1.More insurers are limiting the sale of property insurance in
coastal areas and other regions --------- natural disasters. [E]
a)safe from b)according to c)which include d)despite e)prone to
Explanation:
It is easy enough to understand that insurers don’t like to insure
the
property in places where natural disasters are likely to happen .The
term prone to in[e] mean s having a tendency to, so it is correct.
2.Roman Regions ------ the Mountain ------ of Masada for three years
before they were able to seize it . [C]
a) dissembled------ bastion b)assailed ---- symbol
c)besieged ----citadel d) surmounted ------ dwelling
e)honed---- stronghold
Explanation:
If it took Roman regions three years to seize Masada , we can
predict that they spent a long time “surrounding or isolating”
the mountain fortress or strong hold of Masada before they were
finally able to take it [c] is the best choice. [b] assailed ,
meaning “attacked” would make sense. And [e] strong hold and [a]
bastion would fit too. But [a] ,[b],[e] ‘ s first position words
don’t make sense when plugged in.
Besieged : Surrounded with armed forces.
Citadel : fortress
assailed : attacked
bastion : fortified area
honed : sharpened
3.Unlike his calmer,more easygoing colleagues ,the senator was---,
ready to quarrel at the slightest provocation. [B]
a)whimsical b)irascible c)gregarious
d)ineffectual e)benign
Explanation:
If the senator was unlike “his calmer, more easygoing colleagues”
and “ready to quarrel at the slightest provocation “ its fair to
infer that the senator was short tempered or extremely irritable.
The best choice is [b] irritable.
Irascible : easily angered
whimsical : unpredictable
gregarious : sociable
ineffectual : unproductive
benign : harmless
4.Although historians have long thought of Genghis Khan as a---
potentate ,new research has shown he was -----by many of his
subjects. [B]
a)tyrannical ----abhorred b) despotic ----- revered
c)redundant --- venerated d)jocular -----esteemed
e)peremptory ----- invoked
Explanation :
Here we don’t have to know that Genghis Khan was a violent dictator to get his question right .The first word of the sentence ,although ,implies that the two blanks have to
contrast with each other .[b] is the best choice. Although historians had thought that Genghis Khanwas a despotic potentate ,new research shows that many of his subjects nevertheless revered him.
[a] tyrannic synonyms with despotic,
[b]sabhorred ,doesn’t provide the contrast which is predicted . Choice
[c] venerated doesn’t really contrast with redundant and
[e],it doesn’t make sense to say that Khans subjects invoked him despite his peremptory reputation.
Despotic : dictatorial
potentate : dictator
revered : worshiped
abhorred : hated
venerated : highly respected
redundant : repetitive
jocular : jolly
peremptory: putting an end to debate
invoke : call upon for help
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coastal areas and other regions --------- natural disasters. [E]
a)safe from b)according to c)which include d)despite e)prone to
Explanation:
It is easy enough to understand that insurers don’t like to insure
the
property in places where natural disasters are likely to happen .The
term prone to in[e] mean s having a tendency to, so it is correct.
2.Roman Regions ------ the Mountain ------ of Masada for three years
before they were able to seize it . [C]
a) dissembled------ bastion b)assailed ---- symbol
c)besieged ----citadel d) surmounted ------ dwelling
e)honed---- stronghold
Explanation:
If it took Roman regions three years to seize Masada , we can
predict that they spent a long time “surrounding or isolating”
the mountain fortress or strong hold of Masada before they were
finally able to take it [c] is the best choice. [b] assailed ,
meaning “attacked” would make sense. And [e] strong hold and [a]
bastion would fit too. But [a] ,[b],[e] ‘ s first position words
don’t make sense when plugged in.
Besieged : Surrounded with armed forces.
Citadel : fortress
assailed : attacked
bastion : fortified area
honed : sharpened
3.Unlike his calmer,more easygoing colleagues ,the senator was---,
ready to quarrel at the slightest provocation. [B]
a)whimsical b)irascible c)gregarious
d)ineffectual e)benign
Explanation:
If the senator was unlike “his calmer, more easygoing colleagues”
and “ready to quarrel at the slightest provocation “ its fair to
infer that the senator was short tempered or extremely irritable.
The best choice is [b] irritable.
Irascible : easily angered
whimsical : unpredictable
gregarious : sociable
ineffectual : unproductive
benign : harmless
4.Although historians have long thought of Genghis Khan as a---
potentate ,new research has shown he was -----by many of his
subjects. [B]
a)tyrannical ----abhorred b) despotic ----- revered
c)redundant --- venerated d)jocular -----esteemed
e)peremptory ----- invoked
Explanation :
Here we don’t have to know that Genghis Khan was a violent dictator to get his question right .The first word of the sentence ,although ,implies that the two blanks have to
contrast with each other .[b] is the best choice. Although historians had thought that Genghis Khanwas a despotic potentate ,new research shows that many of his subjects nevertheless revered him.
[a] tyrannic synonyms with despotic,
[b]sabhorred ,doesn’t provide the contrast which is predicted . Choice
[c] venerated doesn’t really contrast with redundant and
[e],it doesn’t make sense to say that Khans subjects invoked him despite his peremptory reputation.
Despotic : dictatorial
potentate : dictator
revered : worshiped
abhorred : hated
venerated : highly respected
redundant : repetitive
jocular : jolly
peremptory: putting an end to debate
invoke : call upon for help
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