1. Reticent
2. Desultory
3. Bestow
4. Entice
5. Adamant
6. Gullible
7. Maverick
8. Trifle
9. Disgruntled
10. Doggerel
11. Camouflage
12. Sonnet
13. Forthright
14. Vivid
15. Ingratiate
Analogies:
1. Vivid: Inspiration
2. Flattery: Ingratiate
Issue Topic:
1.People's attitudes are determined more by their immediate situation or surroundings than by any internal characteristic.
2.Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
Argument Topic:
1. From a letter to the editor of a city newspaper.
"Butter has now been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. Only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who still ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers cannot distinguish margarine from butter, or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine. Thus, to avoid the expense of purchasing butter, the Happy Pancake House should extend this cost-saving change to its restaurants in the southeast and northeast as well."
2. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"The members of the town school board should not be reelected because they are not concerned about promoting high-quality education in the arts in our local schools. For example, student participation in the high school drama club has been declining steadily, and this year the school board refused to renew the contract of the drama director, even though he had received many awards for his original plays. Meanwhile, over $300,000 of the high school budget goes to athletic programs, and the head football coach is now the highest-paid member of the teaching staff."
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