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1) After winning the award, Philip adopted a haughty pose, treating even his best friends in a
________ manner.
A. cryptic
B. judicious
C. jubilant
D. supercilious
E. pugnacious
2) The general was so widely suspected of ___________ during the war that his name eventually
became synonymous with disloyalty.
A. belligerence
B. indigence
C. perfidy
D. aspersion
E. tenacity
3) Professor Williams disdained tradition: she regularly attacked cherished beliefs and institutions,
earning a reputation as ________.
A. an egalitarian
B. a dowager
C. a dilettante
D. an iconoclast
E. a purveyor
4) The judge’s published opinions, though sophisticated and subtle, were undeniably ____; they
left no doubts of her intentions.
A. unequivocal
B. effusive
C. incorrigible
D. tenuous
E. ineffable
5) Many paintings of the American South West convey a feeling of isolation and loneliness that
mirrors the ______ landscape they depict.
A. lush
B. sprawling
C. desolate
D. gaudy
E. monumental
6) Thomas Hardy’s novels are described as _______ because of their preoccupation with daily life
in rural and agricultural settings.
A. bucolic
B. prolific
C. lugubrious
D. sundry
E. metaphorical
7) Before becoming a stockbroker, Victoria Woodhull had a career as a ________, someone
believed to have insights about events beyond ordinary human perception.
A. mentor
B. profiteer
C. counterfeiter
D. clairvoyant
E. propagandist
8) The sound produced by the youth orchestra was so _______ that even its least experienced
members were abashed.
A. cacophonous
B. syncopated
C. harmonic
D. collaborative
E. mellifluous
9) The actor was noted for his _______ behavior: he quickly became irritated if his every whim was
not immediately satisfied.
A. fastidious
B. sedulous
C. vindictive
D. petulant
E. mercenary
10) Hayley Mill’s films have been called ________, although most of them are not so sentimental as
to deserve that description.
A. treacly
B. cursory
C. prosaic
D. meticulous
E. consecrated
11) Anne mentioned John’s habitual boasting about his wardrobe as an example of his _______
ways.
A. erratic
B. egotistical
C. flexible
D. tactful
E. inconspicuous
12) Orangutans are __________ apes; they typically conduct most of their lives up in the trees of
tropical rain forests.
A. indigenous
B. transitory
C. recessive
D. pliant
E. arboreal
13) Since establishing the Children’s Defense Fund in 1973, Marian Wright Edelman has been an
__________ advocate, steadfast and constant.
A. unwitting
B. unswerving
C. inhibiting
D. elusive
E. antagonistic
14) The editorial claimed that the gubernatorial candidate lacked worldly wisdom and that this ___
would likely be his undoing.
A. naiveté
B. furtiveness
C. venality
D. indecisiveness
E. sarcasm
15) Tame koala bears handled by tourists are ______, but wild koalas are hard to control and
typically require two people to hold them.
A. mischievous
B. gluttonous
C. supple
D. adroit
E. docile
16) The café attracts a ____clientele: a startling heterogeneous group of people collects there.
A. motley
B. callous
C. languid
D. mysterious
E. humane
17) The treasurer was intimidated by the _____ demeanor of the auditors who neither spoke nor
smiled when they arrived.
A. amiable
B. ethical
C. glacial
D. taunting
E. nondescript
18) The reviewer characterized Madonna in Swan-Abdalla’s autobiography as a portrait of an
_____________ person, one who behaved in the most peculiar fashion.
A. empathetic
B. indomitable
C. expeditious
D. idiosyncratic
E. astute
19) Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein centers on a scientist’s _______, the overweening pride that makes
him believe he can usurp nature.
A. obstinacy
B. hubris
C. impetuosity
D. valor
E. callousness
20) Annoyed by the new employee’s excessively ______ manner, the supervisor advised him that
such fawning was inappropriate.
A. obsequious
B. mysterious
C. lackadaisical
D. argumentative
E. aggressive

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