he took over 70,000 photographs documenting everyday life in Pittsburgh’s Black communities.
The Carnegie Museum of Art maintains thousands of his photographs, carefully ______ them so that
audiences can continue to view them well into the future.
A. replacing
B. inventing
C. preserving
D. counting
Question ID d8e0137b
ID: d8e0137b
Researchers have struggled to pinpoint specific causes for hiccups, which happen when a person’s
diaphragm contracts ______. However, neuroscientist Kimberley Whitehead has found that these
uncontrollable contractions may play an important role in helping infants regulate their breathing.
A. involuntarily
B. beneficially
C. strenuously
D. smoothly
Question ID f78cb1f1
ID: f78cb1f1
Artist Marilyn Dingle’s intricate, coiled baskets are ______ sweetgrass and palmetto palm. Following a
Gullah technique that originated in West Africa, Dingle skillfully winds a thin palm frond around a bunch of
sweetgrass with the help of a “sewing bone” to create the basket’s signature look that no factory can
reproduce.
A. indicated by
B. handmade from
C. represented by
D. collected with
Question ID 04db28aa
ID: 04db28aa
While we can infer information about climate activity in Earth’s distant past from physical evidence, we of
course cannot observe past climates directly. To study early Earth’s climate in action, we must ______ that
climate using computer models that represent various climate conditions consistent with the physical
evidence.
A. invent
B. simulate
C. exaggerate
D. preserve
Question ID d58155c0
ID: d58155c0
Scientists previously thought that all electric eels belong to a single species, but a team of researchers led
by zoologist C. David de Santana proved this idea wrong by ______ that there are in fact three distinct
species of electric eels.
A. pretending
B. complaining
C. requiring
D. demonstrating
Question ID 63d61895
ID: 63d61895
During a 2014 archaeological dig in Spain, Vicente Lull and his team uncovered the skeleton of a woman
from El Algar, an Early Bronze Age society, buried with valuable objects signaling a high position of power.
This finding may persuade researchers who have argued that Bronze Age societies were ruled by men to
______ that women may have also held leadership roles.
A. waive
B. concede
C. refute
D. require
Question ID b0e12b3a
ID: b0e12b3a
The work of molecular biophysicist Enrique M. De La Cruz is known for ______ traditional boundaries
between academic disciplines. The university laboratory that De La Cruz runs includes engineers,
biologists, chemists, and physicists, and the research the lab produces makes use of insights and
techniques from all those fields.
A. epitomizing
B. transcending
C. anticipating
D. reinforcing
Question ID 5f4cfbb6
ID: 5f4cfbb6
Mônica Lopes-Ferreira and others at Brazil’s Butantan Institute are studying the freshwater stingray
species Potamotrygon rex to determine whether biological characteristics such as the rays’ age and sex
have ______ effect on the toxicity of their venom—that is, to see if differences in these traits are associated
with considerable variations in venom potency.
A. a disconcerting
B. an acceptable
C. an imperceptible
D. a substantial
Question ID 10caa009
ID: 10caa009
A brief book review cannot fully convey the ______ of Olga Tokarczuk’s novel The Books of Jacob, with its
enormous cast of characters, its complicated, wandering plot, and its page numbers that count backward
(beginning at 965 and ending at 1).
A. accuracy
B. inactivity
C. complexity
D. restraint
Question ID 9d310e14
ID: 9d310e14
Although critics believed that customers would never agree to pay to pick their own produce on farms,
such concerns didn’t ______ Booker T. Whatley’s efforts to promote the practice. Thanks in part to
Whatley’s determined advocacy, farms that allow visitors to pick their own apples, pumpkins, and other
produce can be found throughout the United States.
A. enhance
B. hinder
C. misrepresent
D. aggravate
Question ID fc4f0f7e
ID: fc4f0f7e
Diego Velázquez was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain during the seventeenth
century, but his influence was hardly ______ Spain: realist and impressionist painters around the world
employed his techniques and echoed elements of his style.
A. derived from
B. recognized in
C. confined to
D. repressed by
Question ID d53bcf3b
ID: d53bcf3b
The author’s claim about the relationship between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens is ______, as it fails to
account for several recent archaeological discoveries. To be convincing, his argument would need to
address recent finds of additional hominid fossils, such as the latest Denisovan specimens and Homo
longi.
A. disorienting
B. tenuous
C. nuanced
D. unoriginal
Question ID 5724b123
ID: 5724b123
A musician and member of the Quechua of Peru, Renata Flores Rivera was eager to promote the Quechua
language in her music, but she was ______ speaking it. She met this challenge by asking her grandmother,
a native speaker of Quechua, to help her pronounce words in her song lyrics and also by taking classes in
the language.
A. prepared for
B. inexperienced with
C. skilled in
D. excited about
Question ID 0b681b18
ID: 0b681b18
As a young photographer in the 1950s, William Klein ______ the conventions of photography by creating
images that were high contrast and included blurred and distorted elements—features generally seen as
flaws. So unorthodox was Klein’s work that he had difficulty finding a publisher for his now-iconic 1956
photo book Life is Good & Good for You in New York.
A. reviewed
B. defied
C. respected
D. prevented
Question ID a076a6ae
ID: a076a6ae
Nigerian American author Teju Cole’s ______ his two passions—photography and the written word—
culminates in his 2017 book, Blind Spot, which evocatively combines his original photographs from his
travels with his poetic prose.
A. indifference to
B. enthusiasm for
C. concern about
D. surprise at
Question ID f7455dfd
ID: f7455dfd
Some foraging models predict that the distance bees travel when foraging will decline as floral density
increases, but biologists Shalene Jha and Claire Kremen showed that bees’ behavior is inconsistent with
this prediction if flowers in dense patches are ______: bees will forage beyond patches of low species
richness to acquire multiple resource types.
A. depleted
B. homogeneous
C. immature
D. dispersed
Question ID 2a41886c
ID: 2a41886c
The following text is adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), translated
by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair in 1923. Fabry and Busman are telling Miss Glory why their company
manufactures robots.
FABRY: One Robot can replace two and a half workmen. The human machine, Miss Glory, was
terribly imperfect. It had to be removed sooner or later.
BUSMAN: It was too expensive.
FABRY: It was not effective. It no longer answers the requirements of modern engineering. Nature has
no idea of keeping pace with modern labor.
As used in the text, what does the word “answers” most nearly mean?
A. Explains
B. Rebuts
C. Defends
D. Fulfills
Question ID 3a627ae3
ID: 3a627ae3
As Mexico’s first president from an Indigenous community, Benito Juarez became one of the most ______
figures in his country’s history: among the many significant accomplishments of his long tenure in office
(1858–1872), Juarez consolidated the authority of the national government and advanced the rights of
Indigenous peoples.
A. unpredictable
B. important
C. secretive
D. ordinary
Question ID a085915d
ID: a085915d
The following text is from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. The narrator is being driven in a carriage
through a remote region at night.
The baying of the wolves sounded nearer and nearer, as though they were closing round on us from
every side. I grew dreadfully afraid, and the horses shared my fear. The driver, however, was not in the
least disturbed; he kept turning his head to left and right, but I could not see anything through the
darkness.
As used in the text, what does the word “disturbed” most nearly mean?
A. Disorganized
B. Alarmed
C. Offended
D. Interrupted
Question ID 1ea6a23f
ID: 1ea6a23f
The following text is adapted from Amy Lowell’s 1912 poem “Summer.”
It is summer, glorious, deep-toned summer,

