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Set 154 of 246 / Words 1225-1232 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1Two volunteers compare folding a few envelopes with hand-polishing a large floor for several hours, a task the story describes as requiring vigorous exertion. Which task is strenuous on those facts?A. The floor polishing, because it requires vigorous effort.B. The envelope folding solely because it has a written instruction sheet.C. Neither task can be strenuous unless it is a competitive sport.D. Either task must be strenuous merely because a volunteer performs it.

2In a fictional company, the loss of every experienced scheduler severely weakens the dispatch team's ability to organize deliveries. What would it mean to say the loss could debilitate the team?A. It could weaken the team's ability to function.B. It could merely change the team's name without affecting capacity.C. It could prove that no remaining worker has any useful skill.D. It could necessarily improve every delivery arrangement.

3A fictional performer describes gradually regaining ordinary strength during the period after a demanding run of shows. Which interval is recuperation?A. The period of recovering strength after the strain.B. A continuing decline in strength with no recovery described.C. A costume redesign that has no stated relation to the performer's condition.D. The ticket presale before any demanding performance begins.

4A guest writes that a mild stomach upset has made her unable to attend a dinner that evening, although she still values the invitation. Which description fits indisposed?A. She has necessarily decided to end the friendship permanently.B. She is slightly unwell and unable to take part that evening.C. She has formally renounced every future invitation.D. She must dislike all dinners because she misses this one.

5A fictional character's old leg injury leaves a weakness that sometimes limits standing. Which statement uses infirmity in the stated sense?A. The character's infirmity necessarily proves a lack of intelligence.B. The character adjusts the day's activity to the described infirmity.C. The character has no infirmity because weakness can refer only to ideas.D. The character's infirmity is another name for confidence in an argument.

6A small shelf shifts under a light touch because its fastening does not hold it steadily. Which description uses insecure in a physical sense?A. The shelf is insecure because its owner dislikes the color despite secure fastening.B. The shelf is insecure because it is not stable or firmly held.C. The shelf is insecure only if a person feels embarrassed about it.D. The shelf is insecure because every fixed object is necessarily unstable.

7A recipe card omits the amount of its main ingredient, so readers cannot carry out the stated method reliably. What is the inadequacy?A. A missing essential quantity that prevents the card from meeting its instructional need.B. A different but equally readable font that changes no instruction.C. A decorative border omitted from a card that otherwise meets every stated need.D. The presence of complete quantities that all readers can follow.

8A fictional interpreter accepts a job requiring a language she cannot understand and repeatedly fails to convey even basic statements. Which conclusion is justified about this task?A. She is necessarily incompetent at every other activity in her life.B. She is competent because accepting a title automatically supplies the needed skill.C. She cannot be called incompetent unless she deliberately intends to make errors.D. She is incompetent for the interpreting task because she lacks the required ability.

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