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Part II: <strong>Practice</strong> <strong>Tests</strong><br />
Verbal Ability: Sentence Completions<br />
Directions: Select the word or words that best complete the sentence.<br />
30. In classical mythology, the ______ of Aphrodite,<br />
the Greek goddess of love, was the Roman love<br />
goddess Venus; their ______ were similar.<br />
A. nephew . . . . . countenances<br />
B. manager . . . . . futures<br />
C. counterpart . . . . . attributes<br />
D. opposite . . . . . wonders<br />
31. Although the book is intended to explain<br />
philosophical ideas to the general reader, its<br />
vocabulary is so ______ that it will add little<br />
to their ______.<br />
A. recondite . . . . . edification<br />
B. lucid . . . . . confidence<br />
C. abstruse . . . . . lunacy<br />
D. concise . . . . . religiosity<br />
32. The referee gave the tennis player a/an ________,<br />
stating the match would be forfeited if her<br />
inappropriate reactions to the line calls continued.<br />
A. illustration<br />
B. admonition<br />
C. default<br />
D. victory<br />
33. The shy student ______ the idea of giving an oral<br />
presentation in speech class.<br />
A. enjoyed<br />
B. misconstrued<br />
C. dreaded<br />
D. applauded<br />
34. In the decision ending school segregation, the<br />
United States Supreme Court concluded that<br />
separate facilities were _____ unequal by their<br />
very nature.<br />
A. inherently<br />
B. desperately<br />
C. simultaneously<br />
D. inconsolably<br />
35. A ______ atmosphere ______ in the opening<br />
scene of Charles Dickens’s novel Great<br />
Expectations: The winter air is raw; the clouds<br />
lower; the fog looms.<br />
A. festive . . . . . descends<br />
B. cantankerous . . . . . expands<br />
C. desolate . . . . . prevails<br />
D. meticulous . . . . . contracts<br />
36. Having paid a high price for the automobile, the<br />
buyer felt great _____ when it frequently needed<br />
repairs.<br />
A. indigestion<br />
B. indecision<br />
C. indignation<br />
D. indolence<br />
37. The report about the situation was _____; no facts<br />
supported its conclusions.<br />
A. speculative<br />
B. improving<br />
C. special<br />
D. prophetic<br />
38. Completely ______ after losing the last game of<br />
the season, the football team hoped that their<br />
prospects would improve in the future.<br />
A. disingenuous<br />
B. demoralized<br />
C. inundated<br />
D. misapprehended<br />
39. So many factors are involved in trying to decide<br />
which house to purchase that home buyers often<br />
find themselves in a _____.<br />
A. directory<br />
B. solution<br />
C. quandary<br />
D. question<br />
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