General Practice Problems Incorrect Flashcards
Popular history attributes the globe model of the Earth to discoveries made on Christopher Columbus’ first transatlantic voyage, but this account is (i) ______________, inaccurately characterizing the impact this voyage had. In fact, astronomical texts from the period show that the globe model was already widely (ii) ______________, including by Columbus’ crew themselves.
Input 1: apocryphal, incomplete, unassailable
Input 2: debunked, criticized, apprehended
Input 1: apocryphal
Input 2: apprehended
The judge’s closing remarks were nothing if not _____ ; not only did he belabor his every point, but he underscored each utterance with the pounding of the gavel.
Choose 2: brash forthright thorough candid audacious exhaustive
thorough, exhaustive
Lauded for her (i) ______________ writing, Renvoir remarked that her admirers would likely reverse their opinions were they to witness only the early drafts of her manuscripts, which consisted of a slew of (ii) ______________ sentences struggling to present a truly coherent point.
Input 1: expressive, pithy, imaginative
Input 2: meandering, pedantic, succinct
Input 1: pithy
Input 2: meandering
Unlike many poets, who are inspired by ____ settings, Harrison relied on urban backdrops to summon his muse.
Choose 2: unpopulated pastoral typical unknown rustic sentimental
Answer: pastoral, rustic
“Clausewitz’s Fog” refers to the disorientation soldiers feel regarding the ______________ of their situation: the volatility and unpredictability inherent to risking one’s life in combat.
Choose 2: precariousness mortality uncertainty morbidity contentiousness tragedy
uncertainty, precariousness
To the ______________, the music of Bach, at once intensely personal because of the simplicity of its melodies and inaccessible because of contrapuntal complexity, can seem the product of two distinct composers.
Choose 2: inspired narrow-minded uninitiated unschooled enlightened precipitate
uninitiated, unschooled
Sprawling and unfocused, the novel unwittingly ends up ________ the life of its chief protagonist, who was equal measures capricious and insatiable.
Choose: capturing diminishing mirroring celebrating tarnishing
mirroring
The skirmish between the two beleaguered armies occurred _______ with each side taking much needed rest during the respites.
Choose 2: retroactively spasmodically invasively incessantly spuriously irregularly
spasmodically, irregularly
Despite protestations to the contrary, Peyermessen had clearly ____________ complete sections of text from works that, while ____________, were not unknown to specialists in the field, who accused him of plagiarism.
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With numerous exciting public works projects in the offing, residents are understandably (i) ____________ ; yet because such prodigious undertakings are inevitably plagued with numerous setbacks, much of the fervor is likely to be (ii) ____________ a heavy dose of reality
Input 1: vexed, concerned, agog
Input 2: tempered with, intensified by, precluded by
Input 1: agog
Input 2: tempered with
vexed
Annoyed; harassed; troubled.
agog
In a state of eager desire; highly excited by eagerness or curiosity; astir.
Recent meteorological conditions in areas of the northeastern part of the country have been so ____________ as to leave scientists ____________. Even those models scientists developed to ____________ these extreme outliers have been found wanting.
Input 1: predictable, aberrant, taxing
Input 2: indifferent, dumbfounded, crestfallen
Input 3: accommodate, circumscribe, discount
Input 1: aberrant
Input 2: dumbfounded
Input 3: accommodate
unbidden
Not bidden; not commanded; hence, spontaneous.
Uninvited; not requested to attend.
adjective – not invited, requested or asked for
Aghast
Struck with amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror. See agast, v. t.
Synonyms Horrified, dismayed, confounded, astounded, dumfounded, thunderstruck.
adjective – Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
transitive verb – See agast, v. t.
adjective – Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
adjective – struck with fear, dread, or consternation
