1. Even though political editorializing was not _____ under the new regime, journalists still experienced _____, though perceptible , governmental pressure to limit dissent.

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A commended     D clear

B encouraged     E discreet

C forbidden         F overt

2. A number of writers who once greatly _____ the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting _____ for their former criticism.

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A disparaged    D approbation

B lauded           E ambivalence

C influenced     F censure

3. The actual _____ of Wilson’s position was always _____ by his refusal to compromise after having initially agreed to negotiate a settlement.

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A cowardice     D betrayed

B rigidity          E foreshadowed

C uncertainty   F alleviated

4. Salazar’s presence in the group was so _____ the others that they lost most of their earlier _____; failure, for them, became all but unthinkable.

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A mundane       D practicable

B visionary       E appealing

C eclectic         F ignored

5. Although the architects concept at first sounded too _____ to be_____, his careful analysis of every aspect of the project convinced the panel that the proposed building was indeed, structurally feasible.

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A unnoticed by     D confidence

B reassuring to      E exhilaration

C unexpected by   F trepidation

6. He was regarded by his followers, as something of _____, not only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because of his _____ adherence to formal details.

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A an acolyte     D reluctant

B a martinet      E sporadic

C a tyrant         F rigid

7. Unlike philosophers who constructed theoretically ideal states, she built a theory based on _____; thus, although her constructs may have been inelegant, they were _____ sound.

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A genre              D deviation

B feature            E rigidity

C achievement   F grandiloquence

8. Although _____ is usually thought to spring from regret for having done something wrong, it may be that its origin is the realization that one’s own nature is irremediably _____.

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A remorse       D innocent

B skepticism    E frivolous

C certitude       F flawed

9. The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary _____ that permits very little _____.

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A experience    D scientifically

B conjecture     E empirically

C surmise         F aesthetically

10. If efficacious new medicines have side effects that are commonly observed and _____, such medicines are too often considered _____, even when laboratory tests suggest caution.

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A salutary          D outdated

B unpredictable  E safe

C unremarkable  F experimental