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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 137 of 246 / Words 1089-1096 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1In a fictional story, a person commits a new crime after an earlier criminal offense and its punishment. Which description is supported?A. Proof that every future action must also be criminal.B. A first offense with no earlier criminal behavior.C. Mere repetition of a noncriminal inconvenience.D. Recidivism, because criminal behavior has resumed after a previous offense or punishment.

2A fictional cook calls a badly burned loaf "enthusiastically toasted" to soften an unpleasant description. What does euphemistically describe?A. Giving a precise temperature measurement.B. Removing every reference to the loaf's condition.C. Making the description harsher than burned.D. Using a milder expression in place of the blunter description.

3A participant directly says that a design will not meet users' needs and explains why, without insulting anyone. Is outspoken appropriate?A. No; outspoken always requires personal abuse.B. Yes; the opinion is expressed openly and directly.C. Yes, but only if the participant refuses to give reasons.D. No; an openly expressed disagreement must be silent by definition.

4In a fictional storage plan, the only key to a cupboard is locked inside that same cupboard, defeating the intended easy access. Why call the result perverse?A. Any secure storage is perverse regardless of how it works.B. The arrangement produces a contrary, unreasonable result for its own practical purpose.C. The cupboard becomes useful merely because a plan was written.D. The arrangement fulfills easy access exactly as intended.

5A traveler chooses a plain bag chiefly because its compartments and sturdy closure suit the tasks she needs it for, giving decoration little weight. What makes the choice utilitarian?A. Practical usefulness is the main criterion.B. The bag must be poor quality because it is plain.C. The choice is chiefly about impressing observers with ornament.D. The traveler ignores whether the bag can perform its purpose.

6A fictional recording is competent but ordinary and unimpressive, with nothing especially distinguished about the result. What does mediocrity describe?A. A guarantee that the performers never practiced.B. That ordinary, unimpressive level of quality.C. Complete technical impossibility of producing any sound.D. Exceptional achievement far above comparable work.

7A long-established discussion group receives several new contributors whose different knowledge adds ideas it had not previously considered. Why call this an infusion?A. All existing knowledge is removed and nothing replaces it.B. Exactly the same ideas are repeated by the same people without addition.C. The group changes only the spelling of its name.D. New influences and resources are introduced into the group.

8Before every difficult discussion, a team repeats "Listen before replying" and uses it to guide its conduct. What makes the phrase a mantra here?A. Its requirement to be a sacred utterance in every possible use.B. Its status as a numerical measurement.C. Its occurrence once in an unrelated note that everyone forgets.D. Its frequent repetition as a guiding idea.

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