56. An unattractive feature of this memoir is the casually dismissive, often downright ________ , comments the author makes about almost all of her former colleagues.
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(B) euphemistic
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(E) laudatory
: v" r# I& e$ Z. @9 Y) N, h+ T$ K 57. Anthropologists traditionally argue that the male-female division of labor in hunter-gatherer societies arose because it ________ the nuclear family's joint interests and thereby represented a sound, ________ strategy.
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(B) respected … divisive
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(D) restricted … provisional
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(A) disciples ... positive
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59. As Reginald Machell's lavishly carved throne clearly illustrates, California craftsmen were not afraid of ________ .
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(E) antiquity
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(E) devour
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