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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 117 of 246 / Words 929-936 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1In an invented agreement, a service promises to reimburse a customer for a specified shipping loss if it occurs. What does the promise to indemnify mean?A. To punish the customer for reporting the loss.B. To replace all unrelated possessions whether or not they were affected.C. To guarantee that no inconvenience of any kind can ever occur.D. To compensate for that specified loss under the agreement.

2After a player criticizes a team captain, the captain excludes that player from a social event specifically to punish the criticism. Why may this be a reprisal?A. It is retaliation for a perceived wrong.B. It is an unrelated scheduling decision made before the criticism.C. It is compensation intended to restore something the player lost.D. It is a neutral application of a rule applied identically to everyone.

3A fictional neighborhood association spends years in bitter conflict over shared responsibilities, with each dispute feeding the next. What does strife capture?A. A brief difference of preference resolved amicably.B. The routine division of tasks by mutual agreement.C. A quiet period in which no dispute occurs.D. The sustained, hostile conflict.

4A translator will sign a publishing agreement only with a named credit, while the publisher will sign only if the translator remains unnamed. Neither will alter that term. What creates a deadlock?A. The parties already agree on the disputed credit term.B. The incompatible positions prevent an agreement from being reached.C. The parties merely need to choose a font after agreeing on every condition.D. One side has accepted the other's term and ended the disagreement.

5A neighbor notices an unattended hose flooding a shared walkway and steps in to close the tap. What does intervene describe?A. Describing an old incident that is already over.B. Assuming someone else acted without checking or participating.C. Observing the water while taking no action related to it.D. Becoming involved to affect the unfolding situation.

6A tenant writes a serious letter objecting to a proposed storage restriction and explains precisely how it would block access to shared tools. What makes remonstrate fitting?A. The tenant refuses to identify any concern or argument.B. The tenant protests earnestly with reasons the recipient can consider.C. The tenant sends an unrelated greeting with no position on the restriction.D. The tenant accepts the restriction without objection.

7In a fictional scene, a commentator thunders denunciations of a contest rule, loudly calling for its rejection. Which description fits?A. The commentator quietly asks a neutral question about its wording.B. The commentator hesitates silently without expressing a position.C. The commentator accepts the rule without complaint.D. The commentator fulminates against the rule.

8A customer spends several minutes angrily attacking a company's service in harsh language. What does it mean to say the customer rails against it?A. The customer complains or criticizes with harsh anger.B. The customer praises the service without qualification.C. The customer makes an unspoken private observation.D. The customer calmly requests one factual clarification.

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