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12. The fact that plants, unlike most animals, lack a central nervous system
    has erroneously led to the more extreme conclusion that, unlike animals,
    plants do not behave to stimuli in their environment.

A haphazardly

B predictably

C systematically

D observantly

E subtly

F erratically

13. The beleaguered politician saw a dramatic shift in her public perception.
    The diplomatic skills that had once been lauded as forthright were now
    less-charitably interpreted as acts of.

A altruism

B docility

C pecuniousness

D duplicity

E^ artifice

F bonhomie

14. Critics mistake for simplicity the of the author’s prose,
    neglecting to realize that verbosity is not a prerequisite for complexity.

A concision

B subtlety

C convolutedness

D nuance

E terseness

F concomitancy

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