Meaning in Context

In 1980, Anan made the________ decision to challenge the Dean, whose ________opinions Anan believed were hampering educational progress.

• impetuous – forthright

• callous -- avant-garde

• momentous -- hidebound

• difficult -- innocuous

• controversial -- sagacious

In "Hard Times. Dickens _______ utilitarian philosophy, and with his marvelous caricatures ________

those who espouse such thinking.

• depicts – eulogizes

• extols – lauds

• explicates -- explains

• ridicules – ennobles

• satirizes - derides

Too many candid revelations can, _______, make the listener feel that something is amiss, and

may lead to accusations of _______.

• paradoxically – duplicity

• seemingly – whimsy

• unsurprisingly – irrelevance

• occasionally – fidelity

• frequently -- carelessness

Through the 19th Century, the classics of Western Civilization were considered to be the ________ of wisdom and culture, and an ________ person-by definition-knew them well.

• foundation – average

• epitome – uneducated

• cornerstone -- obtuse

• font – ecclesiastical

• repository – educated

Hundreds of thousands of whales, dolphins, sea turtles and other ________ mammals die every year after eating discarded plastic bags they _______ for food.

• aquatic – kill

• global — cover

• marine – mistake

• land – wait

• water – encourage

Many 17th century buildings that are still in existence have been so ________ by successive owners that the original layout is no longer ________.

• preserved – visible

• modified -- apparent

• decimated -- enshrouded

• salvaged – required

• neglected -- appropriate

Hobart, Tasmania’s capital was reputed for being hell for English ________ in the early 19th century. However, today it is recognized as a ________ place, with a beautiful harbor and colonial architecture.

• settlers -- harsh

• nobles -- congested

• immigrants -- vicious

• prisoners -- heavenly

• citizens -- drought

The dense cloudy atmosphere of Venus ________ its surface from even the most powerful telescope. Only radar can ________ it to map the planet's features.

• disguises -- concentrate

• reveals -- deviate

• conceals -- penetrate

• blankets – interfere

• unveil -- focus

In the 1860s, James Clerk Maxwell _______ a set of equations describing how waves in the lines of force would _______ across space.

• founded – connect

• established – erupt

• implied -- swing

• invented – explode

• developed – travel

Biologists provide one explanation as to why a female animal would choose an _______ male. When some females choose attractive males, other females must follow suit or risk having sons that ______ females.

• aggressive – seduce

• ornamental -- repel

• antagonistic -- distract

• adventurous – oppress

• charming -- obsess