Sat Vocab Questions
1. The simple and direct images in Dorothea Lange’s photographs provide ------- reflection of a bygone social milieu. (a) an intricate (b) a candid (c) an ostentatious (d) a fictional
(e) a convoluted 2. Kate’s impulsive nature and sudden whims led her friends to label her -------. (a) capricious (b) bombastic (c) loquacious (d) dispassionate (e) decorous 3. Neurosurgeon Alexa Canady maintained that choosing a career was a visceral decision rather than ------- judgement; that is, it was not so much rational as -------. (a) an emotional .. intellectual (b) a chance .. random (c) an intuitive .. impulsive
(d) a deliberate .. instinctive (e) an intentional .. logical 4. Creative business stratagems frequently become ------- as a result of -------, their versatility and adaptability destroyed by their transformation into rigid policies. (a) streamlined .. infighting (b) mitigated .. jingoism
(c) ossified .. bureaucratization (d) politicized .. innovation
(e) venerable .. legislation 5. Because playing a musical instrument increases brain activity, it is sometimes used as a ------- to promote learning in children. (a) condition (b) highlight (c) stimulus (d) dictum (e) respite 6. The ambassador argues that, in diplomacy, there is a subtle but important difference between a country’s showing a willingness to ------- and a too-obvious readiness to make -------. (a) negotiate .. concessions (b) antagonize .. friends (c) surrender .. enemies
(d) dominate .. inquiries (e) equivocate .. denunciations 7. Lewis Latimer’s inexpensive method of producing carbon filaments ------- the nascent electric industry by making electric lamps commercially -------. (a) cheapened .. affordable (b) transformed .. viable
(c) revolutionized .. prohibitive (d)
(e) a convoluted 2. Kate’s impulsive nature and sudden whims led her friends to label her -------. (a) capricious (b) bombastic (c) loquacious (d) dispassionate (e) decorous 3. Neurosurgeon Alexa Canady maintained that choosing a career was a visceral decision rather than ------- judgement; that is, it was not so much rational as -------. (a) an emotional .. intellectual (b) a chance .. random (c) an intuitive .. impulsive
(d) a deliberate .. instinctive (e) an intentional .. logical 4. Creative business stratagems frequently become ------- as a result of -------, their versatility and adaptability destroyed by their transformation into rigid policies. (a) streamlined .. infighting (b) mitigated .. jingoism
(c) ossified .. bureaucratization (d) politicized .. innovation
(e) venerable .. legislation 5. Because playing a musical instrument increases brain activity, it is sometimes used as a ------- to promote learning in children. (a) condition (b) highlight (c) stimulus (d) dictum (e) respite 6. The ambassador argues that, in diplomacy, there is a subtle but important difference between a country’s showing a willingness to ------- and a too-obvious readiness to make -------. (a) negotiate .. concessions (b) antagonize .. friends (c) surrender .. enemies
(d) dominate .. inquiries (e) equivocate .. denunciations 7. Lewis Latimer’s inexpensive method of producing carbon filaments ------- the nascent electric industry by making electric lamps commercially -------. (a) cheapened .. affordable (b) transformed .. viable
(c) revolutionized .. prohibitive (d)