221. Wealthy and socially prominent settlers made quilts of the English type, cut from large lengths of cloth of the same color and texture rather than stitched together from smaller pieces.
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(A) isolated
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(D) distinguished
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222. This term was usually applied to a fabric of wool and linen used in heavy clothing and quilted petticoats worn in the wintertime.
% A, B2 i! }' q p" CThe phrase "applied to" is closest in meaning to which of following?3 B, x' m8 |- ?7 U: J4 s' U; F
(A) sewn onto
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223. Rather, they were made of a top layer of woolen or glazed worsted wool fabric, consisting of smooth, compact yarn from long wool fibers, dyed dark blue, green, or brown with a bottom layer of a coarser woolen material, either natural or a shade of yellow.
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(A) older
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224. The linsey-woolsey covering was found in the colder regions of the country because of the warmth it afforded.
3 p( q7 ^8 a, Q2 g }' dThe word "afforded" is closest in meaning to which of following?9 C* t s, p; y" Y
(A) provided
9 |- [* j9 I' G0 K7 E0 W2 m(B) spent
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(D) absorbed
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225. Growing tightly packed together and collectively weaving a dense canopy of branches, a stand of red alder trees can totally dominate a site to the exclusion of almost everything else.
( X% e; e& X' y6 L$ bThe word "dense" is closest in meaning to which of following?/ M8 k; p, Y# P/ x" C ^, G" I
(A) dark
5 f6 ]3 A3 y# ]! e6 k5 O+ }0 }% ~8 r( ~(B) tall
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(D) broad
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