1.a computer program can provide information in ways

that force students to --- learning instead of being

merely ---- of knowledge.

(a) shore up .. reservoirs

(b) accede to .. consumers

(c) participate in .. recipients

(d) compensate for.. custodians

(e) profit from .. beneficiaries

 

2. the form and physiology of leaves vary according to

the ---- in which they develop: for example, leaves

display a wide range of adaptations to different

degrees of light and moisture.

(a) relationship

(b) species

(c) sequence

(d) patterns

(e) environment

 

3. one theory about intelligence sees ---- as the

logical structure underlying thinking and insists that

since animals are mute, they must be ---- as well.

(a) behavior.. inactive

(b) instinct.. cooperative

(c) heredity.. thoughtful

(d) adaptation.. brutal

(e) language.. mindless

 

4. though ---- in her personal life, edna st. vincent

millay was nonetheless ---- about her work, usually

producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a

day.

(a) jaded.. feckless

(b) verbose.. ascetic

(c) vain.. humble

(d) impulsive.. disciplined

(e) self-assured.. sanguine

 

5. the children's ---- natures were in sharp contrast

to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.

(a) mercurial

(b) blithe

(c) phlegmatic

(d) introverted

(e) artless

 

6. by ---- scientific rigor with a quantitative approach,

researchers in the social sciences may often have ---

their scope to those narrowly circumscribed topics that

are well suited to quantitative methods.

(a) undermining.. diminished

(b) equating.. enlarged

(c) vitiating.. expanded

(d) identifying.. limited

(e) imbuing.. broadened

 

7. as early as the seventeenth century, philosophers

called attention to the ---- character of the issue,

and their twentieth-century counterparts still approach

it with ----.

(a) absorbing.. indifference

(b) unusual.. composure

(c) complex.. antipathy

(d) auspicious.. caution

(e) problematic.. uneasiness

 

8. tripod: camera::

(a) scaffolding: ceiling

(b) prop: set

(c) easel: canvas

(d) projector: film

(e) frame: photograph

 

9. aquatic: water::

(a) cumulus: clouds

(b) inorganic: elements

(c) variegated: leaves

(d) rural: soil

(e) arboreal: trees

 

10. emollient: suppleness::

(a) unguent: elasticity

(b) precipitant: absorption

(c) additive: fusion

(d) desiccant: dryness

(e) retardant: permeability

 

11. draw: doodle::

(a) talk: whisper

(b) travel: ramble

(c) run: walk

(d) calculate: add

(e) eat: gobble

 

12. conspicuous: see:

(a) repulsive: forget

(b) prohibited: discount

(c) deceptive: delude

(d) impetuous: disregard

(e) transparent: understand

 

13. immature: developed::

(a) accessible: exposed

(b) theoretical: conceived

(c) tangible: identified

(d) irregular: classified

(e) incipient: realized

 

14. perspicacity: acute::

(a) adaptability: prescient

(b) decorum: complacent

(c) caprice: whimsical

(d) discretion: literal

(e) ignorance: pedantic

 

15. playful: banter::

(a) animated: originality

(b) exaggerated: hyperbole

(c) insidious: effrontery

(d) pompous: irrationality

(e) taciturn: solemnity

 

16. quarantine: contagion::

(a) blockage: obstacle

(b) strike: concession

(c) embargo: commerce

(d) vaccination: inoculation

(e) prison: reform