1. A


Because the African American stalwarts were involved with one another, an essay dealing with one of them inevitably will also mention the others of them. In other words, there is bound to be some overlapping in these essays. The word interrelationships (which means connection or dependency) is the key word that implies there will be overlap.

B,C,D,E-- There may be some "inaccuracy," "pompasity," "exaggeration," and "objectivity" in the essay but none of these addresses the interrelationships.

2. B

A) Reprove - this is close to being right, but Arthur wants to do more than censure or beat back the claims of businessmen.B) - Arthur would want to debunk(to show a claim as fake) the claims of businessmen.


3. D


Worthless is the best choice to describe the report full of errors. "Erroneous" is the key word in the sentence.

A,B,E --Fillers
C) Commendable - opposite meaning then what is needed.

4. C


Pretending not to notice nearby celebrities is acting in a non-chalant (casually indifferent) manner.-- one would be expected to be excited around celebrities but casual around everyday people.

D)- a filler.
A,E) - the boy would not act happy or out of the ordinary.
B) - he would not act sad.

5. A


Offices that are now across the street have been relocated (moved). As a result the directory is obsolete (out of date)

D) "Transferred" is grammatically correct but its useage is akward and "dismantled" makes no sense in the second blank.
B)&C) Second words makes no sense.

6. B


Derelict used as an adjective means "empty" or "abandoned".

A) Packing - this is a possibillity for being right, but derelict is clearly better.

7. D


The writer was of the opinion that a few things in her life were too private (intimate) to be revealed to the reader.

A) Intriguing events would sell books and thus the writer would reveal them.
C,E) Rudimentary and frivilous - she may not want to reveal those for fear of boring the reader but "private" is the best choice.

8. A


Constant disregard for books by readers has led the author to devote his attention to painting.

B) Indisposition would be gramatically correct, but it is an akward use of the word. Disregaurd is clearly better.
C) Imagination has the opposite meaning of what is needed to complete the sentence.

9. C


To be able to give its customers full assurance, the bank is negotiating (working out) with Internet security for a reliable system.

E) Accessible has the opposite meaning than what is needed.

10. C


One wears turban around one’s head; one wears muffler around one’s neck.

All other answer choices don't make sense when one applies the relation between the head words to each in A,B,D & E.

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