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I think A is the answer. Because both "Prodigal:Preserve" and "Vexed:Sulk" have opposite definition.

I also think E is correct because X is higher degree of Y.

D seems more reasonable, to me.

I am pretty sure that the correct answer for Question 2 is d, mime:story. why? Because Charade is a game in which words or phrases are pantomimed without using speech. In a similar manner, Mime is the use of gestures to tell a story without using speech. TEXT: EXTEMPORIZE==>score: improvise

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I think D is correct. Rarefy means to make thin, less compact, or less dense. Are you sure B is the answer? Please check again.

That dealers ____ enough to nurture a young modern painter's career rather than plunder it exist is not impossible Hi everybody, This sentence is grammatically confusing for me. I cannot understand the bold text. Please help me to analysis the sentence. If exist is the verb of the sentence, so is, after exist, belongs to which subject? Thanks

It is easy to understand, wasleys. Stanza is obviously a division of a poem consisted of a series of lines, similarly a concert consists of several programs

To me, we can say D is correct when volume is accompanied with issue, and therefore B is the only possible answer.

I think A is correct. Please note pungent smell is bitter and acrid smell.

Their air of cheerful self-sacrifice and endless complaisance won them undeserved praise, for their seeming gallantry was wholly motivated by a ____ wish to avoid conflict of any sort. (A) poignant (B) sincere © plaintive (D) laudable (E) craven To me, B is correct, but E is the real answer. Please explain why? Histocompatibility antigens that attack foreign tissue in the body cannot have been ______ through evolution expressly to ______ organ transplantation; on the contrary, they have been found to facilitate many essential biological functions. (A) designed..retain (B) produced..aid © developed..enhance (D) selected..promote (E) conserved..foil In my opinion, B and C seem to fit the sentence correctly, while Big Book said E is correct. Why?

JOCULAR active serious unknown equable destructive Why b is not the answer? Big Book said A is correct. ----------------------------------------------------------- CONTROL minor variable weak assumption improper simulation group experimented on expression substituted for I can not understand the question at all. The answer is D. Why?

I think E is correct, but, D also seems to be an appropriate word for the blank. Please, Explain.

Nice Explanation. Thank you.

Literature is inevitably a ------ rather than -------medium for the simple reason that writers interpose their own vision between the reader and reality. (A)distorting.. a neutral (B)transparent.. an opaque ©colorful.. a drab (D)flawless. .an inexact (E)flexible. a rigid I thought that E might be the answer, but the correct answer is A. Why?

Thank you, slashrangnarok. The meaning of the expression "close the book" helped me a lot.

Vaillant, who has been particularly interested in the means by which people attain mental health , seems to be looking for _____ answers: a way to close the book on at least a few questions about human nature. A. definitive B. confused C. temporary D. personal E. derivative Please, explain why A is correct.

Thank you, wasleys and slashragnarok. I was wondering in what way we can guess the meaning of the first word if we can not remember its meaning at the exam day. I would be so pleased if you were to let me know any method in this regards. Forum admin note: The original post had 6 (accidental?) links in it, which triggered the moderation filter. I've removed those links.

1- TOY: (A) think over seriously (B) admire overtly © use sporadically (D) praise unstintingly (E) covet irrationally why a is correct? --------------------------------- 2- FRINGE: (A) center (B) proximity © breadth (D) outlet (E) continuity E is correct. ---------------------------------- 3- RENT: (A) in abeyance (B) occupied © undeserved (D) turned down (E) made whole E is correct, y? Many thanks.

Thank you slashragnarok.

Business forecasts usually prove reasonably accurate when the assumption that the future will be much like the past is----; in times of major----in the business environment, however, forecasts can be dangerously wrong. (A) specified.. discontinuities (B) questioned.. surges © contradicted.. improvements (D) entertained.. risks (E) satisfied.. shifts The correct answer is E. Why A is not?

Though some of the information the author reveals about Russian life might surprise Americans, her major themes are ----- enough. 1)familiar 2)thorough 3)vital 4)original 5)interesting Please help. I chose interesting, but the correct answer is familiar. Please explain why interesting could not fit the sentence? Despite claims that his philosophy can be traced to ____ source , the philosophy in fact draws liberally on several traditions and methodologies and so could justifiably be termed ____ . A. a particular .... consistent B. a schematic .... multifaceted C. a dominant .... cogent D. an authoritative .... derivative E. a single .... eclectic Thanks.

I also think A is correct. Note line 4-6

Analogy Ruffle:Shirt (a) rafter: roof (b) molding: cabinet © gate: path (d) curb: sidewalk (e) shade: window

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