221. Wealthy and socially prominent settlers made quilts of the English type, cut from large lengths of cloth of the same color and texture rather than stitched together from smaller pieces.
　　 The word " prominent" is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) isolated
　　 (B) concerned
　　 (C) generous
　　 (D) distinguished
　　 222. This term was usually applied to a fabric of wool and linen used in heavy clothing and quilted petticoats worn in the wintertime.
　　 The phrase "applied to" is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) sewn onto
　　 (B) compared to
　　 (C) used for
　　 (D) written down on
　　 223. Rather, they were made of a top layer of woolen or glazed worsted wool fabric, consisting of smooth, compact yarn from long wool fibers, dyed dark blue, green, or brown
　　 with a bottom layer of a coarser woolen material, either natural or a shade of yellow.
　　 The word "coarser" is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) older
　　 (B) less heavy
　　 (C) more attractive
　　 (D) rougher
　　 224. The linsey-woolsey covering was found in the colder regions of the country because of the warmth it afforded.
　　 The word "afforded" is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) provided
　　 (B) spent
　　 (C) avoided
　　 (D) absorbed
　　 225. Growing tightly packed together and collectively weaving a dense canopy of branches, a stand of red alder trees can totally dominate a site to the exclusion of almost everything else.
　　 The word "dense" is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) dark
　　 (B) tall
　　 (C) thick
　　 (D) broad
　　 226. Farm dwellers in their isolation not only found it harder to locate companions in play but also, thanks to the unending demands and pressures of their work, felt it necessary to combine fun with purpose.
　　 The phrase "thanks to " is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) grateful for
　　 (B) help with
　　 (C) because of
　　 (D) machines for
　　 227. The most eagerly anticipated social events were the rural fairs. Hundreds of men, women, and children attended from far and near.
　　 The phrase "eagerly anticipated" is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) well organized
　　 (B) old-fashioned
　　 (C) strongly opposed
　　 (D) looked forward to
　　 228. Although the phlogiston theory was self- consistent, it was awkward because it required that imaginative, even mysterious, properties be ascribed to phlogiston.
　　 The word "properties" is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) interpretations
　　 (B) locations
　　 (C) characteristics
　　 (D) virtues
　　 229. Although the phlogiston theory was self- consistent, it was awkward because it required that imaginative, even mysterious, properties be ascribed to phlogiston.
　　 The phrase "ascribed to" is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) analyzed and isolated in
　　 (B) returned to their original condition in
　　 (C) assumed to be true of
　　 (E) diagrammed with
　　 230. In the eighteenth century, Antoine Lavoisier, on the basis of careful experimentation was led to propose a different theory of burning, one that required a constituent of air-later shown to be oxygen- for combustion.
　　 The word "constituent" is closest in meaning to which of following?
　　 (A) component
　　 (B) opposite
　　 (C) principle
　　 (D) temperature

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