GRE Text Completion
In the British theater young people under thirty-five have not had much ________ getting recognition onstage, but offstage—in the ranks of playwrights, directors, designers, administrators—they have mostly been relegated to relative obscurity.
#1
An institution concerned about its reputation is at the mercy of the actions of its members; because the misdeeds of individuals are often used to ________ the institutions of which they are a part.
#2
Since many casual smokers develop lung cancer and many ________ smokers do not, scientists believe that individuals differ in their ________ the cancer-causing agents known to be present in cigarette smoke.
#3
We accepted the theory that as people become more independent of one another, they begin to feel so isolated and lonely that freedom becomes ________ condition that most will seek to ________.
#4
If animal parents were judged by human standards, the cuckoo would be one of nature’s more ________ creatures, blithely laying its eggs in the nests of other birds, and leaving the incubating and nurturing to them.
#5
The current penchant for ________ a product by denigrating a rival, named in the advertisement by brand name, seems somewhat ________: suppose the consumer remembers only the rival’s name?
#6
His imperturbability in the face of evidence indicating his deliberate fraud failed to reassure supporters of his essential ________; instead, it suggested a talent for ________ that they had never suspected.
