381. The Apache are a ________ society, where husbands typically move into wives’ dwellings and women take the leadership role in family affairs.
(A) sedentary (B) defunct
(C) fragmented (D) matrilineal
(E) xenophobic
382. The Battle of Lexington was not, as most of us have been taught, a ________ rising of individual fanners, but was instead a tightly organized, well-planned event.
(A) premeditated
(B) cautionary
(C) spontaneous
(D) coordinated
(E) theoretical
383. The Cabinet member’s resignation was not a total ________ : rumors of his imminent departure had been making the rounds in Washington for a week.
(A) withdrawal
(B) success
(C) shock
(D) eclipse
(E) pretense
384. The TV news magazine sits precisely at the ________ of information and entertainment, for while it is not a silly sitcom, it is not a documentary either.
(A) foundation
(B) juncture
(C) cessation
(D) institution
(E) eclipse
385. The Turner Network’s new production is an absorbing Heart of Darkness, watchful, surreptitious, almost ________ as it waits to ________ our emotions.
(A) lighthearted ... cater to
(B) melancholy ... cheer up
(C) mercenary ... pay for
(D) predatory ... pounce on
(E) furtive ... figure out
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