1. Job failure means being fired from a job, being asked to resign, or leaving ________ to protect yourself because you had very strong evidence that one of the first two was ________.
; q! x+ j3 ?4 x% U. A (A) voluntarily ... impending
' E+ Z8 n) X( L, `" ^, A' T (B) abruptly ... significant 1 l0 R/ x4 c6 e# \, b( Y
(C) knowingly ... operative J* x1 p* J; C; ?& J; j) p0 l
(D) understandably ... pertinent . Y h' U6 x" R0 ]
(E) eventually ... intentional
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; v$ h* L4 E' P# N8 B6 Y# E2. An institution concerned about its reputation is at the mercy of the actions of its members; because the misdeeds of individuals are often used to ________ the institutions of which they are a part.
- b9 d- {/ ]4 y& n (A) reform 7 [+ {- Y( R% K; @: X
(B) coerce " f. o; r; o7 P0 I. u! `
(C) honor
4 j5 g* o: ?% O* S/ K$ |! E3 [ (D) discredit
g V0 K0 v( I8 | (E) intimidate 4 C% H& U, G( Y' R7 j4 B
3 Q/ O+ [2 ]% {7 x' R3. The president’s secretary and his chief aide adored him, and both wrote obsessively ________ personal memoirs about him; unfortunately, however, ________ does not make for true intimacy. + u& l1 T2 i+ M) f: l
(A) fatuous ... frankness
) N. C8 n% Z2 ~3 d: F2 R1 Z6 _ (B) devoted ... idolatry & b! H. B o2 o6 A- E; v8 q9 u) x
(C) garrulous ... confidentiality ( j4 [0 r7 G y y: i3 N, U G
(D) candid ... discretion * }7 a: c+ S4 \7 ^. K3 }
(E) rancorous ... criticism 7 |* k# t, H" ^/ c: W, o
8 |7 c T% {9 s5 B8 Z0 D0 L4. People frequently denigrate books about recent catastrophes as morally ________ attempts to profit, from misfortune, but in my view our desire for such books, together with the venerable tradition to which they belong, ________ them.
! P6 T' e; F) h (A) inopportune ... encourages 8 H/ n+ M; E# r: M3 c; R
(B) fortuitous ... fosters ! ?' ~2 F. ^9 m% U
(C) treacherous ... safeguards / _* H7 `) f3 Z; q
(D) despicable ... legitimizes # ?$ E. n+ ~) d7 l
(E) corrupt ... generates 9 v! W5 r* q/ [+ W
* |9 A( ~ a/ g0 ?1 O5. That many of the important laws of science were discovered during experiments designed to ________ other phenomena suggests that experimental results are the ________ of inevitable natural forces rather than of planning.
u" v; q# \. b (A) analyze ... foundations # w8 t. P/ B0 v! T0 E5 a: L/ l3 N
(B) disprove ... predecessors # s, j! o. \" T- j
(C) alter ... adjuncts
, J/ f) j$ \" }3 F0 t! U (D) illuminate ... consequence
5 }6 M$ H/ {; z' j! X (E) verify ... essence * |) f6 |' J, ~' W: Z
' |- E: y+ F# _% t. S/ b6. The painting was larger than it appeared to be, for, hanging in a darkened recess of the chapel, it was ________ by the perspective.
; ]* k' p7 h- ]% Q# P5 W* a% k (A) improved
+ {" {/ N! R6 W1 D: ~/ { (B) aggrandized
S5 b# P; ^2 ~# d (C) embellished
$ L& h- E4 N& x8 b5 H (D) jeopardized + i0 M7 M% j) i- d. Q! l, M* Y
(E) diminished
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1 |. g4 k$ t( M7. Ever prey to vagrant impulses that impelled him to ________ his talents on a host of unworthy projects, his very ________ nonetheless enhanced his reputation, for the sheer energy of his extravagance dazzled observers.
# h( T2 y4 U, c5 d; W6 J (A) undermine ... enthusiasm 5 w4 P; h3 ]; `# r5 b% i
(B) isolate ... selectiveness
6 ^& O! j* q# I! G8 C% f8 M9 \& F (C) display ... affability . t- w# |0 R- Q/ G9 W, y0 P
(D) squander ... dissipation |
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