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1. Hydrogen is the _____ element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from
which the other elements are produced.
A. steadiest
B. expendable
C. lightest
D. final
E. fundamental
2. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a
natural _____ doing so.
A. aptitude for
B. repugnance to
C. interest in
D. ignorance of
E. reaction after
3. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values was
regarded as ______, even as a sign of madness.
A. adventurous
B. frivolous
C. willful
D. impermissible
E. irrational
4. Rather than enhancing a country's security, the successful development of nuclear
weapons could serve at first to increase that country’s ______.
A. boldness
B. influence
C. responsibility
D. moderation
E. vulnerability
5. For some time now, _____ has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that
everybody has an angle is considered wisdom.
A. rationality
B. flexibility
C. diffidence
D. disinterestedness
E. insincerity
6. Unfortunately, his damaging attacks on the ramifications of the economic policy have
been ______ by his wholehearted acceptance of that policy's underlying assumptions.
A. supplemented
B. undermined
C. wasted
D. diverted
E. redeemed
7. The spellings of many Old English words have been ________ in the living language,
although their pronunciations have changed.
A. preserved
B. shortened
C. preempted
D. revised
E. improved
8. The sheer diversity of tropical plants represents a seemingly ________ source of raw
materials, of which only a few have been utilized.
A. exploited
B. quantifiable
C. controversial
D. inexhaustible
E. remarkable
9. For centuries animals have been used as ________ for people in experiments to assess
the effects of therapeutic and other agents that might later be used in humans.
A. benefactors
B. companions
C. examples
D. precedents
E. surrogates
10. Sponsors of the bill were ________ because there was no opposition to it within the
legislature until after the measure had been signed into law.
A. unreliable
B. well-intentioned
C. persistent
D. relieved
E. detained
