GRE Text Completion
Although economists have traditionally considered the district to be solely an agricultural one, the ________ of the inhabitants’ occupations makes such a classification obsolete.
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The author of this book ________ overlooks or minimizes some of the problems and shortcomings in otherwise highly successful foreign industries in order to _______ the points on which they excel and on which we might try to emulate them.
#2
Crosby’s colleagues have never learned, at least not in time to avoid embarrassing themselves, that her occasional ________ air of befuddlement ________ a display of her formidable intelligence.
#3
To ensure the development and exploitation of a new technology, there must be a constant ________ of several nevertheless distinct activities.
#4
Some customs travel well; often, however, behavior that is considered the epitome of ________ at home is perceived as impossibly rude or, at the least, harmlessly bizarre abroad.
#5
The ________ of the early Greek philosophers’ attempts to explain the operations of the cosmos led certain later thinkers to inquire into the ________of human reason.
#6
Ever prey to vagrant impulses that impelled him to ________ his talents on a host of unworthy projects, his very ________ nonetheless enhanced his reputation, for the sheer energy of his extravagance dazzled observers.
