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Set 133 of 246 / Words 1057-1064 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A renowned chef arrives at a demonstration accompanied by an assistant, a photographer, and two close associates who move with her between events. What is this group?A. The entire audience regardless of any connection to her.B. Only people formally empowered to judge the recipes.C. Every person who happens to enter the building that day.D. Her entourage.

2An invented institute lists a retired archivist under an honorary title she is permitted to retain, while a different archivist holds the current job. Why is emeritus appropriate?A. The archivist has just begun the regular full-time post.B. The word means that the current job has no holder.C. Retirement is combined with retention of an honorary title.D. The archivist has lost every title and association with the institute.

3A fictional civic ceremony praises a quiet volunteer so highly that her service is raised in public esteem. Which use of exalt fits?A. Exalt requires physically lifting the volunteer above the floor.B. Exalt means hide every contribution from recognition.C. The ceremony merely records an unrelated timetable.D. The ceremony exalts her service.

4A librarian repeatedly responds to difficult questions with unhurried care, and a colleague calls her the epitome of patience. What is claimed?A. She must have written a dictionary definition of patience.B. She lacks patience but happens to work in a library.C. She represents patience especially fully.D. The description proves she is perfect in every unrelated quality.

5A fictional researcher describes solving the central problem of a long project as its apex, after which the work moved into routine documentation. What does apex indicate?A. A guarantee that no later project can matter.B. Its unrelated beginning before any work occurred.C. A detail with no significance to the project.D. The project's culminating or highest stage.

6After repeated failed attempts, a team completes a working puzzle mechanism and successfully demonstrates the intended result. What would triumph mean as a verb?A. Claim success while leaving the mechanism unusable.B. Prevail over the difficulty and achieve a significant success.C. Remain permanently undecided about whether to begin.D. Stop trying before the central problem is addressed.

7A committee statement uses unexplained jargon and tangled sentences that readers cannot interpret despite careful attention. Which sense of impenetrable fits?A. Physically impossible to walk through the paper.B. Impossible to understand or interpret.C. Certain to be accurate merely because it is obscure.D. Unusually short but entirely clear.

8A listener hears a joke explained several times but still cannot grasp what makes it funny. What does it mean that the point continues to elude him?A. The joke has physically escaped from a locked room.B. He has necessarily proved that nobody else understands it.C. It remains beyond his understanding.D. He understands it fully and agrees with every part.

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