231. In discussing Rothko’s art, Breslin is ________ in keeping to the facts and resisting the ________ of fanciful interpretation.

    (A) scrupulous ... temptation

    (B) meticulous ... integrity

    (C) ungainly ... reward

    (D) uninterested ... echo

    (E) inept ... bias

 232. In giving a speech, the speaker’s goal is to communicate ideas clearly and ________ , so that the audience will be in no ________ about the meaning of the speech.

    (A) effectively ... haste

    (B) indirectly ... distress

    (C) vigorously ... discomfort

    (D) unambiguously ... confusion

    (E) tactfully ... suspense

 233. In his address, the superintendent exhorted the teachers to discover and ________ each student’s ________ talents.

    (A) suppress ... unrecognized

    (B) develop ... intrinsic

    (C) redirect  ... specious

    (D) belittle ... dormant

    (E) justify ... gratuitous

 234. In judging the degree of his guilt, the question remains whether he acted out of purely ________ motives or whether he acted with thoughts of his own ________ in mind.

    (A) benevolent ... fame

    (B) disinterested ... advantage

    (C) selfish ... benefit

    (D) mercenary ... profit

    (E) malicious ... cleverness

 235. In one instance illustrating Metternich’s consuming ________ , he employed several naval captains to purchase books abroad for him, eventually adding an entire Oriental library to his ________ collection.

    (A) foresight ... indifferent

    (B) altruism ... eclectic

    (C) bibliomania ... burgeoning

    (D) avarice ... inadvertent

    (E) egocentricity ... magnanimous

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