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Set 190 of 246 / Words 1513-1520 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A drainage sketch shows an open ditch running beside a road but never passing underneath a road or other barrier. A label calls the ditch a culvert solely because it carries water. What is missing?A. Any connection to water, although the sketch explicitly shows water in the ditch.B. Proof that the road has traffic at the moment the sketch is drawn.C. The constructed passage beneath a road or similar barrier that identifies a culvert.D. A requirement that every culvert must be a natural unbuilt stream.

2In a fictional materials test, substance A passes through a membrane while substance B does not. Which statement uses impermeable with the demonstrated scope?A. The membrane must block both substances equally because it is one physical object.B. The membrane is impermeable to A because A passes through it readily.C. The membrane is impermeable to B under the tested conditions, but not to A.D. The membrane is impermeable to everything because it blocks one tested substance.

3A spilled puddle spreads over a tiled floor, while the tiles retain exactly the same shape and size. A report calls this distention of the floor. Why is that inaccurate?A. A floor's becoming wet necessarily means internal pressure has enlarged the tiles.B. Any increase in the area covered by liquid proves the supporting floor has expanded.C. The liquid spreads, but the floor itself does not swell or stretch outward.D. Distention means a change of color without any possible change of shape.

4An exhibit lists a model's output as 1, 4, 9, and 16 over equal time intervals, and calls the change exponential merely because increases get larger. What check challenges that claim in the constant-proportion sense?A. The successive ratios differ, so the stated sequence does not change by one constant proportional factor.B. The successive absolute increases must be equal for exponential growth.C. Every increasing sequence is exponential whenever its last value is largest.D. The sequence cannot be examined because four observations contain no numbers.

5A trial reduces a workshop's documented setup time from ten minutes to four without changing its required tasks. A report calls the time saving a tangible benefit even though it cannot be held in the hand. Why does tangible fit?A. The saving proves that every possible aspect of the workshop improved.B. The report merely hopes a saving might occur without any observed result.C. The benefit is clearly demonstrated by the stated comparison.D. Only a solid object can ever be described as tangible.

6A proposal promises an impressive new service but gives no steps, resources, responsibilities, or explanation of how it would operate. Why might a reviewer call the proposal insubstantial?A. It lacks enough developed substance to support its promises.B. Its title is printed in a small font, which alone determines its substance.C. It is concise but supplies every necessary practical detail.D. Every proposal about a future activity is necessarily impossible to assess.

7A poem depicts only steel platforms, traffic lanes, and bare concrete. A reader calls its setting sylvan solely because the scene is quiet. What is unsupported?A. The presence of concrete, which the poem explicitly supplies.B. The quietness of the scene, which the reader already observes.C. A connection with woods or a wooded setting.D. The possibility that a city scene can be described in a poem.

8A character sells her previous home and moves to a city intending to live there permanently. A summary calls this a sojourn merely because the novel describes only her first month. What is the problem?A. Sojourn means every move to a new city regardless of intended duration.B. A permanent move can never appear in a short narrative.C. A stay becomes temporary whenever a reader stops reading about it.D. The story's limited coverage does not make the intended residence a temporary stay.

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