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Set 161 of 246 / Words 1281-1288 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A young musician hears a solo of extraordinary beauty and sits overwhelmed with wonder and admiration, unable at first to find words. Which description fits?A. The musician is awestruck by the solo.B. The musician is merely indifferent to the solo's effect.C. The musician is awestruck because every response to unfamiliar music is necessarily fearful.D. The musician is awestruck solely because the performance lasts a fixed number of minutes.

2A narrator calls a guest's manner countrified and expressly says he means 'unsophisticated,' although he knows nothing about the guest's background. Which conclusion follows from this wording?A. It reliably identifies the place where the guest was born.B. It records a disparaging opinion of the guest's manner without establishing birthplace or intelligence.C. It establishes that the guest lacks expertise in every technical field.D. It describes a rural style neutrally without expressing any critical judgment.

3A fictional meal description calls slices of chicken succulent. Which further detail supports that adjective?A. The meat is dry, leathery, and difficult to chew.B. The meat is tender and releases abundant juice when cut.C. The portion is large, but its moisture and tenderness are entirely unknown.D. The menu is printed on expensive paper while no texture is described.

4A music critic describes a passage as voluptuous because its rich, lingering tones provide sensuous pleasure. Which interpretation fits the assigned word?A. The passage has a richly pleasurable sensory quality.B. The passage gives no sensory pleasure and is valued solely for a catalog number.C. The passage is defined only by how many notes are printed.D. The passage must depict a particular body shape literally.

5A fictional race depends on measuring elapsed time accurately; without that measurement, its stated ranking system cannot work. Why is accurate timing elemental to the event?A. It is elemental only if it is the most complicated technology present.B. It is basic and essential to the event's stated nature and purpose.C. It is a decorative feature unrelated to determining results.D. It is optional because every event can ignore its own defining rules.

6A family uses a plain paper tally to share turns at a household task; it has no complex features but meets their simple need. Which description is accurate?A. The tally is unsophisticated in design without necessarily being ineffective.B. The family must lack intelligence because the tally is simple.C. The tally must be useless because unsophisticated always means incapable of working.D. The tally is technically elaborate because every useful system must be complex.

7A novelist links several viewpoints through carefully timed revelations, consistent motives, and subtle echoes that readers can trace across chapters. What supports sophistication of construction?A. The sheer number of pages regardless of how the parts relate.B. The use of a decorative cover without any developed structure inside.C. The presence of several confusing contradictions that serve no intended purpose.D. The refined, coordinated complexity of the narrative design.

8A shop promises straightforward pricing and places a clear complete price beside every item, with no hidden additions. How do the labels exemplify the promise?A. They show the promised quality through a concrete instance.B. They replace actual prices with a claim that all prices are always obvious.C. They merely repeat the promise while contradicting it in practice.D. They prove that the shop can never make any mistake in the future.

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