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Section 5<br />

Practice Test Six<br />

6. As a biologist, Henry is a talented -------; he enjoys<br />

going beyond specific facts and speculating about<br />

general principles.<br />

(A) dogmatist<br />

(B) consultant<br />

(C) prodigy<br />

(D) materialist<br />

(E) <strong>the</strong>orist<br />

8. The committee rejected his <strong>the</strong>sis because it was<br />

based mainly on ------- ra<strong>the</strong>r than solid evidence<br />

and lacked ------- tested results.<br />

(A) induction . . diminutively<br />

(B) experimentation . . pragmatically<br />

(C) intuition . . fiscally<br />

(D) bombast . . <strong>the</strong>oretically<br />

(E) conjecture . . empirically<br />

7. Ephemeral wetlands are characterized by <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

tendency to completely dry out most summers,<br />

only to become ------- again <strong>the</strong> following fall,<br />

winter, or spring.<br />

(A) inundated<br />

(B) situated<br />

( C) rejuvenated<br />

(D) supplanted<br />

(E) excavated<br />

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