1.Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management.
(A) enforce . . useful
(B) end . . divisive
(C) overcome . . unattractive
(D) extend . . satisfactory
(E) resolve . . acceptable
2.Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------.
(A) reconciliation . . assured
(B) warfare . . avoidable
(C) ruination . . impossible
(D) conflict . . inevitable
(E) diplomacy . . simple
3.There is no doubt that Larry is a genuine ------- : he excels at telling stories that fascinate his listeners.
(A) braggart
(B) dilettante
(C) pilferer
(D) prevaricator
(E) raconteur
4.A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.
(A) supplant
(B) dramatize
(C) finagle
(D) winnow
(E) overhaul
5.Although some think the terms "bug" and "insect" are ------- , the former term actually refers to ------- group of insects.
(A) parallel . . an identical
(B) precise . . an exact
(C) interchangeable . . a particular
(D) exclusive . . a separate
(E) useful . . a useless
6.The novel's protagonist, a pearl diver, na?vely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ------- to ------- him.
(A) venture . . reward
(B) pretend . . praise
(C) conspire . . reimburse
(D) refuse . . cheat
(E) collude . . swindle
7.The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.
(A) invalidate
(B) objectify
(C) incite
(D) celebrate
(E) enrich
8.Ramona had never visited Niagara Falls, but she could appreciate their splendor ------- through the descriptions of others.sat
(A) vicariously
(B) heedlessly
(C) innocuously
(D) mystically
(E) voluminously
9.Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ---------- seemed impossible; the project's inauspicious start made its final success all the more ---------- .
(A) concentration . . incidental
(B) disagreement . . incongruous
(C) collaboration . . predictable
(D) hostility . . dazzling
(E) cooperation . . remarkable
10.Joshua's radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.
(A) heretical
(B) meticulous
(C) precise
(D) incoherent
(E) sagacious
