256. Those who could afford them were quite content to reunion in the more sumptuous, single-family homes, leaving the Stuyvesant to young married couples and bachelors.6 G9 U% e3 b7 k f
The word "sumptuous" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(B) unique7 ^) a8 I) V" u g; _0 }- {
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(D) distant" \/ Z0 o1 c+ ]
5 A; O' X( ~' P w! l! h0 y( ], ^# J257. The lot could also accommodate a rectangular tenement, though it could not yield the square, well-lighted, and logically arranged rooms that great apartment buildings require.
$ t1 [2 ~9 b; yThe word "yield" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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: V0 j, h- A3 a1 M& q(B) surrender
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(D) provide
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258. A snowfall consists of myriads of minute ice crystals that fall to the ground in the form of frozen precipitation.* r K; C% E% ~: J. W8 c
The word "minute" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(C) clear
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259. The process can be very rapid, quickly creating sizable ice crystals, some of which adhere to each other to create a cluster of ice crystals or a snowflake.
7 V- ?: \$ W+ ~; G$ q1 gThe word "adhere" is closest in meaning to which of following?
: M. @$ u2 b) s& K' C g9 T(A) belong* G* P- w- m; Q* g' ~2 O
(B) relate6 l/ k) [7 F2 i. j+ Q
(C) stick
) u+ \. X4 Z! ?$ C& s7 v( U. [4 C(D) speed
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260. In addition, mountainous sections or rising terrain can initiate snowfalls by the geographical lifting of a moist airstream.* \: K' u: X% ]% L
The word "initiate" is closest in meaning to which of following?! F( S2 c+ F7 m2 L; T" Y* ^' K5 | \
(A) enhance- h! E( X5 i" s9 p7 k A
(B) alter {4 Z+ b: }" r* G
(C) increase
: a3 x! e/ k- l& y% X(D) begin
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259 C
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