1. Because medieval women’s public participation in spiritual life was not welcomed by the male establishment, a compensating ___A ___ religious writings, inoffensive to the members of the establishment because of its_F_____, became important for many women.
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A involvement with D profundity
B dissatisfaction with E privacy
C attention to F popularity
2. Although scientists claim that the seemingly___C___ language of their reports is more precise than the figurative language of fiction, the language of science, like all language, is inherently__ F____.
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A ornamental D allusive
B subjective E unintelligible
C literal F complex
3. The hierarchy of medical occupations is in many ways a__B__system; its strata remain_ F__ and the practitioners in them have very little vertical mobility.
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A caste D flexible
B training E intact
C health F inferior
4. Johnson never ___C ___ to ignore the standards of decent conduct mandated by company policy if ___D___ compliance with instructions from his superiors enabled him to do so, whatever the effects on his subordinates.
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A functions D confusion
B estimates E rigidity
C norms F indirectness
5. Social scientists have established fairly clear-cut __C____ that describe the appropriate behavior of children and adults, but there seems to be __D ____ about what constitutes appropriate behavior for adolescents.
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A inspired D tenuous
B prosaic E innovative
C literal F mechanical
6. Her first concert appearance was disappointingly perfunctory and derivative, rather than the___C___performance in the___E___style we had anticipated.
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A attempted D tacit
B scrupled E perfunctory
C wished F literal
7. Industrialists seized economic power only after industry had ____C__ agriculture as the preeminent form of production; previously such power had __F____land ownership.
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A conventional D aversion toward
B monotonous E penchant for
C retiring F impatience with
8. Although__A____, almost self-effacing in his private life, he displays in his plays and essays a strong __F____publicity and controversy.
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A methodical D stimulate
B idiosyncratic E dismiss
C self-confident F reenact
9. To have true disciples, a thinker must not be too ___A ___: any effective intellectual leader depends on the ability of other people to___ E ___ thought processes that did not originate with them.
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A sabotaged D resided in
B joined E culminated in
C supplanted F threatened
10. Laws do not ensure social order since laws can always be__B____, which makes them___F___unless the authorities have the will and the power to detect and punish wrongdoing.
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A contested D provisional
B violated E antiquated
C modified F ineffective
