Nama: Dheka Lesmana Putra

NIM : A320170016
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1. Although caterpillars and spiders belong to

distinctly different classes of arthropods and
come to produce silk quite independently, the
silks they produce have remarkably _______
compositions.
(A) delicate
(B) diaphanous
(C) mutable
(D) similar
(E) durable

2. Concrete actually is _______, like a sponge—it

can absorb up to 10 percent of its weight in water.
(A) delicate
(B) elastic
(C) porous
(D) ubiquitous
(E) washable

3. Justice Harry Blackmun’s retirement, while

unlikely to bring about a drastic change in the
Supreme Court, will remove a distinctly ____
voice from the Court’s often featureless mix.
(A) bland
(B) personal
(C) moderate
(D) neutral
(E) derivative

4. Throughout Passage 1, the writing of

Fitzgerald is characterized as
(A) egotistical
(B) immature
(C) phony
(D) optimistic
(E) deceptively easy to read

5. The author of Passage 2 relates the anecdote of

the old woman and the diamond in order to
(A) disturb Fitzgerald’s readers
(B) belittle Fitzgerald as a writer
(C) clarify a mistaken view of Fitzgerald
(D) suggest that Fitzgerald is preoccupied with
wealth
(E) explain an aspect of Fitzgerald’s personality

6. According to both Passage 1 and Passage 2, a

major flaw of This Side of Paradise is its
(A) one-dimensional characters
(B) long-winded descriptions
(C) moralizing
(D) excessive wordiness
(E) lack of artistic focus

7. This Side of Paradise is called “illiterate” (line

120) because it
(A) is incoherent
(B) uses slang
(C) lacks substance
(D) contains many errors
(E) is trite

8. The author of Passage 1 believes that

Fitzgerald’s reputation as a writer rests on
(A) his original use of words
(B) his compelling narratives
(C) the suspensefulness of his plots
(D) his use of irony
(E) using bits and pieces to create coherent
Stories

9. In many primate troops, the social hierarchy

consists of
(A) females only
(B) males only
(C) males of all ages
(D) females of all ages
(E) both males and females of all ages

10. By hoping that people could read his books

“blind like Braille” (lines 34 and 35),
Fitzgerald meant that his writing was
(A) vivid and sensual
(B) deep and full of meaning
(C) sophisticated and subtle
(D) plain and direct
(E) truthful and innocent
Thesaurus
10 SYNONYMS
Durable strong
Hardworking Diligent

Ubiquitous Everywhere
Honest Honorable

Introverted Shy, Bashful, Withdrawn

Kind Thoughtful

Ambition Dream
Effort Attempt
Lazy Idle
Mean Unfriendly

Combine Mix
Rehearse Practice
Delicate Soft
Rich Wealth

Produce Create
Regard Consider
10 ANTONYMS
Arrival Departure
Sane Crazy
Lucky Unfortunate
Attach Detach
Attention Ignore
Worried calm

Brilliant stupid
Cool Hot
Wet Dry
Claim Denial
Debt Credit
Big Small
Washable Ironed
Rich poor

Profit Unify
Simple challenging
6. The battle finally became a …… neither side could win.
a. truce
b. stalemate
c. fiasco
d. rout
e. debacle
7. With her tarot cards she made a (n) ….. Prediction, but it was so veiled in secrecy and
illicit that I couldn’t fathom it.
a. illicit
b. sibylline
c. aquiline
d. asinine
e. bovine
8. No one knows more about the special program than she does; she has been its director
since it’s…..
a. operation
b. inception
c. culmination
d. fulfillment
e. disbandment
9. He was ….. As an administrator, forever arguing with the staff.
a. unkind
b. contentious
c. restive
d. restless
e. accepted
10. The desire for peace should not be equated with ….. For ….. Peace can be maintained
only by brave people.
a. intelligence … ignoble
b. bravery … stable
c. cowardice … lasting
d. pacification … transitory
e. neutrality … apathetic
SYNONYMS
Truce Peace

Finally Ultimately

Stalemate Move

Battle Action

Debacle Collapse

Route Comedown

Prediction Cast

Illicit criminal

Mystery Darkness

Secrecy Confidence

Fathom Appreciate

Sibylline Fatidic

Aquiline Prominent

Asinine Foolish

Bovine Oxen

Operation Activity

Inception Birth

Culmination Finish

Fulfillment Defeat

Disbandment Refugee flow

Antonyms
Forever Never

Program Neglect

Staff Spear side

Veiled Distinct

Secrecy Honesty

Unkind Friendly

Contentious Calm

Restive Patient

Restless Nervous

Accepted Reject

Desire Hate

Peace Fighting

Equated Unlike

Brave Afraid

Intelligence ignorance

Ignoble Honorable

Stable shaky

Cowardice Courage

Lasting Caduceus

Transitory Permanent
11. Short stories, in Hemingway’s phrase, have
plots that show only “the tip of the iceberg”;
such stories _______ a _______ shape below
but do not describe that shape in detail.
(A) cover up...distinctive
(B) hint at...bulkier
(C) depart from...nebulous
(D) thaw out...colder
(E) revolve around...grimmer

