(E) impervious
35. CALUMNIATE:
(A) follow
(B) familiarize
(C) rejuvenate
(D) vindicate
(E) supplant
36. CONFORM:
(A) challenge
(B) ignore
(C) be strong
(D) not hew to
(E) not vie with
37. SLOTH:
(A) intelligence
(B) secrecy
(C) neatness
(D) elegance
(E) industry
38. OSSIFY:
(A) create consensus
(B) placate critics
(C) reassemble fragments
(D) transcend conventions
(E) overlook problems
section 2
Questions 1-4
Six historians-K, L, M, N, O, and P-are each to present a paper at a one-day conference. Three papers will be presented in the morning session before the lunch break; the other three will be presented in the afternoon session, which follows the lunch break. The scheduling of presentations is subject to the following conditions:
L's presentation must immediately precede M's presentation; their presentations cannot be separated by the lunch break; N must be either the first or the last in the order of presenters.
1. If M is to be fifth in the order of presenters, then L must be
(A) first