11. If duty is the natural----of one's ----the course of future events, then people who are powerful have duty placed on them whether they like it or not.
correlate.. understanding of
outgrowth-control over
determinant.. involvement in
mitigant.. preoccupation with
arbiter1.. responsibility for
12. By pesting2 himself of all regalities, the former king----the consideration that customarily protects monarchs3.
merited
forfeited4
debased
concealed5
extended
13. A perennial6 goal in zoology7 is to infer function from----, relating the----of an organism to its physical form and cellular8 organization.
age.. ancestry9
classification.. appearance
size.. movement
structure.. behavior
location.. habitat
14. The sociologist10 responded to the charge that her new theory was----by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.
banal11
heretical
unproven
complex
superficial
15. Industrialists12 seized economic power only after industry had----agriculture as the preeminent13 form of production; previously14 such power had ----land ownership.
sabotaged15.. threatened
overtaken.. produced
TOPpled.. culminated16 in
joined.. relied on
supplanted17.. resided in
16. Rumors18, embroidered19 with detail, live on for years, neither denied nor /confirm/ied, until they become accepted as fact even among people not known for their----.
insight
obstinacy
introspection
tolerance
credulity
17. No longer----by the belief that the world around us was expressly designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual----for that lost certainty in astrology and in mysticism.
satisfied.. reasons
sustained.. substitutes
reassured20.. justifications
hampered21.. equivalents
restricted.. parallels
18. People should not be praised for their virtue22 if they lack the energy to be----; in such cases, goodness is merely the effect of----.
depraved.. hesitation
cruel.. effortlessness
wicked.. indolence
unjust.. boredom
iniquitous23.. impiety24
19. Animals that have tasted unpalatable plants tend to----them afterward25 on the basis of their most conspicuous26 features, such as their flowers.
recognize
hoard
trample
retrieve
approach
20. As for the alleged27 value of expert opinion, one need only----government records to see----evidence of the failure of such opinions in many fields.
inspect.. questionable28
retain.. circumstantial
distribute.. possible
consult.. strong
evaluate.. problematic