31. A person who refuses compliance is called —–
(a) Recalcitrant
(b) Sadist
(c) Radical
(d) Theist
32. The progress of the disease is —– it spreads stealthily without any symptoms in the early stages
(a) Dramatic
(b) Acute
(c) Blatant
(d) Insidious
33. It will be hard to —— Leonid now that you have so —– him
(a) Pacify — soothed
(b) Mollify — incensed
(c) Antagonize — irritated
(d) Anger — ruffled
34. The student was extremely foolhardy; he had the —– to question the senior professor’s judgment
(a) Wisdom
(b) Temerity
(c) Interest
(d) Trepidation
35. Harding was unable to ——- the results of the survey although entirely unexpected, the figures were obtained by a market research firm with an —— reputation
(a) Accept — peerless
(b) Discount — impeccable
(c) Fault — mediocre
(d) Counter — unenviable
36. Losing that job was a blessing in disguise because it meant I
(a) Got a much better job
(b) Lost my house
(c) Was unemployed for years
(d) None of these
37. The journalist —– the efforts of the drug squad to control drug peddling, claiming that they had actually —— the problem
(a) Commended — increased
(b) Lauded —intensified
(c) Decried — solved
(d) Deprecated — exacerbated
38. Many so-called social playwrights are distinctly ——– rather than allowing the members of the audience to form their own opinions, these writers force a viewpoint on the viewer
(a) Conciliatory
(b) Prolific
(c) Iconoclastic
(d) Didactic
39. Her name is mud these days because
(a) She changed it
(b) She didn’t clean up
(c) She was caught cheating
(d) None of these
40. Which of the following might a politician pull out of his bag of tricks during an election campaign
(a) A pack of cards
(b) A white rabbit
(c) A promise to cut taxes
(d) None of these
41. Our once thriving High School Nature Club is now —– the programs have had to be cancelled due to lack of support
(a) Defunct
(b) Extant
(c) Resurgent
(d) Burgeoning
42. Our grandfather was an entertaining —– he used to —– us with marvelous anecdotes that we, in our childlike simplicity, accepted unquestioningly
(a) Rascal — bore
(b) Orator — intimidate
(c) Raconteur — regale
(d) Curmudgeon — surprise
43. Having been chief accountant for so many years, Ms. George felt herself to be —– and was unwilling to —– control of the department after the merger
(a) Slighted — truncate
(b) Irreplaceable — assume
(c) Insubordinate — retain
(d) Indispensable — relinquish
44. It stands to reason that the best way to learn to speak a foreign language is to
(a) Read about it
(b) Think about it
(c) Practice using it
(d) None of these
45. Johnson was such an outstanding orator, that his contemporizes were too dazzled by his to —– question his fundamental philosophy
(a) persona
(b) Guile
(c) Enthusiasm
(d) Rhetoric
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