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Set 110 of 246 / Words 873-880 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A listener loves a podcast's cheerful catchphrase at first, then finds its repetition every thirty seconds increasingly tiresome. What has happened?A. The initially pleasing catchphrase has begun to cloy.B. The catchphrase has acquired a new literal meaning each time.C. The listener has disliked the phrase equally from the first instant.D. The catchphrase has become unclear because it was never repeated.

2A player values a board game for the delight of solving its puzzles even when no prize is offered. What would a hedonic account emphasize?A. The enjoyment experienced while playing.B. The assumption that the player intends to deceive others.C. The resale price of the unopened box.D. The requirement that the game teach a practical job skill.

3A person enjoys following sports news but sets aside a short period each evening and stops when it ends. What makes this moderation?A. The activity continues with deliberate limits that avoid excess.B. The person changes teams whenever a score is disappointing.C. The person has rejected the activity completely.D. The person follows every update regardless of other plans.

4During a weekend, a reader repeatedly starts another entertaining episode despite wanting time for a walk, then regrets spending the entire day watching. What supports overindulgence?A. Watching any episode is necessarily excessive.B. Pleasurable viewing continued to an excessive degree relative to the reader's own plans.C. Enjoying a fictional story proves an inability to make choices.D. The reader stopped after the amount originally intended.

5A puzzle contestant says that an earlier version of the rules permitted a second attempt, but the group has not yet located that version. What does it mean to allege that permission existed?A. To concede that the claimed permission was certainly invented.B. To establish conclusively that every version granted the permission.C. To assert it before the claim has been proved.D. To prevent the group from checking any earlier version.

6A retired cook recognizes a handwritten recipe and says, "I can affirm that I wrote these instructions myself." Which description fits?A. The cook is merely asking who might have written them.B. The cook is retracting an earlier claim to authorship.C. The cook is prepared to avouch authorship of the instructions.D. The cook is refusing to state any position about authorship.

7A message claims that tapping a phone screen will reveal a hidden inheritance. A recipient believes it immediately because the message uses an official-looking seal. What is credulous here?A. Recognizing that a seal can be copied.B. Seeking an independent explanation before believing the message.C. Rejecting certainty until the sender is identified.D. Readily accepting the claim without checking its basis.

8A report says a shop's increased visitors resulted from its new sign, though a festival also occurred nearby. What should a reviewer examine before accepting that attribution?A. Whether the increase can reasonably be assigned to the sign rather than another cause.B. Whether the sign uses the same color as the report cover.C. Whether the shop owner personally likes festivals.D. Whether every visitor bought precisely one item.

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