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Section 3<br />

Practice Test Eight<br />

6. The fullest edition of <strong>the</strong> letters of H.P. Lovecraft<br />

consists of five volumes; however, only a small<br />

fraction of Lovecraft's ------- correspondence has<br />

ever been published.<br />

(A) laconic<br />

(B) unknown<br />

( C) voluminous<br />

(D) verbal<br />

(E) popular<br />

8. Nearly all epiphytic ferns are ------- tropical rain<br />

<strong>for</strong>ests; while <strong>the</strong>y do not require soil, <strong>the</strong>y cannot<br />

survive without constant moisture.<br />

(A) uprooted to<br />

(B) steeped in<br />

( C) inimical to<br />

(D) decorative in<br />

(E) endemic to<br />

7. Describing Linda as an exemplary pupil, <strong>the</strong><br />

principal lauded her academic achievements<br />

and urged <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r students to ------- her<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />

(A) elucidate<br />

(B) mollify<br />

(C) emulate<br />

(D) castigate<br />

(E) reflect<br />

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