The voters first thought the candidate was ________, so they were horrified to discover the level of his ________. a) honorable…veracity b) tiresome…nonchalance c) principled…perfidy d) reprobate…wantonness e) corrupt…turpitude “First” is a very important word here. The implication is that voters had a certain view of this person which then [...]
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What is the slope of 3x + 4y = 24? A: -3/4 B: 6 C: 3/4 D: -8 E: 4/3 You should remember from your algebra class that one of the standard equations for a line is y = mx + b, where m equals the slope, and b equals the y-intercept. The first thing [...]
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Improving Paragraphs: Questions 1-6 refer to the following passage, which is a draft of an essay: (1)I recently revisited the city which I was born in, which is a place well known for a castle built on a rock overlooking the surrounding plains, and even better known for a legendary figure who robbed the rich [...]
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Sentence Completion: The young poet, apparently eager to ——- academic commentators who criticized his earlier work for pandering to plebian sensibilities, began to include more erudite references and classical allusions in his poems. appease embody describe antagonize confirm The young poet’s earlier work had been criticized by academics for catering to the lowest common [...]
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A small bucket holds 80 percent of the volume of a big bucket. The big bucket is two-thirds full with water. The small bucket is empty. What fraction of the small bucket do you need to fill with water to have just enough liquid to finish filling the big bucket? (A) 5 / 12 (B) [...]
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Which choice represents the best improvement to the underlined part of the sentence? If the sentence is ok as it is, choose (A). Hockney’s most arresting Pop Art works have been produced at his home in Los Angeles, he moved there from his native Britain in the 1960s. (A) Los Angeles, he moved there (B) [...]
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Choose the pair of words that best completes this sentence: Although most people believe the boomerang is the product of a _____ design, that belief is deceptive; in fact, the boomerang is a(n) _____ example of the laws of aerodynamics. (A) foreign . . . modern (D) primitive . . . sophisticated (B) symbolic . [...]
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The questions below are based on the following passage: 1] Nuclear power plants are used in the world today. [2] The history of nuclear power is a list of major accidents and near catastrophes. [3] At Windscale, England, in 1957, a fire and a partial meltdown of a nuclear core spreads radioactivity across miles of [...]
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A line segment containing the points (0, 0) and (12, 6) also contains: A: (6,4) B: (2,4) C: (8, 4) D: (1,0) E: (4,8) The first thing that we can do here is to determine what the equation of this line segment is. If we can determine the slope and the y-intercept from the points provided, [...]
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Identify the error in the following sentence. If the sentence is fine as is, choose (E). No Matter(A) how careful(B) vehicles are(C) driven, they are capable of causing(D) injury to others, including the driver. No Error(E) What exactly is a “careful vehicle?” Obviously, this makes no sense. The question is, what is “careful” modifying? We’ve established [...]
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Which choice best improves the following sentence? If the sentence is fine as is, choose (A). The son of a blacksmith, Auguste Escoffier imbibed the scents and flavors of his native Provence, and these are the sensory delights that were included in his simplified French cuisine. (A) these are the sensory delights that were included [...]
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In a college, some courses contribute more towards an overall GPA than other courses. For example, a science class is worth 4 points; mathematics is worth 3 points; History is worth 2 points; and English is worth 3 points. The values of the grade letters are as follows, A= 4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0. What [...]
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The parliamentary session degenerated into ____ with politicians hurling ____ at each other and refusing to come to order. A. mayhem – banter B. disarray – pleasantries C. tranquillity – invectives D. chaos – aphorisms E. anarchy – insults First of all, we can eliminate (C), since it would make no sense for something to [...]
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Answer the questions below, which are based on the following reading passage: The Food and Drug Administration has formulated certain severe restrictions regarding the use of antibiotics, which are used to promote the health and growth of meat animals. Though the different types of medicines mixed with the fodder of the animals kill many microorganisms, [...]
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