6. A ________ person is one who will ________ something on the slightest of evidence.
4 F/ _8 b/ v7 j% G d5 B8 Y (A) restive ... forget * _ L# W# |) f; v" i f3 j! |
(B) garrulous ... criticize / i/ L: F2 k+ `
(C) maudlin .... censure . H4 ?4 ~; b6 t# W; |
(D) phlegmatic ... condemn & u& {# v. _ c; r0 j
(E) credulous ... believe
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7. A New World lizard, the basilisk, occasionally does something that seems to ________ physics: it runs across the surface of water for distances of up to thirty feet. ( V5 V% G" ~( j; _4 k" y
(A) defy % r! u, S3 Y& d1 Q3 f$ O/ p
(B) quantify
9 X/ m4 V0 O6 c+ ?' o. O (C) assess
2 ]' D: `- M" g' i (D) exemplify
( d# \# ?4 k) v% s (E) corroborate
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8. A born teller of tales, Olsen used her impressive ________ skills to advantage in her story "I Stand Here Ironing."
" h2 ^) ^! }0 g/ t. Z (A) domestic ( N3 Z7 H) K0 m
(B) metaphysical " M7 M0 W6 J2 j9 x: H X$ `& s" t
(C) narrative , ^; d3 e8 s+ R3 W3 R
(D) diagnostic
$ k9 Y% B6 `$ Y y+ G; R1 A# X (E) argumentative
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& q. K4 r# w) } h8 C2 { Q9. A code of ethics governing the behavior of physicians during epidemics did not exist until 1846 when it was ________ by the American Medical Association.
' _$ v3 y- A* l/ O (A) rescinded ) R+ T# v. Q9 N
(B) promulgated
7 E6 F. d" ~& B4 d" ]& ~ v (C) presupposed
9 y! i4 J7 q8 A* F; S* g. a g (D) depreciated ! ?, r$ z$ m/ z/ _# \$ l1 x
(E) implied ( X0 I _9 l- h
7 c6 i. z8 M$ h% n# j. h# n10. A diligent scholar, she devoted herself ________ to the completion of the book. + B$ i4 q& |2 T0 t7 W
(A) assiduously ' c, ^' ~- L8 T1 {- G
(B) ingenuously / i- @+ r, ?; o- v0 ]4 p. S
(C) theoretically / Z2 a0 Y; o6 `: l
(D) voluminously
, c6 s; I* j, N$ b" S (E) sporadically / \2 g% y; V) ^4 H% y: p
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