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5. Confronted with a multitude of unreliable figures, economists have compared the population records with theaggregatedata for cultivated land area and grain production in the six centuries since 1368.The word aggregate in the passage is closest in meaning to

9. Fossilized stomach contents are notrestrictedto carnivorous dinosaurs. The word restricted in the passage is closest in meaning to

24. Enabling farmers to speed their products to the East, railroads increased the value of farmland andpromoted additional settlement.The word promoted in the passage is closest in meaning to

30. Timidand vacillating, King Joao did not know which way to turn. Under the pressure of his courtiers, who hungered to return to Portugal and their lost estates, he finally approved the new constitution and sailed for Portugal.The word Timid in the passage is closest in meaning to

54. The Natufians made (and presumably wore) beads and pendants in many materials, including gemstones and marine shells that had to be imported, and it is possible that this ornamentation actuallyreflectsa growing sense of ethnic identity and perhaps some differences in personal and group status.The word reflects in the passage is closest in meaning to