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• Question 121:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  A cave-dwelling amphibian called the olm can survive for years without food, making it extremely resistant to __________.

  A. starvation

  B. drought

  C. attack

  D. elimination

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 122:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  The commentator's __________ remarks contributed very little to the story and were largely ignored.

  A. vapid

  B. intriguing

  C. inclusive

  D. explosive

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 123:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  Determined to find the exact cause of the accident, forensic engineers conducted an __________ investigation of the wreckage.

  A. incautious

  B. overwrought

  C. underfunded

  D. exhaustive

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 124:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  Although most of the club's members claimed to __________ the policy proposal, it was still passed in a secret ballot.

  A. endorse

  B. oppose

  C. debate

  D. resolve

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 125:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  In a victory for police and law enforcement the Supreme Court __________ a lower court's ruling, which allowed officers to take DNA samples from arrested suspects.

  A. proposed

  B. dismissed

  C. upheld

  D. criticized

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 126:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  Dean loved his old car, but had to admit that it was too small to be a __________ family vehicle.

  A. peculiar

  B. sensational

  C. wasteful

  D. practical

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 127:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart published over 600 pieces of music, making him one of the most __________ composers of the Classical era.

  A. notorious

  B. copious

  C. comprehensive

  D. prolific

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 128:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  Local officials produced __________ fishery reports by inflating the figures so that fisheries appeared more productive.

  A. removed

  B. distinctive

  C. dismissive

  D. fraudulent

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 129:

  Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. STOICALLY

  A. demonstrably

  B. powerfully

  C. indignantly

  D. unemotionally

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 130:

  Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. SLOPPINESS

  A. carelessness

  B. cleverness

  C. daring

  D. haplessness

  Correct Answer: A