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Set 185 of 246 / Words 1473-1480 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1Within a fictional tournament's complete season record, one team defeats every rival and clearly dominates the field. Which statement uses supremacy within that scope?A. The team gains legal authority over every rival's private decisions.B. A single unused uniform gives the team supremacy regardless of performance.C. The record proves that no team anywhere could ever defeat it.D. The team establishes supremacy in that season's tournament competition.

2In a novel, a former official moves from privately criticizing the government to joining an organized rebellion against its established rule. Which change makes insurgent appropriate?A. Participation in the rebellion against the established authority.B. A decision to stop discussing politics without joining any opposition.C. A routine request for clarification while carrying out an assigned duty.D. The earlier private preference for a different office layout.

3A fictional theater production transforms a hereditary ruler's throne into a shared bench to argue that inherited exclusive power should end. Why might the symbolism be called subversive?A. It merely repairs a broken chair while affirming every principle of inherited rule.B. It seeks to undermine a central basis of the established authority.C. It gives a neutral list of furniture dimensions without any argument.D. It is subversive solely because the bench uses a different paint color.

4A fictional household's servants cannot leave their posts, have their earnings arbitrarily taken, and face severe punishment for harmless requests. The narrator explicitly condemns the control as unjust. What supports oppressed?A. A mild inconvenience caused by choosing between two available lunch times.B. Subjection to harsh and unjust control.C. A private disagreement about decoration with no coercive restriction.D. Participation in a voluntary rota with fair, mutually accepted duties.

5A cook says she detests the texture of olives and consistently avoids dishes containing them because she finds the texture intensely unpleasant. What does detest communicate?A. A neutral lack of preference between two equally welcome ingredients.B. An inability to recognize an olive when she sees one.C. A strong dislike, rather than a mild preference for another ingredient.D. A belief that nobody anywhere can enjoy olives.

6A fan admires and respects a player but disagrees with one tactical choice. A report says the fan despises the player solely because of that criticism. What is unsupported?A. The leap from a specific disagreement to contempt or intense dislike of the person.B. The fact that the fan has expressed a view about one decision.C. The possibility that admiration can coexist with a particular criticism.D. The distinction between a player and one choice made during a game.

7Removing a popular app feature produces a noisy public exchange of complaints, defenses, and excited speculation in a fictional review column. The writer calls it a brouhaha. What does that label establish by itself?A. There is an excited fuss around the change, without settling whether the underlying complaints are justified.B. Every complaint is necessarily false and the feature must be unimportant.C. A final technical investigation has resolved every disputed claim.D. The change has passed without any noticeable reaction.

8A fundraiser began a month before Nila joined it. She contributes to the existing campaign, but there is no evidence she started or provoked it. Why is calling her its instigator unsupported?A. Anyone who gives money automatically starts the campaign retroactively.B. Participation in an existing effort does not by itself establish that she initiated it.C. An activity can have no initiator if later people join it.D. Instigate means finish all work alone, which no campaign can involve.

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