Chapter 4
Sentence Equivalence
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Sentence Equivalence
Sentence Equivalence Answers
Sentence Equivalence
Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence,
fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed
sentences that are alike in meaning.
1. While the colonists would eventually push westward, first, they were in for
a long, difficult winter, and the main challenge was to _________ their
existing resources.
sell
peddle
steward
upend
husband
procure
2. James Joyce, the author of many novels, including
Finnegans Wake
, saw
deeply into the hearts of his characters, but, in a life irony as subtle yet
piercing as those endured by his characters, he himself could barely
_________ text well enough to proof his own galleys.
see
feel
walk
move
distinguish
interpret
3. At work, she is far less _________ than she is around her friends, but from
time to time her staff sees her in a volatile state.
pretentious
capricious
informal
fickle
direct
explicit
4. Forty years ago, anthropologists firmly believed that Neanderthals and
modern
homo sapiens
had never mated, but advances in genetic testing
have since proven that incorrect—such is the _________ nature of science.
fallacious
evolving
counterfactual
advancing
vacillating
indeterminable
5. The music of the late ’70s is often described as _________ , despite the
notable exception of a few innovators in the budding punk and hip-hop
scenes.
derivative
trite
inspired
visionary
enigmatic
cerebral
6. A field trip was arranged so that this troupe of _________ dancers could
observe the real masters of their art.
seasoned
fledgling
expert
torpid
novice
lithe
7. The exhibit is not so much a retrospective as a _________ ; the artist’s
weaker, early work is glossed over, and any evidence of his ultimate
dissolution is absent entirely.
paean
polemic
tirade
panacea
tribute
critique
8. After a long, hard practice in the summer sun, the players were visibly
_________ .
flagging
hale
lissome
loathsome
vigorous
enervated
9. Nothing evoked memories of her grandmother’s house like the _________
of scents associated with the variety of dishes at the holiday feast.
paucity
anomaly
medley
mélange
dearth
rarity
10. Unlike the politician’s earlier evasions and equivocations, this latest
statement is _________ lie.
a bald
a tacit
an overt
a didactic
a rhetorical
an implicit
11. Possessed of a lighthearted approach to life, Winnie thought that those
who were _________ in regards to values and mores missed out on a
certain liveliness and spontaneity.
lax
equable
priggish
auspicious
impious
punctilious
12. Where gay and lesbian individuals and couples were once ignored, at best,
by mainstream media and marketing companies, they are now being
_________ as the new frontier in consumer spending.
touted
subverted
revered
scrutinized
promoted
predicted
13. For most of the 20th century, American political contentions reflected
pragmatic rather than ideological differences; candidate debates centered
around whether programs were _________ .
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