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Set 126 of 246 / Words 1001-1008 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1When offered several leisure activities, a person tends to choose quiet drawing because it appeals to her most, though she sometimes chooses differently. What is her inclination?A. A preference or tendency toward drawing.B. A prohibition against enjoying anything else.C. An unavoidable duty to draw every time.D. A guarantee that other activities are impossible.

2An invented fabric repeatedly develops creases when folded, though a few folded samples remain smooth. What does calling it prone to creasing mean?A. The smooth samples prove that a recurring tendency is impossible.B. Every folded sample must crease without a single exception.C. It is likely to develop creases, without requiring that every sample does so.D. The fabric is deliberately choosing to develop creases.

3A writer describes a crowded noticeboard as "like a patchwork quilt." What makes this a simile?A. The wording is merely a list of notices in date order.B. The wording accidentally swaps two opening sounds.C. The wording makes no comparison at all.D. The wording explicitly compares the noticeboard with another thing using like.

4A speaker intends to say "a lack of pies" but accidentally says "a pack of lies." What feature makes this a spoonerism?A. The speaker replaces the whole statement with an intentional comparison.B. The speaker repeats the same word without changing any sounds.C. The initial l and p sounds exchange places between the two main words.D. The speaker changes only the final punctuation.

5An actor marks several speech cues in a prizewinning character's script. Which cue identifies an expletive in the supplied sense?A. An excited swear word used as an exclamation of triumph.B. An accidental exchange of initial sounds between two intended words.C. A carefully developed comparison between victory and a long journey.D. A neutral sentence stating the time of the award ceremony.

6A reader encounters unfamiliar architectural terms in a respectful design essay and calls the essay obscene solely because the words are unfamiliar. Why is that label unwarranted on the stated evidence?A. Unfamiliar terminology alone does not establish grossly offensive or indecent expression.B. Respectful writing must use only words every possible reader already knows.C. An essay is obscene whenever its subject is architecture rather than fiction.D. Every technical term becomes indecent when a reader does not recognize it.

7A script describes a card player's speech as full of offensive, irreverent curses. An editor says profane cannot apply because no sacred ceremony appears. Which assessment is justified?A. Calling language profane establishes that the speaker is discussing a sacred object explicitly.B. Profane can describe that offensive, irreverent language without requiring a ceremony.C. The absence of a ceremony proves every spoken word is respectful.D. Profane refers only to the location of a speech, regardless of its language.

8A travel writer treats a fictional town's usually solemn founding legend with playful jokes that deflate its grand claims. Why is irreverent fitting?A. The treatment must be grossly indecent simply because it is playful.B. The treatment preserves complete ceremonial reverence.C. The treatment is a neutral list with no change in tone.D. The treatment lacks the solemn respect normally given to the subject.

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