Germane, pertinent.
“Though” implies that the matters about which a
professor enjoys “liberty of speech” are opposite those “irrelevant to his
subject,” so the blank might mean something like relevant. “Germane” and
“pertinent” are the best synonyms. “Mimetic” and “congruent” are slightly
related to the idea at hand—the former means copying (like a mime, for
instance) and the latter means something like similar or in agreement.
“Indifferent” and “disinterested” might seem like a pair, but “indifferent”
means uninterested or apathetic, while “disinterested” means unbiased.
Neither word fits nor do they form a pair.
106.
Rue, remorse.
The sentence states that uncontrolled passion can lead to
something bad. The answer should be close to sorrow, perhaps something like
regret. “Rue” and “remorse” are the nearest synonyms and are therefore the
correct answer pair. “Disdain” and “contempt” are also synonyms, but anger
and sorrow do not pair as well as regret and sorrow. “Pity” might work if it
had a pair in the answer choices, while “affinity” has no pair and also doesn’t
have the same negative tone that the other answer choices have.
107.
Exhaustive, sweeping.
Since the tremendous wealth on display
represents only a tiny fraction of the collection, and since the collection has
“over one million specimens,” it is a very large collection indeed. You might
anticipate an answer like huge. “Exhaustive,” which means including
everything, and “sweeping,” which means extensive, both fit. If a collection is
“piecemeal,” it would have been acquired piece by piece over time. Likely as
that might be, there’s no clue in the sentence that would suggest this.
“Voluble” means talkative and does not fit, nor does “evergreen,” which
means fresh or popular. Finally, “commanding” means authoritative or
imposing, and there’s no reason to believe that the collection commands
authority over other collections.
108.
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