1. Unlike a judge, who must act alone, a jury discusses a case and then reaches its decision as a group, thus minimizing the effect of ---bias. (A) legal (B) professional (C) individual (D) unexpected (E) unarticulated 2. One reason why pertinent fossils are ---is that crucial stages of evolution occurred in the tropics where it is difficult to explore for fossils, and so their discovery has ----. (A) unique... resulted (B) unconcealable.. declined (C) uncommon.. lagged (D) recent.. resumed (E) prominent .. failed 3. The harmonious accommodation reached by the warring factions exemplifies the axiom that --is possible among people of goodwill, even when they have previously held quite ---perspectives. (A) candor.. indistinguishable (B) tension.. congenial (C) agreement.. unequivocal (D) compromise.. antagonistic (E) coexistence.. fixed 4. The prime minister tried to act but the plans were ---by her cabinet. (A) frustrated (B) discussed (C) embellished (D) overlooked (E) unleashed 5. Amid the collapsing or out-of-control mechanical devices, the belching volcano had a disturbingly---quality, like a character who has stumbled onstage by mistake. (A) anomalous (B) overwrought (C) obdurate (D) ephemeral (E) derelict 6. It is an error to regard the imagination as a mainly ---force. if it destroys and alters, it also---hitherto isolated beliefs, insights, and mental habits into strongly unified systems. (A) visionary.. conjures (B) beneficial.. converts (C) revolutionary.. fuses (D) negative.. shunts (E) synthetic.. integrates 7. The semantic ---of ancient documents is not unique. even in our own time, many documents are difficult to decipher. (A) aspect (B) pattern (C) opacity (D) intention (E) erudition 8. SCYTHE: REAPER:: (A) pipe: plumber (B) crop: farmer (C) grease: mechanic (D) game: hunter (E) axe: woodcutter 9. DISCOMBOBULATED: ORDER:: (A) political.. anarchy (B) promiscuous: chaos (C) rumpled: wrinkle (D) strategic: logic (E) erratic: consistency 10. FERVOR: ZEALOT:: (A) anger: critic (B) wisdom: convert (C) doubt: skeptic (D) caution: philosopher (E) fearlessness: investor