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Set 118 of 246 / Words 937-944 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A club leader learns that a member deliberately destroyed shared work and gives a severe, direct reprimand naming the misconduct. Which description fits?A. The leader merely asks where the finished work is stored.B. The leader remains neutral about whether the conduct was acceptable.C. The leader offers an unqualified endorsement.D. The leader castigates the member.

2In a fictional practice session, a coach delivers severe verbal criticism after players deliberately disregard agreed fair-play rules. What does it mean to say the coach excoriates their conduct?A. The coach lists the practice times without judgment.B. The coach criticizes it severely.C. The coach withdraws every objection and endorses the behavior.D. The coach gives it reluctant but definite praise.

3A comedy sketch portrays a boastful character measuring applause with an absurdly oversized ruler so the audience laughs scornfully at his vanity. What is the sketch doing?A. Ridiculing the character's vanity.B. Sincerely celebrating vanity as admirable conduct.C. Providing a neutral technical account of measuring sound.D. Expressing disagreement without any element of mockery.

4A reviewer calmly shows that a public timetable prints the wrong departure date, using the original notice as evidence and making no abusive personal attack. The organizer calls it scurrilous solely because the correction is unwelcome. Which defining feature of scurrilous has not been established?A. The coarse abuse or damaging attack that would justify scurrilous here.B. Evidence that factual disagreement and coarse abuse are identical in every case.C. Proof that every unwelcome correction must contain an insult.D. A requirement that criticism remain welcome to the person whose error it identifies.

5A fictional rivalry produces letters filled with intense hostility and vicious attacks. Which reading of virulent fits those letters?A. Entirely indifferent to the recipient.B. Warmly conciliatory despite disagreement.C. Extremely hostile in tone.D. Mildly uncertain about a practical detail.

6A report lists a team's two contributions as 12 and 8 units but prominently gives their combined total as 200. Why call that error egregious?A. The plainly wrong total is exceptionally and conspicuously bad.B. The difference is only a harmless preference about layout.C. The reported total agrees with the stated contributions.D. The wrong total proves the writer intended to deceive.

7Before joining an online discussion, a newcomer learns that participants should avoid interrupting and acknowledge quoted contributions. What is being learned?A. The setting's etiquette.B. The private preferences of people who never attend.C. A guarantee that all opinions will agree.D. The technical speed of the internet connection.

8In a fictional contest, a judge publicly gloats about humiliating a participant. Why might that behavior be unbecoming of the judge?A. It proves that every unfavorable decision is wrong.B. It is inappropriate to the standards expected of the judging role.C. It concerns only the physical appearance of the judge's clothing.D. It is acceptable whenever one spectator approves.

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