We first became aware that her support for the new program was less than ___________ when she declined to make a speech in its favor.
Answer: D
Apparently, the author of the sentence and his friends were under the impression that the woman was supporting its favour, what would they have newly learnt about her support to the program? Obviously that such support was only half-hearted. The phrase, "It was less than whole-hearted" expresses just this, and is the answer.
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The formerly ____ waters of the lake have been polluted so that the fish are no longer visible from the surface.
Answer: A
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Because he felt intimidated in his new position, he was divulging his frank opinions of company proposals.
Answer: C
The use of the phrase 'divulging his frank opinions' implies that the employee did not agree with the proposals of the company. But if he felt intimidated, what would he do with these opinions? He would either keep them to himself or merely hint at them, being afraid of expressing them openly, Chary of (meaning being cautious about) is the phrase which conveys this meaning, and is the .answer.
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Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable__through a complex network of producers and consumers.
Answer: A
What are the things that go through a complex network of producers and consumers? Not dividends, nor communications, nor nutrient. Commodities is the only suitable word among the choices, and is the answer.
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Although the substance is normally quite______________, scientists found that when tempered with other elements it could be stored safely in metal containers.
Answer: B
The use of the conjunction although indicates an implied contrast within the sentence. The latter part of the sentence says that, when tempered with other elements, the substance referred to could be stored safely in metal containers. So, the first part should mean that the normal property of the substance is to corrode metal containers. Among the choices, it is only the word caustic that has this meaning, and is the answer.
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A common argument claims that in folk art, the artist's subordination of technical mastery to intense feeling_the direct communication of emotion to the viewer..
Answer: A
The first part of the sentence means that, in folk art, intense feeling of the artist takes precedence over technical mastery. This will obviously make it easier for the artist to communicate his emotion to the viewer directly. Among the given choices, it is facilitates that has this meaning, and is the answer.
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The committee warned that if its suggestions were not implemented, the problems would be________and eventually rendered insoluble.
Answer: A
The committee mentioned in the sentence has obviously studied some specific problems, and has offered suggestions to solve them. If the committee has also warned that the non-implementation of these suggestions would eventually render the problems insoluble, it means that, according to it, these problems would become worse with the passage of time. Among the choices, exacerbated is the only word which has this meaning, and is the answer. (Insurmountable and insoluble have the same meaning: therefore, it is not logical to say that 'insurmountable problems would eventually become insoluble problems' would eventually become insoluble. So, (B) is not the appropriate choice.
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The notion that cultural and biological influences _______________determine cross - cultural diversity is discredited by the fact that, in countless aspects of human existence, it is cultural programming that overwhelmingly accounts for cross-population variance.
Answer: D
The sentence refers to the relative impacts of cultural and biological influences on cross-cultural diversity (meaning diversity in culture within the same population). The second port says categorically that the fact is that, in countless aspects of human existence, it is the cultural programming that overwhelmingly accounts for cross-population variance. Since this is contrasted with the notion hinted in the first part of the sentence (by the use of the phrase 'discredited by the fact'), that notion must be either that it is the biological influences that have such an overwhelming impact, or that the biological influences have at least as strong an impact as cultural influences over cross-cultural diversity. Among the choices, the word equally lends the second of these meanings to the given sentence, and is the answer.
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Although alarmed by the ____ , Professor Symes had no reason to doubt the ____ of his student’s results, for this student was nothing if not reliable.
Answer: A
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The revolution in art has not lost its steam; it ____ on as fiercely as ever.
Answer: A
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