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24. (i) his contemporaries’ dismissal of his (ii)
    approach, Barry continued implementing the effective but unconventional
    shooting strategy.

Blank (i) Blank (ii)

A Incensed by D cantankerous

B Perpetuated by E inchoate

C Nonplussed by F unorthodox

25. Deriving wonderment from novelty is relatively commonplace; far more
    difficult is the ability to find beauty in the.

A plebeian

B malevolent

C prosaic

D ecstatic

E unknown

26. There was a (i) agreement among the employees about
    the leadership hierarchy. Though no one made explicit mention of it, they
    all (ii) that Johnson, because of both his experience and
    mathematical (iii) , was best-suited to head the numbers-
    based project.

Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)

A tacit D acknowledged G diminution

B illicit E disputed H acumen

C convivial F coalesced I consternation

27. Mathematician Poincaré lived a stereotypically (i) existence.
    Like many of his contemporaries, he (ii) the messiness of
    human engagement for the precision of mathematical concepts.

Blank (i) Blank (ii)

A hermetic D mollified

B dilettantish E considered

C conciliatory F forsook

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