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28. Although _______ continues on minor points, the __ themes of the General’s plan
have been accepted.
A) Discussion … peripheral
B) debate …. central
C) dissension… cultural
D) discovery … main
E) agreement … basic
Each of the following questions consists of a word printed in capital letters followed
by five (5) words or phrases. Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite
in meaning to the word in capital letters.
29. ENIGMATIC
A) talkative
B) oppressed
C) easily understood
D) easily avoided
E) very common
31. PRECIPITOUS
A) well planned
B) gargantuan
C) prolific
D) short lived
E) extremely hostile
30. ENERVATE
A) invigorate
B) contemplate
C) necessitate
D) evaluate
E) elucidate
32. SPURIOUS
A) malignant
B) authentic
C) incumbent
D) gracious
E) speculative In each of the following questions, you are given a related pair of words or
phrase
in capital letters. Each capitalized phrase is followed by five (5) pairs of words or
phrases. Choose the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed
by the original pair.
33. EXEMPLARY : REPROACH
A) erroneous : correction
B) accomplished : praise
C) fulfilling : control
D) planned : implementation
E) unimpeachable : criticism
35. MENDICANT : BEGGING
A) competitor : joining
B) legislator : funding
C) miser : donating
D) prevaricator : lying
E) mechanic : selling
34. RAIN : DELUGE
A) pond : ocean
B) desert : camel
C) ore : iron
D) street : road
E) wheat : crop
36. LUBRICANT : FRICTION
A) balm : pain
B) eraser : correction
C) solvent : paint
D) reagent : chemical
E) merchant : business
Direction: Each item in this exercise is a sentence, a part or all of which has been
underlined. The underlined part contains n error. Choose the best way of rewriting
the sentence.
37. Lawyers and doctor alike both agree that something should be done about the rise in
medical malpractice suits which are on the increase.
A) alike agree that something should be done about the rise in medical malpractice
suits
B) both agree that something should be done about the increasing rise in medical
malpractice suits
C) agree that something should be done about the rise in medical malpractice suits,
which are increasing
D) agree that something should be done about the rise in the number of medical
malpractice suits 38. The obviously bitter actress stated that if the director would have
known what he was
doing, the play would have run for more than one night.
A) had the director known what he was doing, the play would have run
B) if the director would have known what he was doing, they would run
C) had the director known what he was doing, they would run
D) if the director knew what he was doing, they would have run
39. Dr Smith’s findings that emotions affect blood pressure, is different from those
published by Dr Loeb.
A) are different from those
B) are different than those
C) is different than those
D) are different from that
40. Entering professional tennis as a talented but shy and awkward teen-ager, for the
eight years that Steffi Graf was the dominant force on the women’s circuit, a powerful
and consistent player.
A) Entered into professional tennis as a talented but shy and awkward teen-ager,
Steffi Graf was for eight years
B) Steffi Graf entered professional tennis as a talented yet shy and awkward teenager
but was for eight year
C) For eight years, having entered professional tennis as a talented yet shy and
awkward teenager, Steffi Graf was
D) Having entered professional tennis for eight years as a teenager who was talented
yet shy and awkward, Steffi Graf was