1. The film was completely devoid of plot or character development; it was merely a ---- of striking images.
(A) renouncement
(B) montage
(C) calumny
(D) carnage
(E) premonition
2. She delivered her speech with great ----, gesturing flamboyantly with her hands and smiling broadly from her opening remarks through her conclusion.
(A) candor
(B) consternation
(C) acerbity
(D) verve
(E) innuendo
3. As a result of a(n) ---- with her landlord, she was evicted.
(A) contusion
(B) alternative
(C) conflagration
(D) altercation
(E) aggression
4. It was not possible to set a monetary value on the legal services she provided, so the grateful town had a gold medal struck as a(n) ----.
(A) affirmation
(B) eulogy
(C) exultation
(D) elegy
(E) honorarium
5. No elected official who remains ---- can play a major role in public life; compromise is the life-blood of politics.
(A) obdurate
(B) dogmatic
(C) pragmatic
(D) irrefutable
(E) inflexible
6. Contrary to popular opinion, bats are not generally aggressive and rabid; most are shy and ----.
(A) turgid
(B) disfigured
(C) punctual
(D) innocuous
(E) depraved
7. The ballet company demonstrated its ---- by putting both classical and modern works in the repertoire.
(A) versatility
(B) mollification
(C) treachery
(D) dignity
(E) obtrusiveness
8. Though the concert had been enjoyable, it was overly ---- and the three encores seemed ----.
(A) extensive .. garrulous
(B) protracted .. gratuitous
(C) inaudible .. superfluous
(D) sublime .. fortuitous
(E) contracted .. lengthy
9. A good trial lawyer will argue only what is central to an issue, eliminating ---- information or anything else that might ---- the client.
(A) seminal .. amuse
(B) extraneous .. jeopardize
(C) erratic .. enhance
(D) prodigious .. extol
(E) reprehensible .. initiate
10. Peter, ---- by the repeated rejections of his novel, ---- to submit his manuscript to other publishers.
(A) encouraged .. declined
(B) elated .. planned
(C) undaunted .. continued
(D) inspired .. complied
(E) undeterred .. refused
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