多选题By divesting himself of all regalities, the former king ______ the
consideration that customarily protects monarchs.
A. merited
B. forfeited
C. debased
D. concealed
E. extended
多选题The employer blamed the staff member"s lack of productivity on ______ rather than incompetence, claiming that the man knew how to do his job but was too lazy to apply himself.
多选题His conduct at the state dinner was a cavalcade of blunders, one ______ following another until the evening ended.
多选题Fanatically committed to one political cause U Anderson was a ______，maintaining an exclusively ______ outlook.
多选题The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel
Brown were ______ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but
also because they called the ______ methodology into question.
A. provocative
B. predictable
C. intriguing
D. startling
E. projected
F. prevailing
多选题To keep their negotiations ______, the leaders of rival groups in the country arranged meetings that were ______.
多选题The conclusion of such a vast and complex book should have contained a ______ of the author"s ideas to ______ the general remarks he made in the introduction.
多选题The guest speaker on Oprah Winfrey" talk show offended the audience by first ______ them and then refusing to moderate these ______ remarks.
多选题The scientist warned that global warming might ______ a dangerous ______ of some mosquito-borne disease, resulting in an increasing number of epidemics around the world.
多选题Celia Tomlinson personifies ______: she overcame poverty, language barriers, and discriminations to found, own, and operate her own engineering company.
多选题Galloping technological progress has made consumers ______: advances undreamed of a generation ago are so common that they seem humdrum.
多选题Steve tempers his ______ with ______: despite his intense desire to succeed, he remains sensitive to the feelings of others.
多选题The novel
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is
actually a series of ______; these sketches recount the experiences of four sisters from the Dominican Republic after they immigrate to the United States.
多选题Essentially a blues artist, Robert Cray plays music influenced by progressive rock, yet he remains ______ the blues tradition.
多选题But it is not only group expectations that {{B}}color{{/B}} what we see;
personality and mood fluctuation can also alter our perceptions.
In the context in which it appears, "color" most nearly means
A. modify.
B. brighten.
C. disguise.
D. excuse.
E. adorn.
多选题Ms. Nunez was ______, remaining assured and self-controlled even in the most volatile of situations.
多选题K"ang-hsi, emperor of China from 1661 to 1722, expressed his private thoughts with a ______, rarely found in the usually ______ rulers of great empires.
多选题Whether substances are medicines or poisons often depends on dosage, for substances that are ______ in small doses can be ______ in large.
多选题Physical exercise often has a(n) ______ effect, releasing emotional tension and refreshing the spirit.
多选题Some scientists speculate that a small pterosaur of the Jurassic period known as Sordes pilosus had ______ wings that were thin, pliable, and somewhat transparent.