496. Throughout his career he demonstrated strong belief in individual faith but powerful ________ about the organized church.
(A) modesty
(B) skepticism
(C) devotion
(D) discernment
(E) ambition
497. To astronomers, the moon has long been an ________ , its origin escaping simple solution.
(A) interval
(B) ultimatum
(C) enigma
(D) affront
(E) opportunity
498. To take a ________ attitude, looking down on others as one’s inferiors, often is to ________ any chance of favorable relations with them.
(A) promising 晻?negate
(B) patronizing ... eliminate
(C) modest ... reduce
(D) pertinent ... violate
(E) benign ... deny
499. Today employers no longer fire or discharge employees; instead, according to the latest ________, they simple "effect a separation."
(A) digression
(B) overstatement
(C) euphemism
(D) paradox
(E) proverb
500. Tom prided himself on knowing the latest news, the secrets of the rich and the poor; it ________ him that there was something he did not know about his friend.
(A) delighted
(B) flattered
(C) reminded
(D) galled
(E) reassured
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