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60. Automation threatens mankind with an increased 67. I grew more and more aware of Iago’s ________
number of ________ hours. purpose as I watched him plant the seeds of suspicion
(A) meagre in Othello’s mind.
(B) useless (A) noble
( C) active (B) meritorious
(D) complex ( C) foul
(E) idle (D) insincere
(E) hypocritical
61. I was very bored with the verbose and redundant style of
that writer and welcomed te change to the ________ 68. Her reaction to his proposal was ________ , she
style of this author. rejected it ________
(A) prolix (A) inevitable - vehemently
(B) consistent (B) subtle - violently
( C) terse ( C) clever - obtusely
(D) logistical (D) sympathetic - angrily
(E) tacit.
(E) garrulous - tersely
62. Such doltish behaviour was not expected from so
69. ________ is the mark of the ________
________ an individual
(A) exasperating (A) timorousness - hero
(B) astute (B) thrift - impoverished
( C) cowardly ( C) avarice - philanthropist
(D) enigmatic (D) trepidition - coward
(E) domocratic (E) vanity - obsequious

63. Disturbed by the ________ nature of the plays being 70. If you carry this ________ attitude to the conference,
presented, the Puritans closed the theatres in 1642. you will ________ any supporters you may have at
(A) mediocre this moment.
(B) fantastic (A) belligerent - delight
( C) moribund (B) truculent - alienate
(D) salacious
( C) conciliatory - defer
(E) witty
(D) supercilious - attract
(E) ubiquitous - alienate
64. John left his position with the company because he felt
that advancement was based on ________ rather than 71. It hurt my pride to be forced to ________ a person who
on ability. always insulted me. Nevertheless, I tried to ________
(A) chance him.
(B) seniority (A) rebuke - condign
( C) nepotism
(D) superciliousness (B) respect - avenge
(E) maturation ( C) propitiate - conciliate
(D) repudiate - evaluate
65. He became quite overbearing and domineering once he (E) intimidate - redeem
had become accustomed to the ________ shown to
72. Because ________ is such an unsightly disease, its
soldiers by the natives; he enjoyed his new sense of
power. victims have frequently been shunned.
(A) ability (A) leprosy
(B) domesticity (B) cancer
( C) deference ( C) halitosis
(D) culpability (D) poverty
(E) insolence (E) tuberculosis
73. I am not attracted by the ________ life of the
66. Epicureans live for the ________ of their senses.
(A) mortification ________ always wandering through the countryside,
(B) removal begging for charity.
( C) gratification (A) proud - almsgiver (B) noble - philanthropic
(D) lassitude ( C) urban - hobo (D) natural - philosopher
(E) gravity (E) peripatetic - vagabond
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