101. Objectively set standards can serve as a_________ for physicians, providing them ________ unjustified malpractice claims.
(A) trial.. evidence of
(B) model.. experience with
(C) criterion.. reasons for
(D) test.. questions about
(E) safeguard.. protection from
102. In spite of_________ reviews in the press, the production of her play was __________ almost certain oblivion by enthusiastic audiences whose acumen was greater than that of the critics.
(A) lukewarm.. condemned to
(B) scathing.. exposed to
(C) lackluster.. rescued from
(D) sensitive.. reduced to
(E) admiring.. insured against
103. The passions of love and pride are often found in the same individual, but having little in common, they mutually_________ , not to say destroy, each other.
(A) reinforce
(B) annihilate
(C) enhance
(D) weaken
(E) embrace
104. The necessity of establishing discrete categories for observations frequently leads to attempts to make absolute_________ when there are in reality only_________ .
(A) analyses.. hypotheses
(B) correlations.. digressions
(C) distinctions.. gradations
(D) complications.. ambiguities
(E) conjectures.. approximations
105. A unique clay disk found at the Minoan site of Phaistos is often_________as the earliest example of printing by scholars who have defended its claim to this status despite equivalent claims put forward for other printing artifacts.
(A) questioned
(B) overlooked
(C) adduced
(D) conceded
(E) dismissed
106. Punishment for violating moral rules is much more common than reward for following them; thus,_________ the rules goes almost_________ in society.
(A) association with .. undefended
(B) adherence to .. unnoticed
(C) affiliation of .. uncorrected
(D) opposition to .. unchecked
(E) ignorance of .. unresolved
107. Compassion is a great respecter of justice: we pity those who suffer_________ .
(A) shamelessly
(B) unwittingly
(C) vicariously
(D) intensively
(E) undeservedly
108. No work illustrated his disdain for a systematic approach to research better than his dissertation, which was rejected primarily because his bibliography constituted, at best,_________ survey of the major texts in his field.
(A) an unimaginative
(B) an orthodox
(C) a meticulous
(D) a comprehensive
(E) a haphazard
109. In contrast to the_________ with which the acquisition of language by young children was once regarded, the process by which such learning occurs has now become the object of_________ .
(A) intensity .. fascination
(B) incuriosity .. scrutiny
(C) anxiety .. criticism
(D) reverence .. admiration
(E) impatience .. training
110. The senator’s remark that she is ambivalent about running for a second term is ________ given the extremely_________ fund-raising activities of her campaign committee.
(A) disingenuous .. reluctant
(B) futile .. clandestine
(C) sincere .. visible
(D) persuasive .. apathetic
(E) straightforward .. energetic