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Moine and Gau calculate that there are about twenty questions or statements that a planner needs to be prepared for. In this sentence, calculate means to:

appreciate

recall

contest

estimate

moisture means :

a state of separation between persons or groups

lack of agreement or harmony

wetness caused by water

a state of elated bliss

Which of the following would most likely be associated with mythology?

the American President Barack Obama

the cartoon character Bart Simpson

the Greek god Zeus

the British poet William Wordsworth

He knew that section well and smiled a little as he thought of it and of himself, a ragged vagrant, exploring its byways. In this sentence, ragged means:

skinny

humble

scruffy

curious

oath means :

impress

swearing

opening

witness

collision means :

a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object

an unjust act

the act of scaring a weaker person to make them do something

physiology means :

a feature of anything having a complex structure

an object of extravagant short-lived passion

a doctrine that rejects religious considerations

the science dealing with the functioning of organisms

The Collegiate Learning Assessment is a test of critical thinking, analytic reasoning and communication skills that is content nonspecific. In this sentence, analytic means:

using or skilled in using analysis

having or showing a ready disposition to fight

of or characteristic of or resembling a lion

intended to honor the memory of someone or something

The new series is a dating competition, with three former "Bad Girls" vying for the attention of eligible bachelors. In this sentence, bachelors means:

men who have never wed

professionals who are very wealthy

royalty from a foreign country

people who manage an organization

theoretical means :

firm and dependable especially in loyalty

rich and superior in quality

forceful and extreme and rigorous

concerned with hypotheses and not practical considerations

rugged means :

impressive in appearance

distant but within sight

(of terrain) rough or very uneven

(of hair) having curls or waves

Who is required to have a diploma in order to practice in a field?

a tailor

a waitress

a dentist

a salesperson

Which of the following would most likely be known to excel?

a virus that has mutated

the lever on a wheel

an employee on probation

a student at the top of her class

nonetheless means :

headlong

aloof

however

presumably

There is a beautiful story of a company of celestial beings, who, in disguise, entered an ancient city upon a mission of mercy. In this sentence, celestial means:

arrogant

medical

generous

divine

Disaster struck in 1968, when ________ gases escaped from one reactor, poisoning crew members who tried to repair it at sea.

recyclable

inactive

submerged

radioactive

In China, by contrast, the most important grumbles are voiced only in private. In this sentence, grumbles means:

solutions

conclusions

responses

complaints

The opposite of scarce is:

hostile

inevitable

abundant

formal

Which of the following is a topic of sociology?

static electricity

cross-pollination

probability theory

blended families

speculate means to:

capture

reject

suppose

plead

inland means :

in the direction that the wind is blowing

at or toward the rear of a platform for performers

towards or into the interior of a region

from on board a vessel into the water

The work provides some of the strongest genetic evidence yet for how the human ________ surpassed those of all other apes.

limitation

temperature

intellect

monarchy

Which topic would most likely be covered in a geology course?

the phases of Earth's Moon

the movement of Earth's populations

the refraction of waves of light

the three basic types of rocks

competent means :

disposed to take risks

having great beauty

lifted up or set high

adequate for the purpose

Taken together, the two evaluations strongly suggest that ginkgo does little, if anything, to improve acuity in ________ functions such as memory, language, and visual and spatial orientation.

kinetic

categorical

oracular

cognitive

He has been unable to assert himself as the alpha candidate that many Republicans expected he would be. In this sentence, assert means to:

be against; express opposition to

choose by a vote for an office or membership

insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized

use again in an altered or modified form

He was one of the first to see—possibly the very first–—that the power inherent in the atom could, if harnessed, make bombs powerful enough to "make this old world vanish in smoke." In this sentence, harnessed means:

predicted

concealed

exploited

reduced

The country was a rolling ________, and, from the higher ground, the vision was obstructed only by the earth's curvature.

patch

prairie

grove

jungle

keen means :

unruly

gaudy

faulty

dandy

relativity means :

the quality of being prudent and sensible

the quality of having significance vis-a-vis something else

the property of flowing easily

the property of a connected period of time

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