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They ______ their offer of aid when they became disillusioned with the project

  1. expanded
  2. redoubled
  3. bolstered
  4. constrained
  5. rescinded

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

The sentence describes people who are disillusioned with a project. They are therefore most likely to rescind, or withdraw, their offer of aid.



The firm's books were out of balance; there was a (n) ______ between the amount of physical inventory and the amount of calculated inventory.

  1. anachronism
  2. enigma
  3. discredit
  4. discrepancy
  5. dissension

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

If the "books were out of balance, " there had to be some sort of differential between the two inventories.
Only the last two choices pertain to any differential. Dissension, however, is a difference in feelings; discrepancy(inconsistency) fits the context.



As a ______ he was a disaster, for his students rarely understood his lectures; yet he was a ______ scholar.

  1. dean .. banal
  2. philosopher .. failed
  3. teacher .. formidable
  4. professor .. second-rate
  5. speaker .. contemptuous

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Yet indicates that the second clause will have a meaning that contrasts with that of the first clause. In the first clause, someone is a disaster. The only choice for the second blank that contrasts with that idea is formidable, meaning that he was a first-rate scholar.



Far from the ______ crowds of the city, I find refuge at my ______ cabin on Big Lake.

  1. pervasive .. dominant
  2. aggressive .. listless
  3. petrified .. motivating
  4. overwhelming .. secluded
  5. extensive .. scanty

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The logic of this sentence is based on contrast; the clues are crowds, refuge, and cabin. In choices A. and (B), the first substitution works, but the second is meaningless. In choices C. and (E), neither word lakes sense in context.






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