FIB Practice Set 22

Question 1: Eric was frustrated because, although he was adept at making lies sound ___, when telling the truth, he ___the power to make himself believed.

	plausible..Jacked
	convincing..held
	honest..found
	true..acquired
	logical..claimed

Question 2: In certain forms of discourse such as the parable, the central point of a message can be effectively commu¬nicated even though this point is not ____.

	preferred
	explicit
	inferable
	discerned
	illustrated

Question 3: Always circumspect, she was reluctant to make judg¬ments, but once arriving at a conclusion, she was ____in its defense.

	nonplussed
	obsequious
	intransigent
	deferential
	negligent

Question 4: The techniques now available to livestock breeders will continue to be ____, but will probably be ____ by new ones under development.

	fruitful..reversed
	refined..upgraded
	inconvenient..reassessed
	used..supplemented
	harmless..improved

Question 5: Any population increase beyond a certain level necessitates greater _____ vegetable foods; thus, the ability of a society to choose meat over cereals always arises, in part, from ____ the number of people.