Because the person being described in the sentence studied medicine at the same university as his father, we may determine that he wanted to copy or mirror his father. This leads to the correct answer, which is “emulate.” To "emulate" someone means to match that person's achievements, usually through copying them. As for the other answer choices, “reinforce” means strengthen or fortify; “demean” means lessen, ridicule or bully; “absolve” means free from guilt; and “raze” means destroy or level to the ground.

It makes sense that someone would be kicked out of school for not sticking to the rules, and "adhere” means to stick or to listen to specific rules. “Admonish” means criticize or punish; “appraise” means evaluate or determine the worth of; “detain” means hold prisoner or keep someone in a given place for longer than that person planned; “flounder” means struggle, thrash about, or flail.

From context, it seems likely that the mother is warning the girl to listen to or pay attention to the warnings of her teacher. The word “heed” means pay attention to or listen to, so "heed" is the correct answer. As for the other answer choices, “depict” means show or represent something visually; “reproach” means criticize or punish; “entice” means attract, allure, or tempt someone; and "ignore" means purposely not pay attention to.

It makes sense that the government would send in the militia to try to stop the uprising. The correct answer is therefore “quell,” which means end, crush, or assuage bad feelings. As for the other answer choices, “exacerbate” and “intensify” both mean make a bad situation worse; “ostracize” means banish or exclude; and “engender” means create or encourage.

When you try to get the views of a group of people, you “solicit” their opinion. As for the other answer choices, “preempt” means take action to prevent something from happening; “underwhelm” means let down and dissatisfy; “undermine” means subvert, damage, or sabotage; and “belittle” means mock or cruelly make fun of by making someone feel unimportant.

When you search desperately for something, are in a hurry, and cause damage along the way, you can describe what you are doing as “ransacking” a given location. As for the other answer choices, "deserted” means abandoned or left behind; “collapsed” means fold something down so that it takes up less space; “abducted” means kidnapped or taken by someone against the will of the person being taken; and “reprimanded” means scolded or punished.

Because whatever happened with the properties increased the wealth of the investment company, you can probably imagine that whatever happened must have been useful to them. “Eradication” means destruction, so this makes no sense. “Enumeration” means the act of making a list, so this is entirely unrelated. “Pacification” means the act of eliminating a threat or making something less hostile; this could perhaps be a correct answer, but we will have to wait and see if it is the strongest. “Indoctrination” means manipulation or the causing of people to adopt certain beliefs; this is not a good answer choice. Finally, “acquisition” means the act of obtaining or getting. If the investment company obtained several properties, this would definitely increase their wealth; this is therefore the best answer choice.

The sentence merely indicates that the students were not permitted to state vague complaints. They had to state them or communicate them in a clear manner. It does not indicate anything regarding the tone of voice that they should use for this. Therefore, the best option among those given is "express," which can merely indicate the communicating of one's thoughts.

Based on the location of the blank in the sentence, we know that the curtain did something that would knock papers to the ground. This means the missing word is a verb. "Blunderbuss" and "drapes" are nouns, so they can be eliminated. "Billowed" means to flutter or wave. "Obliterated" means to destroy. 

We can infer from the sentence that the rabbit is frightened since it is "surrounded by wolves." Based on the placement of the missing word, we also know that the rabbit did something under the bush. This means the missing word must be a verb. "Skirmish" is a noun meaning a minor battle. "Perturbed" is an adjective meaning annoyed and "listlessly" is an adverb that means without energy. This leaves only "cowered" and "heckled" as possibilities. "Cowered" means to hide or shrink away from something. A dog might cower when it thinks it will be spanked. "Heckled" means to shout insults at someone. You might heckle a politician or performer when giving a speech.