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Set 146 of 246 / Words 1161-1168 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A grant committee distinguishes unmet basic needs from optional spending preferences. Which applicant is described as indigent on the supplied facts?A. An applicant who prefers used furniture despite having a comfortable income.B. An applicant who cannot afford basic meals or essential clothing.C. An applicant with ample savings who declines a luxury holiday.D. An applicant who postpones buying decorative equipment while meeting every basic need.

2For three years, repeated flooding in a fictional shop causes closures, lost stock, and continuing distress for its owner. Which use of affliction is best supported?A. A neutral stock code is an affliction regardless of whether it causes difficulty.B. A brief surprise discount is an affliction simply because it was unexpected.C. One enjoyable afternoon of rearranging displays is necessarily an affliction.D. The recurring flooding has become an affliction for the owner.

3A critic calls a lavishly decorated speech destitute of original thought. What does the criticism mean?A. The speaker necessarily lacks food and housing.B. The speech completely lacks original thought despite its elaborate style.C. The speech contains original thought but uses inexpensive paper.D. The speech is financially costly and therefore intellectually rich.

4A composer rewrites a rigid performance agreement so musicians can choose their own interpretation instead of following compulsory phrasing. What would it mean to liberate the musicians in this context?A. Require the same phrasing under a newly named agreement.B. Add further compulsory directions for every phrase.C. Transfer the power to dictate phrasing to a different official.D. Free them from the restriction controlling their interpretive choices.

5In an invented tradition, a spring is held sacred. A character deliberately insults the spring's sacred status, while another respectfully questions the cost of repairing its ordinary fence. Which judgment is best supported?A. The deliberate insult to what is held sacred is sacrilegious; the practical budget question need not be.B. Neither can be sacrilegious unless the spring is physically destroyed.C. Only the budget question is sacrilegious because it mentions a price.D. Both acts must be sacrilegious because any question near a sacred site is disrespectful.

6In a fictional warehouse fire, flames completely destroy stacks of paper while merely warming intact stone sculptures. Which revision uses immolate accurately?A. The flames immolate the paper stacks by consuming them.B. The firelight immolates a distant wall merely by making it visible.C. The warmth immolates the stone sculptures while leaving them entirely undamaged.D. A smoke stain immolates an otherwise intact label without destroying it.

7An illustrator publicly declares that she gives up her exclusive claim to a recurring character and will no longer assert it. Which description captures renounce?A. She avoids discussing the claim without indicating any change in it.B. She formally rejects and gives up the claim.C. She delegates enforcement while continuing to insist on the claim.D. She keeps the claim but waits a month before using it.

8In a fictional theater story, an actor secretly hires people to pose as enthusiastic fans so a patron will mistake staged popularity for genuine public demand. Why does intrigue fit?A. The staged support is a concealed deceptive scheme.B. The crowd is an openly announced rehearsal whose purpose everyone understands.C. The actor directly states a personal opinion without concealing any plan.D. The excitement is an unplanned reaction that nobody has arranged.

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