FIB Practice Set 59
Question 1: While-Parker is very outspoken on issues she cares about, she is not _____; she concedes the _____ of opposing arguments when they expose weaknesses inherent in her own.| fickle..validity | |
| arrogant..restraint | |
| fanatical ..strength | |
| congenial. -incompatibility | |
| unyielding..speciousness |
Question 2: Hampshire's assertions, far from showing that we can _____ the ancient puzzles about objectivity, reveal the issue to be even more _____ than we had thought.
| adapt ..pressing | |
| dismiss..relevant | |
| rediscover..unconventional | |
| admire..elusive | |
| appreciate..interesting |
Question 3: Usually the first to spot data that were inconsistent with-other findings; in-this particular experiment she let a number of _____ results slip by.
| inaccurate | |
| verifiable | |
| redundant | |
| salient | |
| anomalous |
Question 4: There is perhaps some truth in that waggish old definition of a scholar _____a siren that calls attention to a fog without doing anything to _____ it.
| describe | |
| cause | |
| analyze | |
| dispel | |
| thicken |
Question 5: Cryogenic-energy-storage has the advantage of being suitable in any _____ regardless of geography or geology, factors that may _____ both underground gas storage and pumped hydroelectric storage.
| location..limit | |
| climate..deter | |
| site..forebode | |
| proportion..typify | |
| surface..hamper |
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