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Set 139 of 246 / Words 1105-1112 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1An anonymous letter uses an unusual phrase that also appears in one writer's private drafts, leading a reader to suspect that writer's authorship. Why is that evidence circumstantial?A. The shared phrase is a surrounding fact supporting an inference, rather than direct observation of the writing.B. The reader has watched the writer compose and send the complete letter.C. The phrase settles authorship without any possibility that someone else used it.D. The phrase is a direct admission by the writer that this is the letter he composed.

2A complete verified image of a game board shows exactly seven blue counters and three green counters, with every counter visible. Which claim has incontestable support from that image alone?A. The players chose their counter colors for the same reason.B. Ten counters are visible on the board at the recorded moment.C. The blue player will eventually win the game.D. The counters were placed in a particular order before the image was made.

3A researcher prefers one account of a fictional voyage but must write an unbiased summary of the available records. Which approach fits?A. Describe the preferred account confidently and leave its unresolved gaps unmentioned.B. Include relevant support and complications for each account regardless of her preference.C. Omit reliable material that challenges the account she finds most appealing.D. Give unsupported claims equal standing with well-supported claims simply to divide the space evenly.

4A supervisor excuses favored employees for a particular lateness but penalizes others for the same lateness under the same circumstances. What makes the treatment partial?A. Personal favoritism displaces evenhanded application of the rule.B. The supervisor postpones judgment until the circumstances can be compared.C. The same standard is being applied consistently to every employee.D. The supervisor has identified a relevant difference between the situations.

5A reader dismisses every self-published memoir as dishonest before examining any of them, without evidence for that assumption. Which description fits the judgment?A. Dispassionate, because the reader compares the books using a consistent evidential standard.B. Prejudiced, because a preconceived opinion without a fair basis controls the response.C. Substantiated, because the conclusion follows from checked features of each memoir.D. Provisional, because the reader openly withholds judgment pending examination.

6A fictional character is reserved throughout a novel except for one unexpected public singing performance. What does calling that behavior aberrant indicate?A. It departs from the character's otherwise established pattern.B. It establishes a new permanent personality from the single incident.C. It follows the pattern readers have seen consistently in every chapter.D. It proves that the behavior is morally wrong.

7Two witnesses describe the same journey in different words but agree about its important events and their order. In what sense are their accounts consonant?A. One account is unrelated to the events described by the other.B. Every sentence must be identical before their accounts can agree.C. Their main claims conflict even though they use similar phrases.D. They agree in the relevant details despite differences in wording.

8In an invented musical score, a deliberately clashing chord interrupts an otherwise smooth harmony. What makes that chord dissonant?A. It repeats the established harmony without any clash.B. It is played more slowly while preserving the same agreement among sounds.C. It is quieter than the preceding chord without changing the harmony.D. Its sounds lack harmony with the surrounding combination.

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