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Set 148 of 246 / Words 1177-1184 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1At a quiet museum bench, a fictional visitor shoves another person's coat aside, sprawls across all the seats, and sneers when others ask to sit. Which description is supported?A. The visitor is considerate because occupying every seat removes uncertainty about availability.B. The visitor behaves like a boor by showing rudeness and little consideration.C. The visitor is a boor solely because the visitor prefers sitting to standing.D. The other visitors are boors merely for making a polite request.

2On a bus, one passenger spits on the floor and makes coarse personal comments about nearby strangers. Which description uses uncouth accurately?A. The passenger's coarse disregard for accepted manners is uncouth.B. A quiet accent different from the driver's is necessarily uncouth.C. Any passenger unfamiliar with the route is uncouth regardless of behavior.D. A courteous request for help identifying a stop is uncouth.

3At an awards ceremony in a comedy, a recipient makes an exaggerated contemptuous bow solely to mock the presenter, then deliberately turns away during the acknowledgment. Which reading supports insolent?A. The gestures are boldly rude and disrespectful toward the presenter.B. The recipient asks a respectful question about where to stand.C. The recipient is merely shy, with no disrespect intended or expressed in the stated scene.D. The recipient accidentally misses a cue and immediately apologizes.

4A competition judge privately sells a contestant advance access to the judging questions, contrary to the announced fair process. What does impropriety identify here?A. Mere disagreement over which contestant gave the most elegant answer.B. A harmless choice of seating that gives nobody a special advantage.C. An openly announced preparation resource available equally to every contestant.D. Conduct that is improper and compromises the competition's process.

5During a solemn remembrance ceremony, a participant interrupts the silence to loudly promote a discount furniture sale. What makes unseemliness a precise criticism?A. A remembrance ceremony can never include any spoken words.B. The conduct is inappropriate to the solemn setting.C. Furniture sales are necessarily dishonest in every possible setting.D. The participant's announcement is inappropriate only if every stated price is false.

6A dialogue editor must tag offensive swearing separately from other strong language. Which line would belong in the profanity category as described?A. A character politely states strong disagreement with a rival.B. A character criticizes an argument using respectful technical language.C. A character urgently calls for assistance without offensive words.D. A character directs an offensive swearword at a rival.

7During a difficult price negotiation, a fictional consultant presents a counteroffer with polished ease, listens confidently, and states the terms with graceful courtesy rather than aggression. What supports suave?A. The consultant's smooth, confident, polished social manner.B. A guarantee that the counteroffer is financially best for everyone.C. The fact that the consultant agrees to every demand without speaking.D. An assumption that polished manners prove every claim factually correct.

8A language tutor enters a practice session with spirited enthusiasm, animated responses, and an energetic interest in each learner's story. Which description best fits?A. Vivacious, because the tutor avoids all expressive movement or interest.B. Vivacious, because the tutor's statements are guaranteed to be factually perfect.C. Vivacious, because the tutor is consistently listless and disengaged.D. Vivacious, because the tutor is lively and full of energy.

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