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Mr. John is a wealthy person ___ not happy.
A. and
B. but
C. isn't
B. but
Greek tragedy, from which Racine borrowed __, tended to assume that humanity was under the control of gods who were indifferent to its __, a theme that was therefore recurrent in Racine's work.
A. in plentitude...suffering and aspirations
B. very rarely...followers and devotees
C. only once...rite and rituals
A. in plentitude...suffering and aspirations
Addiction can be viewed as a continued involvement with a substance or activity despite the ___ associated with it.
A. negative consequences
B. Prohibitive costs
C. beneficial effects
A. Negative consequences
Even when the recession was ostensibly over, and jobs were becoming increasingly ___, the fear of another economic collapse still ___.
A. available...dwindled
B. plentiful...persisted
C. accessible...evolved
D. safe...dissappeared
B. plentiful...persisted
Greek tragedy, from which Racine borrowed __, tended to assume that humanity was under the control of gods who were indifferent to its __, a theme that was therefore recurrent in Racine's work.
A. in plentitude...suffering and aspirations
B. very rarely...followers and devotees
C. only once...rite and rituals
D. a sinister
E. a propitious
E. a propitious
In the decade after the revolution, the new government seemed to ______ and was never quite ______; this period ultimately led to a second revolution in which the current ruling party took power.
A. careen ... ephemeral
B. fortify ... faltering
C. waver ... flimsy
D. coagulate ... tenable
E. totter ... stable
E. totter...stable
Despite his ______ upbringing, Vladimir proved quite adept at navigating city life.
A. urbane
B. acrid
C. bucolic
D. cosmopolitan
E. harsh
C. bucolic
In making the decision on whether to drop the atomic bomb, President Truman attempted to ______ the weapon’s ______ effects, ultimately deciding that ending World War II outweighed the harmful consequences he imagined.
A. foresee ... benevolent
B. presage ... deleterious
C. prognosticate ... healthful
D. foreshadow ... innocuous
E. refute ... noxious
C. prognosticate...healthful
Because the boy had told so many ______ tales about seeing wolves, none of the villagers believed him when he actually did see a wolf.
A. fallacious
B. verifiable
C. scrupulous
D. fictitious
E. concrete
D. fictitious
In making the decision on whether to drop the atomic bomb, President Truman attempted to ______ the weapon’s ______ effects, ultimately deciding that ending World War II outweighed the harmful consequences he imagined.
A. foresee ... benevolent
B. presage ... deleterious
C. prognosticate ... healthful
D. foreshadow ... innocuous
E. refute ... noxious
E. refute...noxious