1. Although their initial anger had ____ somewhat, they continued to ____the careless worker who had broken the machine.
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A abating D systematic
B substantial E erratic
C increasing F superficial
2. The challenge of interpreting fictional works written under politically repressive regimes lies in distinguishing what is ____ to an author's beliefs, as opposed to what is ____ by political coercion.
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A intensified D berate
B blazed E appease
C abated F condone
3. Although the number of reported volcanic eruptions has risen exponentially since 1850, this indicates not____ volcanic activity but rather more widespread and ____ record keeping.
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A contradictory D conveyed
B organic E imposed
C oblique F captured
4. Since it is now ______ to build the complex central processing unit of a computer on a single silicon chip using photolithography and chemical etching, it seems plausible that other miniature structures might be fabricated in ______ ways.
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A unprecedented D unique
B difficult E similar
C routine F undiscovered
5. The attempt to breed suitable varieties of jojoba by using hybridization to ____ favorable traits was finally abandoned in favor of a simpler and much faster ____: the domestication of flourishing wild strains.
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A reinforce D creation
B eliminate E method
C concentrate F theory
6. The sale of Alaska was not so much an American coup as a matter of ______ for an imperial Russia that was short of cash and unable to ______ its own continental coastline.
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A negligence D defend
B expediency E change
C exigency F suppress
7. While many Russian composers of the nineteenth century contributed to an emerging national style, other composers did not ____ idiomatic Russian musical elements, ____ instead the traditional musical vocabulary of Western European Romanticism.
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A contempt for D disconcerted by
B quest for E immersed in
C alienation from F satisfied with
8. Because the painter Albert Pinkham Ryder was obsessed with his ____ perfection, he was rarely ____ a painting, creating endless variations of a scene on one canvas, one on top of another.
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A incorporate D preferring
B repudiate E rejecting
C esteem F expanding
9. In spite of ____ reviews in the press, the production of her play was ____ almost certain oblivion by enthusiastic audiences whose acumen was greater than that of the critics.
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A lackluster D condemned to
B admiring E rescued from
C sensitive F exposed to
10. Until quite recently research on diabetes had, as a kind of holding action, attempted to refine the ____ of the disease, primarily because no preventive strategy seemed at all likely to be ____.
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A comprehension D necessary
B treatment E costly
C symptoms F practicable
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