12. The title Rage of a Privileged Class seems

________, for such a privileged group would
seem on the surface to have no _________
sustained anger with anyone.
(A) incongruous...time for
(B) paradoxical...reason for
(C) ambiguous...familiarity with
(D) ironic...indifference to
(E) witty...capacity for

13. Darwin’s ideas, which viewed nature as the

result of cumulative, _________ change, triumphed
over the older, catastrophist theories,
which _________ that mountains and species
were created by a few sudden and dramatic
events.
(A) gradual...maintained
(B) drastic...anticipated
(C) regular...denied
(D) frequent...disproved
(E) abrupt...insinuated

Questions 14 and 15 are based on the following

passage.
How did the term “spam” come to mean
unsolicited commercial e-mail? Flash back to
1937, when Hormel Foods creates a new
canned spiced ham, SPAM. Then, in World
War II, SPAM luncheon meat becomes a
staple of soldiers’ diets (often GIs ate SPAM
two or three times a day). Next, SPAM’s
wartime omnipresence perhaps inspired the
1987 Monty Python skit in which a breakfastseeking
couple unsuccessfully tries to order a
SPAM-free meal while a chorus of Vikings
drowns them out, singing “Spam, spam, spam,
spam . . . .” To computer users drowning in
junk e-mail, the analogy was obvious.
“Spam,” they said, “it’s spam.”
14. The tone of the passage can best be characterized
as
(A) nostalgic
(B) sardonic
(C) detached
(D) chatty
(E) didactic

15. The parenthetic remark in lines 6 and 7

(“often . . . day”) serves primarily to
(A) establish the soldiers’ fondness for SPAM
(B) provide evidence of SPAM’s abundance
(C) refute criticisms of wartime food shortages
(D) illustrate the need for dietary supplements
(E) point out the difference between military
and civilian diets

SYNONYM

NO Name Synonym

1. Evacuate Move

2. Graduation Commencement

3. confess Admit

4. Affront Insult

5. Adulterate Corrupt

6. Attach Fasten

7. Offer Volunteer

8. Operate Handle

9. Manipulate Accounts
 10. Application Practice

ANTONYM

No Name Antonym

1. Codemn Praise

2. Conquer Fail

3. Crooked Straight

4. Discourage Encourage

5. Extinguish Ignite

6. Exhibit Conceal

7. Contract Expand

8. Depart Arrive

9. Destroy Create

10. Exciting Dull

11. Open Close

12. Antique Modern

Encyclopedia
The Renaissance (UK: /rɪˈneɪsəns/, US: /rɛnəˈsɑːns/)[1] is a period in European
history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries. It is an
extension of the Middle Ages,[2] and is bridged by the Age of Enlightenment to
modern history. It grew in fragments, with the very first traces found
seemingly in Italy, coming to cover much of Europe, for some scholars marking
the beginning of the modern age.

The intellectual basis of the Renaissance was its own invented version of
humanism, derived from the concept of Roman Humanitas and the rediscovery
of classical Greek philosophy, such as that of Protagoras, who said that "Man is
the measure of all things." This new thinking became manifest in art,
architecture, politics, science and literature. Early examples were the
development of perspective in oil painting and the recycled knowledge of how
to make concrete. Although the invention of metal movable type sped the
dissemination of ideas from the later 15th century, the changes of the
Renaissance were not uniformly experienced across Europe: the very first
traces appear in Italy as early as the late 13th century, in particular with the
writings of Dante and the paintings of Giotto.
 16. Excavation is, in essence, an act of _________:

to clear a site down to the lowest level means

that all the upper levels are completely

obliterated.

(A) exploration

(B) destruction

(C) validation

(D) malice

(E) spontaneity

17. Hummingbirds use spider silk to strengthen

nest walls to better _______ the weight and

pressure of wriggling hatchlings.

(A) withstand

(B) discern

(C) expose

(D) transmute

(E) induce

18. A map purporting to show that Vikings charted

North America long before Columbus, ____ as

a fraud in 1974, could turn out to be ____ after

all, according to California scientists.

(A) honored...questionable

(B) condemned...superficial
(C) branded...genuine

(D) labeled...fragmentary

(E) dismissed...extant

19. Although the poet Stevie Smith had a childhood

that was far from ____, she always

envied children, believing they alone had the

ideal life.

(A) idyllic

(B) envious

(C) indifferent

(D) dubious

(E) neutral

20. A prudent, thrifty New Englander, DeWitt was

naturally ____ of investing money in junk

bonds, which he looked on as ____ ventures.

(A) enamored...worthless

(B) terrified...sound

(C) chary...risky

(D) tired...profitable

(E) cognizant...provincial
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