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前女友ample Question #64 :Parts Of Speech In Two Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Our high school football team’s offensive line has really__________into a__________, moving as one gigantic thing.
coalesced . . . colossus
merged . . . diminution
amalgamated . . . convolution
dissipated . . . ephemera
atomized . . . gargantuan
coalesced . . . colossus
"Coalesced" meansmerged into a whole, while a "colossus" isa gigantic statue or thing. A football team's offensive line merging into one unit would certainly move like a gigantic thing, a colossus.
前女友ample Question #65 :Parts Of Speech In Two Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
的彻底的__________of repetitious office work often__________workers to the point of exasperation.
monotony . . . bores
noxiousness . . . poisons
insensitivity . . . inspires
tedium . . . agitates
guilelessness . . . depresses
monotony . . . bores
"Monotony . . . bores" is the only pairing that makes logical sense since “monotony” meanstedious samenessand “bores” means tocauses one to lose interest in something. Although "tedium . . . agitates" looks like an appealing choice, “agitates” actually meansexcites, the exact opposite of the meaning needed in the second blank.
前女友ample Question #66 :Parts Of Speech In Two Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Demonstrating his__________on the piano, the musician was able to__________three different melodies in his performance.
virtuosity . . . juxtapose
adroitness . . . transmute
ineptitude . . . melded
unfamiliarity . . . unite
proficiency . . . promulgate
virtuosity . . . juxtapose
The correct answer will refer to the musician's skill on the piano ("virtuosity") and as a result, how he is able to combine ("juxtapose") three different melodies in his performance. The incorrect answers either dismiss the musician's skill ("ineptitude" and "unfamiliarity") or do not use a verb that indicates that the musician combined the melodies ("transmute" and "promulgate").
前女友ample Question #67 :Parts Of Speech In Two Blank Sentences
Choose the set of words that best completes the following sentence.
The bishop wanted to__________the expansion of the heretical__________in the rural areas. If it could be stopped there, it would likely fade out of existence in the cities.
lambast . . . fools
arrest . . . sect
prosecute . . . dissidents
persecute . . . group
quarter . . . renegades
arrest . . . sect
The second sentence indicates that the bishop wishes to stop the movement. It does not indicate any desire to persecute. The word “arrest” might seem, at first glance, to carry the same negative, “persecuting” sense as some of the other options, but the word likewise can mean “to stop” as in the usage “arrested development” to describe someone who is stunted with regard to some kind of growth. A “sect” is group differentiated by their beliefs, often with a negative connotation in regard to an accepted orthodoxy.
前女友ample Question #68 :Parts Of Speech In Two Blank Sentences
Choose the set of words that best completes the following sentence.
When the__________began sweating, his guilt__________itself for everyone in the courtroom to see.
litigant . . . manifested
defendant . . . concealed
analgesic . . . revealed
barrister . . . allayed
suspect . . . allocated
litigant . . . manifested
A "litigant" issomeone involved in a lawsuit, while to "manifest" means, in this instance,来上海ow plainly. Arguably, a sweating and presumably nervous litigant would reveal himself to be guilty.
前女友ample Question #69 :Parts Of Speech In Two Blank Sentences
Choose the set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Othmar’s fame was barely beginning to__________, and many people anticipated many more years of increasing__________.
register . . . voracity
wax . . . renown
改变。名声
ferment . . . influence
wane . . . popularity
wax . . . renown
The sense of the sentence communicates that Othmar’s fame is increasing. When something “waxes,” it isincreasing in size or intensity. The word is normally used to describe the increasing of lunar light as the moon becomes larger (at least in its visibility, that is). This primary usage is often transferred in order to describe the growing of things other than the moon. The opposite term (i.e. the term for decreasing lunar light exposure) is “wane.”
The second word, “renown,” meansfame, particularly in the sense of being discussed by many people. It is derived from roots related to words like “nominate” and “nominal”—words that have to deal with the notion of names (the “nom-” root).
前女友ample Question #70 :Parts Of Speech In Two Blank Sentences
Choose the set of words that best completes the following sentence.
For years upon years, the people grew ever more tired under the reign of the tired old king, who refused to alter the power structure even in his aging__________. At last, in a sudden turn of events, he__________from his rule and granted the kingship to his heir.
dotage . . . abdicated
narcolepsy . . . perished
lineaments . . . weaseled
confusion . . . tyrannized
conditioned . . . absconded
dotage . . . abdicated
As one ages (and becomes tired), they can be said to be in a state of “dotage,” meaning that they are old and weak. To step down from rule is to “abdicate” from it.
前女友ample Question #101 :Two Blank Sentences
Choose the set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Because of his thick skin, the director was hardly__________by the__________of criticism he faced for his controversial film.
unaffected . . . flood
impacted . . . waive
pleased . . . dearth
distrusted . . . lack
fazed . . . barrage
fazed . . . barrage
We are told that the director's reaction is due to his thick skin, which tells us that there is some substantial criticism (so we can rule out "dearth," orlack) and that he is not overly-affected by it (so we can cross out "unaffected," because if he is "hardly unaffected," the double negative (as in math) would mean that he was, in fact, quite affected by the criticism. The "impacted . . . waive" option would work if the second word were the noun "wave" instead of the verb "waive," which meansto give something up willingly. We are left with "fazed" (affected) and "barrage" (anonslaughtorflood).
前女友ample Question #102 :Two Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Since there is not a strict __________ between hours of teaching and the monetary value of that time, it is often difficult to __________ the appropriate pay for educators.
equivalence . . . estimate
calibration . . . recommend
recompense . . . legislate
scale . . . defend
rigidity . . . support
equivalence . . . estimate
The implication of the initial relative clause is that there is not a strict correspondence between hours and pay. This implied meaning is confirmed in part by the second half of the sentence, which appears to imply that it is difficult to calculate the exact pay that a teacher should receive. The best options for the two blanks are “equivalence” and “estimate.”
前女友ample Question #111 :Two Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
The starter pistol was used as a__________for the swimmers to__________into the freezing water and commence the race.
cue . . . plunge
symbol . . . replete
omen . . . dive
portent . . . loft
jingle . . . drown
cue . . . plunge
It would make sense for a starter pistol to be used as a "prompt" or "cue" for swimmers to begin a race. It also makes sense for swimmers to begin a race by "diving" or "plunging" into the water. To provide further help, "portent" and "omen" are both words that meana sign suggesting something bad will happen; "replete" meansfilled.
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