The word "demise" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) change
(B) recovery
(C) help
(D) death
372. One interesting, and controversial, finding is that extinctions during the past 250 million years have tended to be more intense every 26 million years.
The word "finding" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) published information
(B) research method
(C) ongoing experiment
(D) scientific discovery
373. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?
The word "insignificant" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) unimportant
(B) undisturbed
(C) immature
(D) inappropriate
374. Potter, for instance, found it convenient to locate their workshops near their source of clay, regardless of its relation to the center of settlement.
The phrase "regardless of" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) as a result of
(B) no matter what
(C) proud of
(D) according to
375. The techniques of pottery manufacture had evolved well before the Greek period, but marked stylistic developments occurred in shape and in decoration, for example, in the interplay of black and other glazes with the red surface of the fired pot.
The word "marked" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) original
(B) attractive
(C) noticeable
(D) patterned
