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Correct Answer: (E)
Solution: You may not recognize GRATUITOUS in isolation, but you probably understand it in the phrase: "Gratuitous sex and violence." GRATUITOUS means "freely given, uncalled for." The opposite is BEFITTING. The answer is (E).
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Correct Answer: (B)
Solution: SOLACE means "to comfort, to console." The opposite is DISHEARTEN--to discourage. The answer is (B).
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Correct Answer: (B)
Solution: Paraphrase: "ANARCHY is the lack of GOVERNMENT." Now, a CONFEDERATION does not lack STATES. However, TREPIDATION is the lack of COURAGE. The answer is (B).
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Correct Answer: (E)
Solution: DISQUIETUDE is ANXIETY. Similarly, NONPLUS is PERPLEXITY. The answer is (E). Choice (B) is a close second-best. SEQUESTERED does mean ISOLATED. However, the pair NONPLUS and PERPLEXED offers a stronger relationship because both words describe a mental state, as do both words of the pair DISQUIETUDE and ANXIOUS.
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Correct Answer: (B)
Solution: To STOKE a fire is to stir it up or feed it. Hence, STOKE and SMOTHER are antonyms. Now, ANIMATE means to bring to life, to energize; and ENERVATE means to weaken, to debilitate. Hence, ANIMATE and ENERVATE are also antonyms. The answer is (B).
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Because of his success as a comedian, directors were loath to consider him for ............... roles.
(A) supporting
(B) leading
(C) dramatic
(D) comedic
(E) musical
Correct Answer: (C)
Solution: If the public expects a comedian to always make them laugh, then they might not accept a comedian in a serious role. Hence, the directors would be loath (reluctant) to cast a comedian in a dramatic role. The answer is (C).
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Correct Answer: (C)
Solution: If man has no choice but to seek truth, then this is an essential characteristic of man. In other words, it is part of what makes us human. The answer is (C).
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Correct Answer: (A)
Solution: If the business was not sound, his irritability would belie (contradict) his claim that the business was sound. The answer is (A).
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Correct Answer: (B) [Most of u got it right
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Turning to the closing line of the passage, we find the key to this question. The passage describes a struggle for ascendancy amongst four opposing philosophies: (magic and traditional rites) vs. (Olympic mythology) vs. (monotheism [Zeus]) vs. (early philosophy and science). The closing lines of the passage summarize this and add that Olympic mythology lost out to monotheism (Zeus), while magical cults enjoyed a revival and the germ of universal law was planted. Thus the answer is (B).
As to the other choices, (A) is false. "Olympic mythology [arose] on one hand and early philosophy and science on the other" (closing to paragraph two); thus they initially developed in parallel. (C) is also false. It makes the same type of error as (A). Finally, (D) is not mentioned in the passage.
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