25. New data measuring the ______ of land beneath the oceans permit accurate generalizations about the topography of the seafloor.
A. models
B. contours
C. remnants
D. populations
E. pigments
26. Excessive secrecy tends to ______ excessive curiosity and thus serves to ______ the very impulses against which it guards.
A. inhibit, protect
B. disguise, supplant
C. satisfy, limit
D. compel, deride
E. invite, provoke