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Set 175 of 246 / Words 1393-1400 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A repair team has not tested a damaged radio. One member says, 'It will never work; there is no point opening it or checking the obvious faults.' What makes the response defeatist?A. An expectation of failure is being used to discourage even the available effort.B. The member remains uncertain and asks to investigate before deciding.C. The member has identified a specific risk and proposed a reasonable diagnostic step.D. The member has inspected the radio and is reporting a confirmed result.

2A publisher predicts that a new magazine will attract fewer readers than hoped, but still plans a careful trial and a smaller print run. Which description is best supported?A. The publisher has already measured the final sales of an issue that has not been printed.B. The publisher is fully confident that demand will exceed every expectation.C. The publisher is necessarily a fatalist because any unfavorable forecast asserts fixed destiny.D. The outlook is pessimistic because it anticipates an unfavorable result, even though action continues.

3A character says, 'No route we take can change our appointed end; fate has settled it already.' Another says, 'We may fail, but choosing a safer route could help.' Which speaker is a fatalist?A. The speaker who considers a safer route because choices may affect the outcome.B. Neither speaker, because fatalism requires refusing to speak about the future.C. Both speakers, merely because both mention the possibility of failure.D. The speaker who believes fate has fixed the outcome beyond the influence of choices.

4An applicant starts an interview by entering the wrong room and mispronouncing the interviewer's name, then recovers and answers well. Which sentence uses inauspicious accurately?A. The applicant's later recovery proves the opening errors were favorable signs.B. The good later answers make it impossible for the beginning to have been inauspicious.C. The interview had an inauspicious beginning, although the later exchange improved.D. The beginning was inauspicious only if the applicant is eventually rejected.

5A theater announcement says the curtain will rise in two minutes and asks late arrivals to take their seats now. What is impending?A. A possible renovation that has no proposed date.B. The performance that finished the previous evening.C. An event canceled with no plan to reschedule it.D. The start of the performance, which is about to happen.

6A software team tries a form on a narrow screen and notices that the submit button disappears below an unscrollable panel. What can this trial help the team foresee?A. Users of that layout may be unable to complete submissions unless the panel is fixed.B. No other problem can arise because one defect was noticed.C. The final release has already failed in the same way despite not yet existing.D. Every future user will abandon every product the team makes.

7A sculptor sees a twisted shadow on a wall and begins a new series of sketches inspired by its shape. In this account, what serves as the stimulus?A. The absence of any response to the shape.B. The shadow that prompts the new sketching activity.C. The final sales total, which the sculptor has not received.D. The completed exhibition that does not yet exist.

8A small theater wants visitors to try an unfamiliar performance format. Which action is intended to induce participation?A. Offer a brief demonstration and an invitation that addresses visitors' uncertainty about what to do.B. Block the entrance and announce that no visitors may participate.C. Remove all information about how visitors can join.D. Record the final attendance without attempting to influence it.

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