1) ANARCHY : GOVERNMENT :: A: trepidation : courage B: surfeit : food C: confederation : state D: computer : harddrive E: serenity : equanimity
2) DISQUIETUDE : ANXIOUS :: A: embellishment : overstated B: isolation : sequestered C: cupidity : bellicose D: nonplus : perplexed E: magnitude : unabridged
3) STOKE : SMOTHER :: A: incinerate : heat B: garrote : asphyxiate C: contest : decry D: acknowledge : apprehend E: animate : enervate
4) Because of his success as a comedian, directors were loath to consider him for ____ roles. A: dramatic B: leading C: comedic D: musical E: supporting
5) Man has no choice but to seek truth, he is made uncomfortable and frustrated without truth - thus, the quest for truth is part of what makes us ____ . A: human B: noble C: aggressive D: different E: intelligent
6) Though he claimed the business was ____, his irritability ____ that claim. A: booming, affirmed B: sound, belied C: downsizing, vindicated D: expanding, supported E: static, contradicted
7) If n is an odd integer, which one of the following is an even integer? A: n/4 B: 3n + 2 C: n(n + 3) D: nn E: 2n + 3
8) The digits of a three-digit number add up to 18. If the ten's digit is twice the hundred's digit and the hundred's digit is 1/3 the unit's digit, what is the number? A: 246 B: 855 C: 369 D: 893 E: 531
9) Define x # y by the equation x # y = xy - y. Then 2 # 3 = A: 15 B: 3 C: 18 D: 1 E: 12
10) Scott starts jogging from point X to point Y. A half-hour later his friend Garrett who jogs 1 mile per hour slower than twice Scott's rate starts from the same point and follows the same path. If Garrett overtakes Scott in 2 hours, how many miles will Garrett have covered? A: 6 2/3 B: 6 C: 3 1/3 D: 4 E: 2 1/5
11) The advancement of technology has not lost its steam; it ____ on as fiercely as ever. A: rages B: edges C: trudges D: ambles E: meanders
12) The citizenry had become so ____ by the presidents ____ that the latest financial scandal did not even make the front page of the newspapers. A: distraught, magnanimity B: disgusted, peccadilloes C: fascinated, impropriety D: jaded, indiscretions E: regretful, personification
13) Today Wegener's theory is ____ ; however, he died an outsider treated with ____ by the scientific establishment. A: dismissed - contempt B: unchallenged - disdain C: unsupported - approval D: unrivalled - reverence E: accepted - approbation
14) Each occupation has its own ____ ; bankers, lawyers and computer professionals, for example, all use among themselves language which outsiders have difficulty following. A: disadvantages B: merits C: problems D: rewards E: jargon
15) ____ by nature, Smith spoke very little even to his own family members. A: equivocal B: taciturn C: gregarious D: arrogant E: garrulous
16) Reproductive instincts are of such ____ adaptive value to living organisms, that we would expect most organisms to ____ them. A: ambivalent - develop B: clear - avoid C: significant - eschew D: obvious - possess E: meager - evolve
17) The peasants were the least ____ of all people, bound by tradition and ____ by superstitions. A: enthralled - tied B: conventional - encumbered C: enfranchised - rejected D: free - fettered E: pinioned - limited
18) Many people at that time believed that spices help preserve food; however, Hall found that many marketed spices were ____ bacteria, molds and yeasts. A: active against B: devoid of C: teeming with D: improved by E: destroyed by
19) If there is nothing to absorb the energy of sound waves, they travel on ____ , but their intensity ____ as they travel further from their source. A: eternally - alleviates B: erratically - mitigates C: steadily - stabilizes D: indefinitely - diminishes E: forever - increases
20) The two artists differed markedly in their temperaments; Palmer was reserved and courteous, Frazer ____ and boastful. A: phlegmatic B: choleric C: tractable D: stoic E: constrained