Q1. Because he lived such a simple, spartan life, no one realized until after his death that Patrick was actually the product of an old, _____ family.
ⓐ Patrician
ⓑ Impoverished
ⓒ Unfortunate
ⓓ Estranged
ⓔ Isolated
Q2. The award recognizes Dr. Patel for her _____ work on childhood diabetes, and will fund future research projects.
ⓐ Misguided
ⓑ Alienated
ⓒ Anachronistic
ⓓ Pioneering
ⓔArbitrary
Q3. I have never felt that I had an income to adequately support my _____, but international travel has always been a dream of mine.
ⓐ Boredom
ⓑ Insularity
ⓒ Wanderlust
ⓓ Collection
ⓔ Criteria
Q4. Over the years, she was able to dupe countless men into giving her money by using her beauty and her _____ deceptions.
ⓐ Lackluster
ⓑ Artful
ⓒ Simian
ⓓ Ignominious
ⓔ Transformative
Q5. Many students who are attending college for the first time are unprepared intellectually and are placed in _____ during their freshman year.
ⓐ Cubicles
ⓑ Gentrification
ⓒ Remediation
ⓓ Arbitration
ⓔ Assignation