(A) belligerent.. fallibility
(B) serious.. propriety
(C) insolent.. sociability
(D) deliberate.. affectation
(E) trivial.. decorum
6. Plants store a ---- of water in their leaves, stems, or understock to provide themselves with a form of ---- that will carry them through the inevitable drought they must suffer in the wild.
(A) supply.. tolerance
(B) hoard.. insurance
(C) reservoir.. accommodation
(D) provision.. restoration
(E) contribution.. support
7. Although ---- in her own responses to the plays she reviewed, the theatre critic was, paradoxically, ---- those who would deny that a reviewer must have a single method of interpretation.
(A) dogmatic.. impatient with
(B) eclectic.. suspicious of
(C) partisan.. hostile toward
(D) capricious.. intrigued by
(E) indulgent.. indebted by
8. ANESTHETIC: NUMBNESS::
(A) meditation: happiness
(B) antibiotic: illness
(C) food: hunger
(D) fear: alertness
(E) intoxicant: drunkenness
9. DRUMMER: MUSICIAN:
(A) tragedian: actor
(B) prop: stage
(C) comedienne: audience
(D) camera: movie
(E) hero: drama