The historian's assertion that there is a ____________of verifiable information about nineteenth-century Native Americans is ____________, for there exist many transcripts of authentic oral accounts of their activities.
Answer(s): D
The second part of the sentence says that there exist many transcripts of genuine accounts of the activities of Native Americans. So, the first part must mean either that the historian correctly asserted that there is a lot of verifiable information, or that he wrongly asserted that there is little of verifiable information.Among the choices, it is “paucity; erroneous” which means the latter, and is the answer.
This book has neither merit nor distinction, and it all but ____________whatever prestige the author may once have had.
If the author of the book had prestige earlier, but has now produced a book which has neither merit nor distinction, the new book would nullify his earlier prestige. So, “nullifies” is the answer.
Far from exercising a counter influence to intellectual orthodoxy, the movement itself has become a center of ____________.
Answer(s): A
The use of the phrase “far from” becoming a challenge to “intellectual orthodoxy” implies that the new movement has also become something similar to such orthodoxy. Among the choices, it is the word “conformity” which is closest to the word “orthodoxy.” So, “conformity” is the answer.
People, being prisoners of ____________, have made failing a basic metaphor for failure, from the fall of the stock market to the fall of government.
Answer(s): B
The author says that the use of the word “fall”, as a metaphor to represent “failure”, arises out of the people being prisoners of something. Among the given choices, it is “gravity” that is the best choice, because it is gravity that brings every physical object from a higher (success) to a lower (failure) level. So, “gravity” is the answer.
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