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Set 127 of 246 / Words 1009-1016 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A teenager spends much of her free time reading histories and discussing unfamiliar ideas from books, though she has little practical experience of the activities described. Why is bookish apt?A. She cannot enjoy anything outside a classroom.B. She has necessarily mastered every practical activity she reads about.C. She is strongly interested in books and learning.D. She must dislike every form of company.

2During a fictional mathematics seminar, a participant explains several difficult proofs, identifies a subtle error, and supports the correction with extensive knowledge of the field. Which description is warranted?A. A savant whose demonstrated learning supports the description.B. A novice because explaining an error is incompatible with expertise.C. A savant solely because the participant occupies the nearest chair.D. An authority whose future statements can never require examination.

3In a fictional neighborhood where everyone follows a rigid custom of identical front gardens, one resident chooses a different arrangement because she rejects the convention. Why call her a nonconformist?A. She must reject every rule in every part of life.B. She has failed to choose any arrangement at all.C. She is conforming precisely because her garden differs.D. She does not follow the generally accepted custom.

4An assistant follows a supervisor's outdated instructions unquestioningly even when the supervisor invites independent judgment and the error is obvious. What makes the obedience slavish?A. It is excessive and lacks independent thought.B. It reflects a reasoned choice to follow a still-valid requirement.C. It includes a careful correction of the identified error.D. It questions the instruction to clarify its actual purpose.

5Members of a fictional town widely assume its oldest market is always the best place to sell crafts, though few have compared alternatives. What makes this conventional wisdom?A. Its popularity alone proves it universally correct.B. It is a widely accepted judgment about the subject.C. It is a formal measurement simply because it is repeated.D. It is an opinion held by nobody in the town.

6An invented school formally states that learning should be guided by questioning, evidence, and revision, and uses those principles to shape its courses. What is this body of principles?A. An accidental exception unrelated to its teaching.B. A list of classroom furniture with no guiding beliefs.C. A single learner's private preference the school has never adopted.D. The school's doctrine.

7A designer notices how tiny changes in texture and color affect the emotional feel of a room and responds thoughtfully to them. What does sensibility describe?A. Sensitivity to impressions, feelings, and artistic qualities.B. A guarantee that the design will please every person equally.C. Inability to notice subtle details.D. Knowledge only of the room's financial cost.

8While waiting for a friend, a character drifts pleasantly into imagined future travels and loses track of the passing minutes. What supports reverie?A. A carefully executed schedule of actual bookings.B. A pleasant state of dreamy thought.C. A precise report of events happening outside at that moment.D. A frightening belief presented as an established fact.

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