The very crown of nature’s changing year
When all her surging life is at its full.
To me alone it is a time of pause,
A void and silent space between two worlds,
When inspiration lags, and feeling sleeps,
Gathering strength for efforts yet to come.
As used in the text, what does the phrase “a void” most nearly mean?
A. A useless
B. An empty
C. A forgotten
D. An incomplete
Question ID 87832416
ID: 87832416
The printing of Virginia Woolf’s novels featured a creative ______ between Woolf and her sister Vanessa
Bell: a talented painter, Bell worked closely with Woolf to create original cover art for most of the novels.
A. rebellion
B. partnership
C. discovery
D. disagreement
Question ID ec66fe4d
ID: ec66fe4d
To develop a method for measuring snow depth with laser beams, NASA physicist Yongxiang Hu relied on
______; identifying broad similarities between two seemingly different phenomena, Hu used information
about how ants move inside colonies to calculate how the particles of light that make up laser beams
travel through snow.
A. a collaboration
B. an accessory
C. a contradiction
D. an analogy
Question ID e2399eb4
ID: e2399eb4
Beginning in the 1950s, Navajo Nation legislator Annie Dodge Wauneka continuously worked to promote
public health; this ______ effort involved traveling throughout the vast Navajo homeland and writing a
medical dictionary for speakers of Diné bizaad, the Navajo language.
A. impartial
B. offhand
C. persistent
D. mandatory
Question ID 2ee50bdd
ID: 2ee50bdd
Whether the reign of a French monarch such as Hugh Capet or Henry I was historically consequential or
relatively uneventful, its trajectory was shaped by questions of legitimacy and therefore cannot be
understood without a corollary understanding of the factors that allowed the monarch to ______ his right
to hold the throne.
A. disengage
B. annotate
C. buttress
D. reciprocate
Question ID 651e7f7c
ID: 651e7f7c
The güiro, a musical instrument traditionally made from a dried and hollowed gourd, is thought to have
originated with the Taíno people of Puerto Rico. Players use a wooden stick to scrape along ridges cut
into the side of the gourd, creating sounds that are highly ______: the sounds produced by güiros can differ
based on the distance between the ridges, the types of strokes the player uses, and the thickness of the
gourd.
A. overlooked
B. powerful
C. routine
D. variable

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Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

A. Get his mother to accept

B. Get his mother to apologize for

C. Get his mother to match

D. Get his mother to reunite with

At night the wide and level stretch of wold,

I drew the shades far down, crept into bed;

It is summer, glorious, deep-toned summer,

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