SECTION ONE
1. Although he can_________ isolated facts, he is no scholar he is able to_________ information but cannot make sense of it.
(A) regurgitate.. synthesize
(B) memorize.. recite
(C) falsify.. denounce
(D) misinterpret.. acquire
(E) recall.. disregard
2. The use of tools among chimpanzees is learned behavior young chimpanzees become_________ by others.
(A) socialized.. overcoming
(B) dominant.. obeying
(C) vocal.. mimicking
(D) adept.. imitating
(E) agile..following
3. The speech was a_________ of random and contradictory information that could not be integrated into_________, consistent whole.
(A) collage.. a rambling
(B) development.. an ambiguous
(C) hodgepodge.. a coherent
(D) morass.. an amorphous
(E) harangue.. an unintelligible
4. The prosecutor termed the defendants' actions_________ because there was no justification for their intentional disregard for the law
(A) indefensible (B) surreptitious (C) indefatigable (D) comprehensive (E) corrective
5. Acid rain is damaging lakes in_________ way, causing the virtually unnoticed_________ of these aquatic ecosystems.
(A) a manifest.. eradication
(B) a nefarious .. polarization
(C) an insidious .. destruction
(D) a methodical.. amalgamation
(E) an obvious .. stagnation
6.The new concert hall proved to be a_________: it was costly, acoustically unsatisfactory, and tar too small.
(A) colossus (B) milestone (C) debacle (D) consecration (E) fabrication
7. A hypocrite may_________ reprehensible acts but escape discovery by affecting_________.
(A) abhor.. profundity
(B) condone .. enthusiasm
(C) commit.. innocence
(D) perform.. immorality
(E) condemn.. repentance
8.The review was_________, recounting the play's felicities and its flaws without unduly emphasizing one or the other.
(A) equitable (B) immoderate (C) cumulative (D) unproductive (E) adulatory
9. Rosita Peru, who rose to become the highest-ranking female in the television industry, was_________ recruited: Spanish language program-producers courted her persistently.
(A) indiscriminately (B) enigmatically (C) vicariously (D) rancorously (E) assiduously