Sentence Completion Set 3

Carson presents her case so strongly and logically that only the prejudiced or the ------- will attempt to ------- her.

• impartial

• doubtful

• gullible

• obstinate

• irrational

Over the years the anthropologist's opinions had -------: he refused to tolerate new ideas and nothing could change his mind.

• digressed

• proliferated

• ossified

• germinated

• incubated

As the first ------- of the political campaign, the senator unleashed a spirited verbal attack on her leading opponent.

• salvo

• encore

• palliative

• concession

• demurral

Although visitors initially may find touring the city by subway to be -------, they are pleased to discover that subways are an inexpensive and ------- way to get around.

• wasteful

• daunting

• extravagant

• convenient

• enjoyable

One critic asserts that modern urban architecture causes sensory deprivation because it fails to provide visual and tactile -------.

• latency

• stimulation

• complacence

• confusion

• extension

Because little rain falls in the district during summer, municipalities are necessarily ------- to ------- water from winter storms.

• ready

• reluctant

• free

• careful

• unwilling

Toni Cade Bambara's novels are engrossing because the protagonists, in striving to achieve goals, are not simply ------- characters.

• passive

• tangible

• abandoned

• autonomous

• redundant

Once his integrity had been -------, the mayoral candidate was quick both to ------- these attacks and to issue counterattacks.

• debunked

• restored

• revoked

• impugned

• vitiated

New data measuring the ------- of land beneath the oceans permit accurate generalizations about the topography of the seafloor.

• models

• contours

• remnants

• populations

• pigments

Excessive secrecy tends to ------- excessive curiosity and thus serves to ------- the very impulses against which it guards.

• inhibit

• disguise

• satisfy

• compel

• invite