A computer program can provide information in ways that force students to --- learning instead of being merely ---- of knowledge
shore up
reservoirs accede to
consumers participate in
recipients compensate for
custodians profit from
beneficiaries 2
The form and physiology of leaves vary according to the ---- in which they develop: for example, leaves display a wide range of adaptations to different degrees of light and moisture
relationship species sequence patterns environment 3
One theory about intelligence sees ---- as the logical structure underlying thinking and insists that since animals are mute, they must be ---- as well
behavior
inactive instinct
cooperative heredity
thoughtful adaptation
brutal language
mindless 4
Though ---- in her personal life, Edna St
Vincent Millay was nonetheless ---- about her work, usually producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a day
jaded
feckless verbose
ascetic vain
humble impulsive
disciplined self-assured
sanguine 5
The childrens ---- natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents
mercurial blithe phlegmatic introverted artless 6
By ---- scientific rigor with a quantitative approach, researchers in the social sciences may often have --- their scope to those narrowly circumscribed topics that are well suited to quantitative methods
undermining
diminished equating
enlarged vitiating
expanded identifying
limited imbuing
broadened 7
As early as the seventeenth century, philosophers called attention to the ---- character of the issue, and their twentieth-century counterparts still approach it with ----
absorbing
indifference unusual
composure complex
antipathy auspicious
caution problematic
uneasiness 8
TRIPOD: CAMERA:: scaffolding: ceiling prop: set easel: canvas projector: film frame: photograph 9
AQUATIC: WATER:: cumulus: clouds inorganic: elements variegated: leaves rural: soil arboreal: trees 10
EMOLLIENT: SUPPLENESS:: unguent: elasticity precipitant: absorption additive: fusion desiccant: dryness retardant: permeability 11
DRAW: DOODLE:: talk: whisper travel: ramble run: walk calculate: add eat: gobble 12
CONSPICUOUS: SEE: repulsive: forget prohibited: discount deceptive: delude impetuous: disregard transparent: understand 13
IMMATURE: DEVELOPED:: accessible: exposed theoretical: conceived tangible: identified irregular: classified incipient: realized 14
PERSPICACITY: ACUTE:: adaptability: prescient decorum: complacent caprice: whimsical discretion: literal ignorance: pedantic 15
PLAYFUL: BANTER:: animated: originality exaggerated: hyperbole insidious: effrontery pompous: irrationality taciturn: solemnity 16
QUARANTINE: CONTAGION:: blockage: obstacle strike: concession embargo: commerce vaccination: inoculation prison: reform