QUESTION: 13

Her ____________ writing style made it difficult to follow her thought processes--no surprise to her colleagues, who were familiar with her ____________ manner of speech.

precise . . arcane
laborious . . tedious
trite . . flippant
convoluted . . circumlocutory
ambiguous . . affected

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Since both blanks here describe something similar--the way this unnamed person communicates--the two words should be near-synonyms. And the words "difficult to follow her thought processes" make it clear that both missing words should mean "hard to understand, unnecessarily complicated

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QUESTION: 14

The giant squid is still ____________ marine biologists, as it has never been seen alive, making it impossible to study in its natural habitat.

fascinating to
enigmatic to
dangerous to
exploited by
famous among

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

This sentence has a cause-and-effect relationship, as indicated by the word "as." If the squid "has never been seen alive," one could logically conclude that it would be "enigmatic

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QUESTION: 15

Advertising can increase sales of a ____________ product, but it cannot create demand for a bad one; consumers may buy a ____________ item because of advertising--but only once.

good..new
reliable . . costly
useful . . valuable
needless . . single
well-made . . badly made

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

Both halves of the sentence make much the same point--that people will buy good products but not bad ones. Only the words in choice E. fit this idea.

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QUESTION: 16

Like Truman, who was never considered a major national figure until Roosevelt's death made him president, Ford attained national prominence only after ____________ thrust him into the presidency.

personal ambition
outside circumstances
popular acclaim
political intrigue
public demand

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Obviously, the structure of this sentence is similarity. We want a phrase to fit in the blank that will match the description of how both Truman and Ford attained prominence. You don't need to know history; just realize that Ford's case must have resembled Truman's, in which pure accident (or "outside circumstances") made him president.

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