126. Deloria has his detractors, but his critics have had amazingly ________ success at shaking his self-confidence or ________ his reputation.

    (A) great ... repairing

    (B) widespread ... bolstering

    (C) little ... denting

    (D) small ... enhancing

    (E) poor ... restoring

 127. Despite all its ________ , a term of enlistment in the Peace Corps can be both stirring and satisfying to a college graduate still undecided on a career.

    (A) rewards

    (B) renown

    (C) adventures

    (D) romance

    (E) frustrations

 28. Despite an affected ________ which convinced casual observers that he was indifferent about his painting and enjoyed only frivolity, Warhol cared deeply about his art and labored at it ________ .

    (A) nonchalance ... diligently

    (B) empathy ... methodically

    (C) fervor ... secretly

    (D) gloom ... intermittently

    (E) hysteria ... sporadically

 129. Despite careful restoration and cleaning of the murals in the 1960s, the colors slowly but steadily ________ .

    (A) persisted

    (B) embellished

    (C) saturated

    (D) deteriorated

    (E) stabilized

 130. Despite her compassionate nature, the new nominee to the Supreme Court was single-minded and ________ in her strict ________ the letter of the law.

    (A) merciful ... interpretation of

    (B) uncompromising ... adherence to

    (C) dilatory ... affirmation of

    (D) vindictive ... deviation from

    (E) lenient ... dismissal of

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