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The obsidian found across the Pungaere-Upokorau area in New Zealand has previously been thought to come from two distinct sites (Pungaere and Waiare), but considering that the visual characteristics and chemical composition of the obsidian in the area are so (i) _____________, there is no reason to continue regarding Waiare as (ii) _____________ source, especially in view of the fact that finds of obsidian near Waiare settlement and in the Waiare Stream are (iii) _____________.
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The writer's expression of _____________ sentiments in fluid, vigorous prose is a strange blending of the high and the low—like an opera performed by sloppily dressed, unkempt musicians.
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The bird-watchers' ________________ distinguishing personal interpretations from factual observations was a liability in their stated goal of obtaining objective information about the everyday behavior of ravens.
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In his writings on Bob Dylan, Greil Marcus is admirably _____________: he knows that not to hold Dylan to the highest possible standard is to condescend to him.
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Science is a seemingly inexhaustible source of _____________, yet paradoxically scientists have been portrayed in recent decades as rather conservative—resisting innovation in their discipline sometimes to the point of dogmatism.
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Whereas the original editor had sacrificed clarity for brevity and her successor had been too _____________, the new editor took an intermediate approach, explicit as to the purport of each document and not too ambitious in detail.
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Prose (i)________ the notion that, as a patron of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim was (ii)________; Guggenheim, Prose argues, simply had limited funds to bestow on the many artists and writers who depended on her.
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We wallow in bad news, tales of how things went wrong, but we have only the most _____________ discussions regarding how they might go right.
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As theories, quantum field theory and theory of general relatively have been astonishingly (i) _____________, in that no experiment yet has shown a crack in either of them, even though both of them (ii) _____________ wildly counterintuitive properties in physical reality. And yet even proponents note that the two theories are (iii) _____________, a fact that has disallowed theorists—at least so far—from incorporating both into a self-consistent theory of quantum gravity.
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According to the passage, which of the following details regarding the lotus-shaped ewer supports the claim of the "other authorities" about the dating of that ewer?
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Regarding the evidence collected by the Society for Psychical Research, which of the following can properly be concluded from the passage?
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People who suffer a heart attack on an airplane are at particular risk because of the relatively long time it takes to get them to a hospital. Last year Minerva Airlines trained its cabin crews in the use of on-board defibrillators to restart the heart. Since then the survival rate for passengers who suffer heart attacks on Minerva flights has increased. Even so, the training might not have contributed to this increase because ________________.
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Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
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The author suggests which of the following about motivated reasoning?
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The passage implies that its author would agree with which of the following statements about “historical fiction, biography, court memoirs, and family history"?
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Which of the following describes a difference between the author and Grundy regarding British women writers' engagement with historical discourse?
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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The author of the passage would most likely agree with which of the following statements about writers like Gibson?
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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According to the passage, which of the following is true about primate social behavior?
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