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Set 112 of 246 / Words 889-896 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A reading circle debates what makes a life good and asks members to justify competing answers. What makes this an exercise in philosophy?A. A record of members' arrival times and seating choices.B. Reasoned inquiry into a fundamental question about how to live.C. A contest in which an answer wins because it is repeated most often.D. A simple vote intended to avoid examining reasons.

2A mechanic compares measurements carefully before choosing a replacement part. An observer calls this rationalism solely because the decision uses reasoning. What is missing from that inference?A. A philosophical claim that reason supplies knowledge beyond sensory experience alone.B. Proof that the mechanic has never observed or measured anything.C. Proof that careful reasoning is impossible in practical work.D. A rule that every sensible decision must reject all sensory information.

3A game asks players to compare deductions and solve abstract patterns, while offering little emotional drama. Why might a reviewer call it cerebral?A. It is impossible for anyone to understand its rules.B. Its appeal centers on intellectual analysis.C. Its appeal depends chiefly on sentimental identification with characters.D. It requires players to avoid deliberate thought.

4A new volunteer can repeat the storage instructions but keeps putting returned tools in the wrong places. What would best demonstrate that she now comprehends the system?A. She repeats the same instruction faster without applying it.B. She memorizes the page number where the instructions appear.C. She explains the categories and correctly places an unfamiliar tool using them.D. She copies the labels without connecting them to the tools.

5With her eyes closed, a textile student feels a raised seam that she had not noticed while looking at the cloth. What does she perceive through touch?A. The cloth's exact purchase date, although no such information is available.B. The opinions of every other person who has handled the cloth.C. A guaranteed explanation of why the maker chose that seam.D. The previously unnoticed ridge of the seam.

6A club secretary knows a newly adopted rule applies to borrowed equipment and changes the checkout form accordingly. Which detail demonstrates cognizance?A. Awareness of the rule and its relevance to the form.B. Repeating an outdated form while overlooking the change.C. Accidentally changing a form without knowing the rule exists.D. Insisting that no new rule was adopted.

7A restorer must either replace an heirloom's broken original handle, reducing its originality, or leave it untouched and unusable. Why is this a dilemma?A. The restorer can avoid deciding while still completing the requested repair.B. One choice preserves complete originality and restores full use without a drawback.C. The alternatives differ only in a detail the owner does not care about.D. Both available choices sacrifice something the restorer values.

8Before opening an envelope containing the result of a competition, a writer feels uneasy because she fears rejection. What distinguishes apprehension here?A. The writer has no interest in either possible outcome.B. The writer is remembering a result whose consequences are entirely over.C. The writer already knows the result and is celebrating it.D. The unease concerns an unpleasant outcome that may still occur.

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