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8 questions that use guided words beyond their original reading. Choose the best answer before opening a definition, then read the explanation.

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Set 111 of 246 / Words 881-888 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A quiet teammate is described as arrogant solely because she rarely speaks, though nobody has asked why. What is the questionable ascription?A. Leaving her motives undecided until more is known.B. Assigning the quality of arrogance to her on that limited basis.C. Counting how often different teammates speak.D. Quoting her own stated explanation accurately.

2A seller claims an instrument is a century old. A buyer produces a manufacturing record showing it was made last year. What does the buyer do?A. Avoid taking any position on the claim.B. Impugn the validity of the seller's age claim.C. Confirm the age claim through independent evidence.D. Change the instrument's actual date of manufacture.

3Before reorganizing a storeroom, workers record how long it takes to find ten common items. How can that record become a benchmark?A. They can treat it as proof that improvement is impossible.B. They can discard it before trying the new arrangement.C. They can assume every future task must take exactly that long.D. They can compare later retrieval times with the original result.

4A translator judges each draft by whether it preserves the speaker's intended meaning, even when a more elegant phrase is available. What is the touchstone?A. Whatever phrase happens to be longest.B. The personal fame of a previous translator.C. The number of drafts stored on the computer.D. Faithfulness to the speaker's intended meaning.

5A runner's goal is to surpass her own previous distance of eight laps during a practice session. Which result achieves that goal?A. Planning nine laps but stopping after six.B. Completing seven laps in a different shirt.C. Completing exactly eight laps.D. Completing nine laps during the session.

6A concert review calls a soloist's timing impeccable after noting that every entrance and pause matched the intended rhythm exactly. What does the description claim?A. The audience agreed on every aspect of the concert.B. The timing was free from faults.C. The soloist played more loudly than everyone else.D. The music was necessarily easy to perform.

7A returned white costume has no stain, dust, tear, or other visible flaw after careful cleaning and inspection. Which judgment is supported?A. The costume is fashionable merely because it is white.B. The costume is antique because it looks clean.C. The costume is immaculate.D. The costume is comfortable for every possible wearer.

8In a fictional tale, two former rivals plan to reconcile by creating a memorial grove together. Which event would consummate that reconciliation?A. Completing the grove through the agreed final shared planting.B. Proposing a grove while leaving both rivals undecided about participating.C. Rehearsing a ceremony before either rival commits to the agreement.D. Holding a preliminary meeting that leaves the central dispute unresolved.

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