Sentence Completion - 5 (Hard Level)

Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, does not try to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. Instead it tries to deepen our understanding through (i)_________ what is already closest to us — the experiences, thoughts, concepts, and activities that make up our lives but that ordinarily escape our notice precisely because they are so familiar. Philosophy begins by finding (ii)_________ the things that are (iii) _________.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)	Blank (iii)
A. attainment of	D. essentially irrelevant	G. most prosaic
B. rumination on	E. utterly mysterious	H. somewhat hackneyed
C. detachment from	F. thoroughly commonplace	I. refreshingly novel

For Questions below select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.

The government’s implementation of a new code of ethics appeared intended to shore up the ruling party’s standing with an increasingly _________ electorate at a time when the party is besieged by charges that it trades favors for campaign money.

Two Answers
aloof
placid
restive
skittish
tranquil
vociferous

Overlarge, uneven, and ultimately disappointing, the retrospective exhibition seems too much like special pleading for a forgotten painter of real but _________ talents.

Two Answers
limited
partial
undiscovered
circumscribed
prosaic
hidden

Newspapers report that the former executive has been trying to keep a low profile since his _________ exit from the company. 

A) celebrated
B) mysterious
C) long-awaited
D) fortuitous
E) indecorous
F) unseemly