1. A ____ child, she was soon bored in class; she already knew more mathematics than her junior school teachers.
A. obdurate
B. querulous
C. precocious
D. recalcitrant
E. contemporary
2. Stuart reveled in ____; he would never seek ____ until all possibilities for debate had been exhausted.
A. altercation - clarification
B. polemics - conciliation
C. ambiguities - consolation
D. asceticism - indulgence
E. digressions - direction
3. Turner claimed to paint what he saw; yet no painter ever departed further from close ____ or took more ____ with subjects.
A. imitation - liberties
B. observation - care
C. definition - vagaries
D. imagination - pains
E. resemblance - trouble