406. The college president made the ________ statement that no student athlete on academic probation, not even the top-scorer of the varsity team, would be allowed to participate in intercollegiate sports. Y: N& _9 h( A+ x: J: E5 G
(A) impertinent
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407. The columnist was almost ________ when he mentioned his friends, but he was unpleasant and even ________ when he discussed people who irritated him.
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(B) reverential ... acrimonious 7 N5 K5 X1 _# j4 L U! d
(C) sensitive ... remorseful ! @% b! r% o8 x$ p3 ]! ]
(D) insipid ... militant 2 |3 q; s2 u. l0 @% P' m! h
(E) benevolent ... stoical
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408. The commission of inquiry censured the senator for his ________ expenditure of public funds, which they found to be ________ . 5 |2 g2 ^/ H6 B
(A) flagrant ... cursory
' T$ `6 o0 b7 ~: Z4 l4 F5 B7 t j# t (B) improper ... vindicated
d2 D( K. N& ~4 a. y. L! j0 z! ]8 G* | (C) lavish ... unjustifiable * C4 T# @' o: W( G7 {
(D) judicious ... blameworthy
/ G3 k2 W7 [$ y: K (E) arbitrary ... critical / Z( S- a; e+ [0 `% q
, B6 T' P3 q( W( j( S% ~3 g, j409. The contract negotiations were often surprisingly ________ , deteriorating at times into a welter of accusations and counter-accusations.
% ]( H6 L/ O6 B$ j# R (A) perspicacious # T, e- h7 ?, e! h- Y) o# b p& T
(B) phlegmatic 1 `6 ~3 b2 y& M
(C) sedate 2 @2 m% P `1 g" g
(D) acrimonious
$ u2 @, [) A4 l3 R/ m1 u (E) propitious
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* ?+ S2 P8 n( M5 P2 g; k, W410. The critics were distressed that an essayist of such glowing ________ could descend to writing such dull, uninteresting prose. 0 i# l& D9 F2 i" w
(A) obscurity 9 r# B2 Y0 h' y0 H/ y7 H
(B) ill-repute
3 `. R' ^1 Q# J4 h, a. w% { (C) shallowness
2 @& j" U$ s! n% E (D) promise * w# Y8 p7 k* v' R
(E) amiability
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