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The Thin Blue Line
, a documentary by Errol Morris, is one of a very few movies that has had a tangible effect on the real world; the film managed to _________ its subject, who had been on death row for a crime that Morris demonstrated that the man did not commit. exculpate incarcerate inter excuse manumit vindicate 84. Most people expect to see straightforward and direct cause-and-effect relationships between actions and reactions; this contributes to making _________ one of the most difficult concepts to really understand. causality randomness intentionality happenstance mathematics science 85. The professor’s belief that all of the students admitted to the university were well-qualified academically led her to assume some degree of _________ in every student who was doing poorly in her class. moral turpitude ineptness amorality laziness incompetence sloth 86. In a way, the environmental movement can still be said to be __________ movement, for while it has been around for decades, only recently has it become a serious organization associated with political parties and platforms. an incipient a disorganized a nascent a nebulous an inconsequential an immaterial 87. Einstein’s idea that electromagnetic radiation was divided into a finite number of “energy quanta” was purely experiential until it was theoretically ___________ by the work of physicists such as Louis de Broglie and Werner Heisenberg. bolstered undermined condoned pardoned sabotaged buttressed 88. The plan, according to law enforcement and judicial officials, was to keep the prisoner _________ during his court appearances, but the defense attorney argued that restraints would prejudice the jury. manacled malleable nettled fettered incensed incomparable 89. The painter was just as famous for his personality as for his work; unlike the many pretentious and egotistical men in his field, he was known to be entirely __________ . artless shrewd ingenuous selfless adroit artful 90. The newest romantic comedy wasn’t exactly bad, but simply _________ ; it had laughs, but they were all jokes most audience members had heard before. atrocious amusing trite hackneyed witty egregious 91. An obsession with aesthetics ___________ all of the work of the computer company; even their unsuccessful products manage to look like winsome pieces of modernist sculpture. underpins irradiates underserves overwhelms undergirds saturates 92. Oftentimes, when administrators force teachers to cleave too closely to a federal curriculum, those teachers feel __________ , because the mandatory curriculum curbs their sense of being creative and dynamic educators. crushed confounded thwarted undermined tormented walloped 93. The federal government knows that a certain level of financial stability can be attained by lowering interest rates, yet if it overuses this power, it risks losing its most reliable means of _________ a crisis. interring exacerbating annihilating palliating compounding assuaging 94. Even though Mariposa loved taking on roles that involved a lot of lines, she was excited to be playing a more __________ character, requiring her to focus more on gesture and expression. laconic dramatic dejected curt mute melancholy 95. Because the United States has become a mature, established nation, the _________ nature of Thomas Paine’s political diatribes is now downplayed by government officials, who would vociferously denounce a contemporary version as seditious. pallid incendiary antithetical anemic demagogic deferential 96. A professional spy, he always affected a _________ demeanor, but those who disliked him often characterized it as taciturn or brusque. phlegmatic histrionic hirsute melodramatic melancholic dispassionate 97. Though Hamlet is famous for being _________ , he still manages to go on something of a killing spree in Shakespeare’s play, proving that he is hardly paralyzed with depression. indecisive melancholy monological morose violent barbaric 98. It’s worth wondering whether the increase in diagnoses of psychological disorders has caused us to see certain behaviors that were once considered normal as ___________ . importunate mythical unfortunate anomalous aberrant fabulous 99. Proust proved that the __________ can be the domain of the novel every bit as much as the fantastical can be. mundane literary bombastic cosmopolitan belletristic quotidian 100. The magazine’s editor was known to be a very busy woman, so it was important when speaking with her to get right to the __________ of the issue. pith conclusion gist apex genesis culmination 101. The reclusive boy was thought to be less than clever, but at sixteen he wrote a complex and beautiful symphony that at long last revealed him to be _________ . dim musical monastic exceptional hermetic precocious 102. Many poets _________ the primacy of meter over words: Stephen Fry, in his book, Yüklə 15,65 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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