The truce turned out to be anything but _________ and in two days things were again _________. a. amicable . . unprecedented b. congenial . . conducive c. cohesive . . sanguinary d. acrimonious . . disarrayed e. compromising . . topsy-turvy “Truce” is a very important word here. A truce [...]
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What is the average (arithmetic mean) of all the multiples of ten from 10 to 190 inclusive? A. 90 B. 95 C. 100 D. 105 E. 110 How many of you took out your calculators, added up all of these numbers, and divided by 19?? If you did that, you would have gotten the correct [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence. Every student at the party tried to look their best . No error . A B C D E There are some pronouns in English that seem to be plural, but are actually singular. “Every,” “each,” “everyone,” are [...]
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True to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie ——- the ——- attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing one’s professional reputation. A. applauded . . conscientious B. condoned . . aggressive C. lamented . . mercenary D. adopted . . egotistical E. belittled . [...]
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If the value of x and y in the fraction XZ/Y are both tripled, how does the value of the fraction change? A. increases by half B. decreases by half C. triples D. doubles E. remains the same Since X is in the numerator and Y is in the denominator, and since Z is [...]
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Which of the choices best improves the underlined portion of the sentence below? If the sentence is already correct, choose (A). The members of the team coming from so far away, they wanted to make sure they saw the city after the big game. A) The members of the team coming for so far away, [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence: The manager tried hard to effectA a change in company policy, butB the owner, who steadfastly refused to compromiseC, overruledD him on every point. No errorE. There is a good bit of confusion around the words “effect” and “affect.” Some simple rules apply: “effect” is a [...]
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If x is equal to y divided by z, which of the following is equal to y multiplied by z? A. xz3 B. zx2 C. xz D. xz2 E. xz3 To get from y/z to y·z, we need to multiply it by z2. We would then multiply x by z2, in [...]
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The truce turned out to be anything but _________ and in two days things were again _________. a. amicable. . .unprecedented b. congenial. . .conducive c. cohesive. . .sanguinary d. acrimonious. . .disarrayed e. compromising. . .topsy-turvy Clearly, this truce did not go well. The way this is worded, though, necessitates that the first blank has something [...]
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Determine the volume of a cylinder with a diameter of 9 inches and a height of 7 inches. (A) 445.095 cubic inches (B) 315 cubic inches (C) 197.82 cubic inches (D) 63 cubic inches (E) 16 cubic inches What’s the formula for the volume of a cylinder? Well, if you think about it, [...]
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