6. Belying his earlier reputation for —— as a negotiator, Morgan had recently assumed a more —— stance for which many of his erstwhile critics praised him.
(A) intransigence…… conciliatory
(B) impropriety…… intolerant
(C) inflexibility…… unreasonable
(D) success…… authoritative
(E) incompetence…… combative
7. Although Irish literature continued to flourish after the sixteenth century, a —— tradition is ——in the visual arts: we think about Irish culture in terms of the word, not in terms of pictorial images.
(A) rich…… superfluous
(B) lively…… found
(C) comparable…… absent
(D) forgotten…… apparent
(E) lost…… extant
8. SILVER: TARNISH::
(A) gold: burnish
(B) steel: forge
(C) iron: rust
(D) lead: cast
(E) tin: shear
9. DISLIKE: LOATHING::
(A) appreciation: gratification
(B) hunger: appetite
(C) void: dearth
(D) pleasure: bliss
(E) pain: ache
10. CRAVEN: HEROIC::
(A) unruly: energetic
(B) listless: attractive
(C) volatile: constant
(D) deft: trifling
(E) awkward: amusing