Directions: Each question below consists of a word printed in capital letters, followed by five lettered words or phrases. Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
Since some of the questions require you to distinguish fine shades of meaning, be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best.
28. VULNERABLE:
(A) empty
(B) sullen
(C) modest
(D) safe
(E) severe
29. DECREPIT:
(A) popular
(B) sturdy
(C) sterile
(D) partially complete
(E) sketchily detailed
30. BALM:
(A) irritant
(B) imperfection
(C) dizzying sensation
(D) burdensome task
(E) extraordinary substance
31. INSOLVENCY:
(A) ability to pay one's debts
(B) ability to sustain growth
(C) concentration
(D) coherence
(E) compatibility
32. HONE:
(A) shorten
(B) blunt
(C) fuse
(D) bend
(E) delay
33. SINUOUS:
(A) vacant
(B) direct
(C) wet
(D) round
(E) numerous
34. EVINCE:
(A) perturb
(B) incriminate
(C) forbid
(D) subjugate
(E) conceal
35. EPHEMERAL:
(A) garish
(B) harsh
(C) enduring
(D) grasping
(E) stubborn
36. INSALUBRITY:
(A) neatness
(B) sobriety
(C) confidence
(D) healthfulness
(E) satisfaction
37. TRUCULENCE:
(A) benevolence
(B) exigence
(C) exuberance
(D) protuberance
(E) perseverance
22. If exactly one film is shown between R and T, and exactly one film is shown between S and U, which of the following must be true?
(A) S is the film shown between R and T.
(B) T is the film shown between S and U.
(C) V is the film shown between R and T.
(D) U is the last film shown.
(E) V is the first film shown.
23. Jet fighters have recently been equipped with electronics improvements enabling the pilot to shoot down an enemy plane while still out of sight. There is, however, the following problem: there is no sure way of determining whether a plane that is out of sight is friend or foe.
Which of the following products suffers from a drawback that, in its logical features, is most like the problem described above?
(A) A fire alarm system with such a high heat and smoke threshold that it is likely to react too late to a developing fire
(B) An improved electronic ignition system whose superiority is limited to those rare times when it is perfectly adjusted
(C) A product marketed as a weedkiller that kills all plants to which it is applied before they resume active growth in the spring
(D) A jar lid designed to be childproof that children have little difficulty removing
(E) A cold medicine that relieves most symptoms of the common cold but also causes spells of dizziness
24. As a tool for public health policy, the epidemiological study of disease has one major advantage over experiments studying the effects of toxic substances on animals: there is never any call for extrapolating inferences across species in epidemiology.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage above?
(A) In epidemiology, extrapolating inferences across species is only an auxiliary tool.
(B) Epidemiology is a very precise science.
(C) In epidemiology, human populations are studied directly.
(D) Toxicological experimentation on animals is more expensive than are epidemiological studies.
(E) Toxicological experimentation on animals yields results less quickly than do epidemiological studies.
25. According to a recent historical study, capital punishment deters murder only during weeks when well-publicized executions take place. During such weeks, homicides fall to a level below average. The yearly murder rate, how- ever, is not affected by the number of well- publicized executions.
If the above passage is true, wh
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