Tasting Party!

This is definitely something that could hook me. I have the mini shot glasses, two kinds of mini bowls, and the stacked glass tiered platters. Mostly I have them owing to my mother. Thanks for the gifts! Anyway, look forward to some tasting parties. I have two in the works already!

If you can answer the following questions correctly, you may tutor me in preparation for the GRE. Thank you.

1. PERENNIAL :: EPHEMERAL

A. volatile : evanescent
B. mature : ripe
C. diurnal : annual
D. permanent : temporary
E. majestic : mean

2. The intellectual flexibility inherent in a multicultural nation has been ____ in classrooms where emphasis on British-American literature has not reflected the cultural ____ of our country.

A. eradicated - unanimity
B. encouraged - aspirations
C. stifled - diversity
D. thwarted - uniformity
E. inculcated - divide

3.

In the figure above AD = 4, AB = 3 and CD = 9. What is the area of triangle AEC ?

A. 18
B. 13.5
C. 9
D. 4.5
E. 3