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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 135 of 246 / Words 1073-1080 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A survey claims to cover the gamut of residents' views but interviews only people who already support one proposal. What is the central concern?A. A complete range must exclude disagreement by definition.B. The number of repeated favorable statements automatically proves full coverage.C. Gamut means one selected opinion repeated often.D. One favorable group may not represent the complete range of views.

2During a long wait, a performer delights visitors with an inventive comic puppet act. Which use of regale fits?A. Regale means only record the visitors' names.B. The performer regales them by deliberately offering no entertainment or delight.C. The word requires that the performance be a factual history lecture.D. The performer regales the visitors with the comic act.

3A designer calls a logo immutable while explicitly allowing clients to replace its symbol and lettering whenever they wish. What is the conflict?A. A logo is immutable merely because it has a name.B. Immutable means changeable at any time.C. Permitting replacement proves that alteration is impossible.D. Immutable means unable to be changed, but the stated arrangement permits changes.

4A fictional investigator knows two objects were found side by side but wants the temporal relationship between their arrival there. What additional information is relevant?A. When each object arrived and in what order.B. Only which object is physically larger.C. Only their relative colors.D. Only the distance between them after discovery.

5A character labels a cool-weather celebration an equinox solely because the temperature has fallen. Which evidence would instead support the astronomical label?A. The organizers choosing a convenient weekend.B. The Sun's apparent crossing of the celestial equator, with day and night approximately equal.C. Clouds covering the sky during the celebration.D. A lower temperature than the preceding afternoon alone.

6In an invented game, exactly one of ten tokens is removed each round, ten rounds must occur, and no tokens can be added. Why is an empty board inevitable at the end?A. The board is merely likely to be empty if some rounds are skipped.B. Inevitable means an outcome has no supporting conditions.C. The stated rules make that outcome unavoidable.D. The outcome depends only on which color a player prefers.

7It transpired during cleanup that the spare key had been in a coat pocket all morning. What does transpired mean here?A. The key first entered the pocket during cleanup.B. The key ceased to exist during the search.C. The fact became known after having been unclear.D. The earlier location was necessarily still unknown afterward.

8A coach calls a scoring result unprecedented in the club's available records. What can a reader reasonably infer?A. The result can never recur.B. No team anywhere has ever achieved such a result.C. The description proves every historical record is complete.D. No earlier example is known within those records.

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