1. Supple
2. Garrulous
3. Eradicate
4. Edify
5. Homily
6. Brevity
7. Inane
8. Panache
9. Ameliorate
10. Senility
11. Frigid
12. Embezzling
Analogies:
1. Frigid: Fixed
2. Embezzling: Stealing
3. School: Fish
Issue Topic:
1. "There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and, even more
importantly, to disobey and resist unjust laws."
2. "Technologies not only influence but actually determine social customs and ethics."
Argument Topic:
1. Thirteen years ago, researchers studied a group of 25 infants who showed signs of mild distress when exposed to unfamiliar stimuli such as an unusual odor or a tape recording of an unknown voice. They discovered that these infants were more likely than other infants to have been conceived in early autumn, a time when their mothers' production of melatonin — a hormone known to affect some brain functions — would naturally increase in response to decreased daylight. In a follow-up study conducted earlier this year, more than half of these children — now teenagers — who had shown signs of distress identified themselves as shy. Clearly, increased levels of melatonin before birth cause shyness during infancy and this shyness continues into later life.
2. Typically, as people age, their bone mass decreases, making them more vulnerable to bone fractures. A recent study concludes that the most effective way to reduce the risk of fractures in later life is to take twice the recommended dose of vitamin D and
calcium daily. The three-year study followed a group of French women in their eighties who were nursing-home residents. The women were given daily supplements of twice the recommended dose of vitamin D and calcium. In addition, the women participated in a light weightlifting program. After three years, these women showed a much lower rate of hip fractures than is average for their age.
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