Blank i blank ii a disillusioned d self serving b

Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. disillusioned D. self-serving
B. dubious E. benevolent
C. enthusiastic F. sporadic
6-5 Concrete is _____ of many materials, a composite of rocks, pebbles, sand,
and cement.
A. conflation
B. a distillation
C. a concordance
D. an aberration
E. an amalgamation
F. an agreement
6-6 The depiction of the _____ wolf is largely a misconception; wolves are
_____ creatures that prefer to run in packs.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. lone D. dangerous
B. vicious E. social
C. hungry F. famished
6-7 Jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong is renowned for his improvisations on the
trumpet; his innovations as a vocalist are equally ______.
A. obscure
B. remarkable
C. conventional
D. erroneous
E. noteworthy
F. inexact

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6-8 Andrew’s hunch that Ms. Smith would lose the election was _____ when
her opponent won in a landslide, proving Andrew’s _____ to be correct.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. compromised D. prediction
B. confirmed E. intuition
C. belied F. endorsement
6-9 The medicine does have a salutary effect by _____ pain, even if recent
studies prove that it cannot eliminate such discomfort entirely.
A. alleviating
B. annihilating
C. revitalizing
D. eradicating
E. augmenting
F. palliating
6-10 The intern was almost too _____; he felt the suffering of his patients as if
it were his own.
A. candid
B. disarming
C. empathetic
D. understanding
E. frank
F. insightful
6-11 As the charismatic speaker left the podium, she was surrounded by _____
of zealous supporters who _____ our attempts to approach her.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. an entourage D. interfered with
B. a debacle E. encompassed
C. a dearth F. pertained to
6-12 Sally was a lighthearted and even-tempered woman: she had none of her
sister’s _____.
A. mellow
B. affability
C. equanimity
D. resilience
E. truculence
F. belligerence

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6-13 Because postmodernist critics often rely on _____ language, their prose
frequently seems _____ to nonspecialists who fail to comprehend its meaning.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. accessible D. exotic
B. esoteric E. grating
C. hackneyed F. impenetrable
6-14 Eduardo was _____ to find that the editorial he had written was _____ by
several typographical errors.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. overjoyed D. authenticated
B. intrigued E. enhanced
C. embarrassed F. marred
6-15 In order to _____ the loss of natural wetlands used by migrating snow
geese, conservationists in the 1960’s and 1970’s _____ wetland refuges in the
northern prairies.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. standardize D. dismantled
B. compensate for E. established
C. account for F. ignored
6-16 Frequently used as a spice, ginger also has _____ properties: it can be
used to help treat coughs, colds, and upset stomachs.
A. immutable
B. invariable
C. edible
D. curative
E. therapeutic
F. descriptive
6-17 The scientific organization _____ the newspaper for prominently covering
the predictions of a psychic while _____ to report on a major research
conference.