QUESTION: 13

He was ______________in his vindictiveness, often feigning a disarming camaraderie while ______________his opportunity for revenge.

impulsive...gauging
harmless...preparing
resolute...forgetting
brazen...dreading
devious...awaiting

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

The person described is said to be 'often feigning a disarming camaraderie', meaning that his friendship was not genuine, but was a pretended one. the use of the word 'revenge' indicates that the person to whom he was pretending friendship was one who had harmed him earlier. So. the sentence must mean that the person described in the sentence was intent upon taking revenge for this earlier harm. He must therefore be looking for an opportunity to take revenge, even while pretending friendship. So. among the choices for the second missing word, only 'preparing' and 'awaiting' are appropriate. Such a clever person will obviously not be 'harmless' in his vindictiveness. So, B is not a suitable choice for the first missing word. 'Devious', meaning 'cunning' is what describes such a person perfectly, and fits in well in the first blank. So, E is the answer.

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QUESTION: 14

Those who seek the advice of scientists in this matter should recognize that, because the knowledge available is ______________. The reliability of the advice cannot be

technical documented
coherent...explained
explicit...understood
inadequate...guaranteed
extraneous...denied

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The words 'documented', explained' and 'understood' are not suitable adjectives for the noun 'reliability', and can straight-away be discarded for that reason. Since it is logical to say that, if the available knowledge is inadequate, the reliability of the advice based on such limited knowledge cannot be guaranteed, D is a suitable choice. The pair of words in E do not result in a logical sentence, and is wrong.

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QUESTION: 15

The ______________of modernist architecture ______________the natural human desire to celebrate the decorate, to take delight in ornament.

elaborateness...neglects
austerity...recognize
embellishment...undermines
severity...opposes
uniformity...reflects

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The information that the second part of the sentence imparts is that there exists a natural human desire to celebrate and decorate, and to take delight in ornament. If modern architecture is elaborate', it would be fulfilling, and not neglecting, this desire. So, A is wrong. If mode architecture is 'austere', it would be neglecting this natural desire, and not recognizing it. So. B is wrong. If modern architecture 'embellishes'. It would again be fulfilling this natural desire, and not be undermining it. So, C is also wrong. If modern architecture is 'severe' (meaning austere'), it would be opposing this natural desire. So, D leads to a logical sentence, and is the answer. Since there can be no uniformity about decoration or ornamentation, E does not result in a logical sentence.

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QUESTION: 16

Although is seems to have been a fixture of the square since the city's origin, the produce market actually opened only

enthusiastically
recently
frequently
illegally
graciously

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The use of the conjunction 'although' indicates a contradiction within the sentence. If the market seems to have been in existence since the city began, it must have been opened a long time ago. But the use of the conjunction 'although' implies that this is not so. So, it must have been opened only recently. So, B is the answer.

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