ADMISSION-Sentence Completion - Test of Essential Academic Skills - Sentence Completion Set 1

The historian's assertion that there is a of verifiable information about nineteenth-century Native Americans is _______, for there exist many transcripts of authentic oral accounts of their activities.

This book has neither merit nor distinction, and it all but_______whatever prestige the author may once have had.

Far from exercising a counter influence to intellectual orthodoxy, the movement itself has become a center of

People, being prisoner's of_______, have made failing a basic metaphor for failure, from the fall of the stock market to the fall of government.

The movie avoids many of the_______ novel, bringing into sharper focus characters that originally were amiable or disagreeable

Even the most insulated and_______government has to be concerned today about the popular mind; some systems may be less_______than others, but at some point all must pay attention.

Explanations given to the patient by the anesthetist prior to surgery often______ anxiety and_______the need for analgesics.

The jellyfish's show pulsing action people it in a graceful, seemingly_______drift, but its tentacles contain poison potent enough to stun a swimming human.

The production's slight romantic appeal depends on its two stars, who are_____ to watch oven when they are delivering speeches.

The murderous capriciousness of Nero infused the Roman Empire with such pervasive_______that not even the most citizens felt safe.