【答案解析】The opposite of fledgling or untried is experienced. The image is of a young bird just capable of leaving the nest.
Think of "fledgling pilots trying their wings."
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EQUANIMITY:
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】The opposite of equanimity (emotional balance or composure) is agitation.
Word Parts Clue: Equ-means even. Animmeans mind or spirit. Equanimity is an even-ness of mind; composure.
Think of "something shattering one's equanimity."
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ANATHEMATIZE:
【正确答案】
E
【答案解析】The opposite of to anathematize or curse is to bless.
Think of "anathematizing one's foes."
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INOCULATION : IMMUNITY ::
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】Inoculation (introduction of a serum or vaccine into a living creature) results in immunity. Exposure to the elements results in weathering.
(Cause and Effect)
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CALLOW : MATURITY ::
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】Someone callow is immature and will not reach full development till maturity. Something incipient is beginning to become apparent and will not reach full development till fruition.
(Antonym Variant)
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Although he did not consider himself______ he felt that the inconsistencies in her story ______ a certain degree of incredulity on his part.
【正确答案】
E
【答案解析】Inconsistencies in a story would warrant or justify disbelief or incredulity on anyone's part, whether or not he considered himself a skeptic (doubter).
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Among contemporary writers of fiction, Virginia Woolf is ______ figure, in some ways as radical as James Joyce, in others no more modern than Jane Austen.
【正确答案】
E
【答案解析】If Virginia Woolf combines both radical and nonradical elements in her fictions, then she presents an anomalous or contradictory image.