1. Because they had expected the spacecraftVoyager 2 to be able to gather data
only about the planets Jupiter and Saturn,scientists were _____the wealth of
information it sent back from Neptune yearsafter leaving Earth.
2. The well-trained engineer must understandfields as diverse as physics,
economics, geology, and sociology; thus, anoverly _____ engineering
curriculum should be avoided
3. Only by ignoring decades of mismanagementand inefficiency could investors
conclude that a fresh infusion of cash wouldprovide anything more than a _____
solution to the company’s financial woes.
4. Dominant interests often benefit most from_____of governmentalinterference in business, since they are ableto take care of themselves if left
5. Always circumspect, she reluctant to makejudgments, but once arriving at a
conclusion, she was _____ in its defense.
6. It was her view that the country’sproblems had been _____ by foreign
technocrats, so that to invite them to comeback would be counterproductive.
7. Because they have been so dazzled by thecalendars and the knowledge of
astronomy possessed by the Mayancivilization, some anthropologists have
_____ achievements like the sophisticatedcarved calendar sticks of the
8. Regardless of what______theories ofpolitics may propound, there is nothingthat requires daily politics to be clear,thorough, and consistent—nothing, that is,
that requires reality to conform to theory.
9. TheEnglish novelist William Thackeray considered the cult of the criminal so
dangerous that he criticized Dickens’Oliver Twist for making the characters in
the thieves’ kitchen so______.
10. Although normally _____, Alison felt sostrongly about the issue that she put
aside her reserve and spoke up at thecommittee meeting.
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