CHAPTER 16 / PRACTICE TEST 3 731
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- Rachel’s ------- driving is not surprising, given
that she spends ------- hours each day en-
snarled in traffic delays.
(A) antipathy for.. delightful
(B) penchant for.. uncountable
(C) predilection for.. dreary
(D) proclivity for.. desperate
(E) aversion to.. insufferable - Many medical practices once considered “state
of the art” are now thought to be ------- by physi-
cians who are often incredulous that such bar-
baric acts were once -------.
(A) primitive.. sanctioned
(B) ingenious.. approved
(C) boorish.. censured
(D) innovative.. endorsed
(E) foolhardy.. condemned - The Prime Minister had vetoed the proposal
several times in the past; thus, it came as a
great surprise to the public when he ------- the
same law in his most recent speech.
(A) articulated
(B) sanctioned
(C) denounced
(D) initiated
(E) abbreviated - If John had not been there to ------- when ten-
sions began to rise at the meeting, a fight
would surely have ensued.
(A) intervene
(B) coalesce
(C) harass
(D) intermingle
(E) exacerbate - The defendant hoped that the testimony of the
surprise witness would corroborate his alibi
and ------- him of the crime of which he had
been accused.
(A) convoke
(B) synthesize
(C) impeach
(D) absolve
(E) magnify
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SECTION 6
Time—25 minutes
24 questionsTurn to Section 6 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
Directions:For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and
fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet.Each sentence below has one or two blanks,
each blank indicating that something has been
omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words
or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose
the word or set of words that, when inserted
in the sentence, bestfits the meaning of the
sentence as a whole.EXAMPLE:Rather than accepting the theory unquestion-
ingly, Deborah regarded it with-----.
(A) mirth
(B) sadness
(C) responsibility
(D) ignorance
(E) skepticism
AB C DE