While it is frequently used to mean comedy, humor can also mean personality, especially in conjunction with the words such as sanguine and choleric, which derive from the ancient belief that temperament was shaped by the levels of different fluids or humors, in a person's body.
Temperament is a good synonym for personality. The main clues are that one twin is described as sanguine, the other choleric even if you don't know these words, the phrases "even in times of stress" and "angry outbursts" suggest that words are used to describe personality. The twins' heredity and upbringing were identical in nearly every respect, yet one child remained unfailingly sanguine even in times of stress while her sister was prone to angry outbursts that indicated an exceptionally choleric. Container might sound right, but it is not related to the clue. Odium and disregard go in the wrong direction. Both affinity and predilection mean liking. The clues "enjoyed all kinds of candy" and "his absolute favorite" dictates that the blank means liking. The word in the blank is used to describe Jim's feelings for gumdrops. Possessed of an insatiable sweet tooth, Jim enjoyed all kinds of candy, but he had a special for gumdrops, his absolute favorite.Īnswer: (B) affinity and (F) predilection Your job is to choose the two answer choices that logically complete the sentence.ģ. Sentence Equivalence questions consist of one sentence with six answer choices. Seldom nugatory means rarely inconsequential, which is the opposite of what the passage calls for remarkably contentious is wrong for the same reason, as that phrase would indicate that the general election is fiercely contested. The second, Nevertheless, also changes direction, meaning that the passage has returned to where it started, arguing that elections are essentially decided before they begin. The first is Of course, which might sound like the passage is continuing in the same direction, but here indicates a change of direction: The author is conceding that sometimes incumbents face challenges. The second blank comes after a couple of transition words. Invidious means "causing envy" and plangent means "full of lamentation," neither of which is as well supported as the credited response. Ineluctable is synonymous with these words. If district boundaries are designed to protect incumbents -that is, those already in office-then victory for those incumbents should be close to assured or inevitable. Īnswer: (A) an ineluctable and (F) merely denouement Nevertheless, once the primary is over, the general election is (ii). Of course, there is always the possibility that the incumbent will face a challenge from within his or her own party. Increasingly, the boundaries of congressional seats are drawn in order to protect incumbents, as legislators engineer the demographics of each district such that those already in office can coast to (i) victory. Meanwhile, beseeched by does not indicate how Flaubert felt, whereas if he were flustered by the performers, he would not likely have found his encounter with them worthwhile.Ģ.
Taken aback by, in contrast, merely suggests that our traveler was surprised by the dancers we cannot be sure that his surprise was pleasant. Overwhelmed by is extreme, and implies that Flaubert got more than he could handle. Enamored by is the only choice that captures such a feeling. The clue is "the dancers alone made his trip worthwhile." Thus, Flaubert was impressed by them. Upon visiting the Middle East in 1850, Gustave Flaubert was so belly dancing that he wrote, in a letter to his mother, that the dancers alone made his trip worthwhile. You receive no credit for partially correct answers.ġ. There is a single correct answer, consisting of one choice for each blank. There are three answer choices per blank, or five answer choices if there is a single blank. Text Completion questions include a passage composed of one to five sentences with one to three blanks.
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