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　　232. Air currents move and lift droplets so that the net downward   displacement is zero, even though the droplets are in constant motion.

　　The word "motion" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) wind

　　(B) change

　　(C) movement

　　(D) humidity

　　233. To the casual observer, dust seems to act in a totally random fashion,  moving about chaotically without fixed direction.

　　The word "random" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) unpredictable

　　(B) perplexing

　　(C) independent

　　(D) abnormal

　　234. During the 1920's she was editor of The Dial, an important literary  magazine of the period.

　　The word "period" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) movement

　　(B) school

　　(C) region

　　(D) time

　　succeeding generations of poets and readers.

　　The word "succeeding" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) inheriting

　　(B) prospering

　　(C) diverse

　　(D) later

　　235. The Southwest has always been a dry country, where water is scarce.  The Hopi and Zuni brought water from streams to their fields and gardens through  irrigation ditches.

　　The word "scarce" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) limited

　　(B) hidden

　　(C) pure

　　(D) necessary

　　236. Like tree roots breaking up a sidewalk, the growing crystals exert  pressure on the rock and eventually pry the rock apart along planes of weakness,  such as banding in metamorphic rocks, bedding in sedimentary rocks, or  preexisting or incipient fractions, and along boundaries between individual  mineral crystals or grains.

　　The word "exert" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) put

　　(B) reduce

　　(C) replace

　　(D) control

　　237. A rock durable enough to have withstood natural conditions for a very  long time in other areas could probably be shattered into small pieces by salt  weathering within a few generations.

　　The word "durable" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) large

　　(B) strong

　　(C) flexible

　　(D) pressured

　　The word "shattered" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) arranged

　　(B) dissolved

　　(C) broken apart

　　(D) gathered together

　　238. The dominant salt in Death Valley is halite, or sodium chloride, but  other salts, mostly carbonates and sulfates, also cause prying and wedging, as  does ordinary ice.

　　The word "dominant" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) most recent

　　(B) most common

　　(C) least available

　　(D) least damaging

　　2292. Overland transport in the United States was still extremely primitive  in 1790. Roads were few and short, usually extending from inland communities to  the nearest river town or seaport.

　　The word "primitive" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) unsafe

　　(B) unknown

　　(C) inexpensive

　　(D) undeveloped

　　240. Nearly all interstate commerce was carried out by sailing ships that  served the bays and harbors of the seaboard. Yet, in 1790 the nation was on the  threshold of a new era of road development.

　　The phrase "on the threshold of" in line 4 and 5 is closest in meaning to  which of following?

　　(A) in need of

　　(B) in place of

　　(C) at the start of

　　(D) with the purpose of

　　241. The company built a gravel road within two years, and the success of  the Lancaster Pike encouraged imitation. Northern states generally relied on  private companies to build their toll roads, but Virginia constructed a network  at public expense.

　　The word "imitation" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) investment

　　(B) suggestion

　　(C) increasing

　　(D) copying

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