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Strains of Prochlorococcus plankton have such (i)________ sequences at their small subunit RNA genes that they would be considered the same species by the normal criteria used by microbiologists. By contrast, the same strains exhibit such ecological (ii)________ that they would be considered (iii)________ species by normal ecological criteria.
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The quiet, careful member of a collaborative, creative pair may naturally be (i)________ by posterity in comparison with the brash, dramatic one. Braque and Picasso created Cubism together, but the mercurial Picasso is regarded as the star of the movement while Braque, because he was so much more (ii)________, has been relatively (iii)________ by history.
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Prior to fermentation, cacao seeds are not________: they begin as something like apple pits and need fermentation to develop the chocolate taste.
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In the face of competition from the Internet, television's beleaguered leaders should take heart: disruptive technologies nearly always________ new ways to profit, sometimes even for the incumbent players whose business model is being upended.
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Enlightened thinkers in late-eighteenth-century Europe broadly endorsed the concept of progress, yet theories of progress were usually________ a strong streak of pessimism, a sense of the challenges inherent in the human condition.
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The work is alive and heterodox, the kind of ambitious failure that is more________ than many finely crafted critical successes.
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The ability of the Grand Banks cod fishery to sustain intensive cod harvesting for many years gave it a reputation for________ that deceived even scientifically sophisticated observers.
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While many books have emphasized the differences between Delaney and his father—and his need to differentiate himself from his father—Delaney takes pains in this memoir to________ his closeness with his dad.
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To date, the search for signs of a planetary magnetic field from the interior of Venus has been in vain, suggesting that Venus' interior may not, as has been assumed, resemble that of Earth. However, the field may be (i)________ at times in its history, Earth's magnetic field is known to have been (ii)________.
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While several relationships fell by the wayside under the pressure of conflicting opinion, none was more affecting to the writer than her relationship with her brother. Her letters document a steady (i)________ of feeling: intense pride in him giving way to more moderate respect, trust (ii)________ as feeling of betrayal come to dominate.
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It is a common complaint that female explorers have been unfairly (i)________ in modern historical accounts. Amelia Earhart, Freya Stark, and Gertrude Bell may be (ii)_______, but only a special would recognize the names of Fanny Workman or Janet Wulsin. Whether that is a matter of (iii)________ or a fair reflection of their achievements is debatable.
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With so many scientific papers chasing so few pages in the most prestigious journals, the winners could be the ones most likely to oversell themselves---to trumpet amazing or important results that later turn out to be false. This would produce a (i)________ picture of scientific knowledge, with less (ii)________ but more (iii)________ results either relegated to obscure journals or left unpublished.
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The archives of the museum, containing a plethora of documents that shed light on Picasso's work, may, for a time, give us the illusion of total comprehension, but in the end it seems that Picasso is no more_________ than he ever was.
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Many people perceive an unearned grandiosity at work in the news business and given that perception, it should be no surprise that they have such a strong________ for the business.
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Madame Germaine de Stael, famous for her opinionated views, sometimes made enemies with her________ comments.
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The arrival of the manual describing procedures for adding content to the Web site may mark a new, more __________ phase in the site's history, and some contributors will no doubt become nostalgic for the unpredictable do-it-yourself days.
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Pueblo Bonito, the most impressive of the “great houses” at the prehistoric Chaco Canyon site in New Mexico, comprised over 600 rooms and 4 to 5 stories. Traditional interpretations have viewed the great houses as almost entirely residential, with some archaeologists estimating the population of Pueblo Bonito at 1,200. But Windes recently challenged this view by pointing out the paucity of hearths recorded during the excavation of Pueblo Bonito, which revealed only 3 upper-story hearths, in contrast to 59 ground-floor hearths: habituation rooms would have required hearths for cooking and heat.
It is possible, however, that the collapse of upper-story floors disturbed evidence of upper-story hearths to such an extent that they were not revealed by early excavations such as those conducted by Pepper's field crews in the 1890s and Judd's in the 1920s. Additionally, reliance on room features for early population estimates is complicated by the Chacoan's later remodeling, especially given Judd's disinclination to destroy later structures and features to expose earlier ones. The failure of early excavations to strip off intact floors may have concealed evidence of hearths in upper-story rooms.
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The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about Windes' argument?
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It can be inferred from the passage that Windes would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about room usage in Pueblo Bonito?
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According to the passage, archaeologists have traditionally believed which of the following about the great houses of Chaco Canyon?
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