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Set 21 of 246 / Words 161-168 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A gardener records harvests of 4, 6, and 5 baskets from three separate plots. What is the aggregate?A. The difference of 2 baskets between two plots.B. The largest individual harvest of 6 baskets.C. The order in which the plots were visited.D. The combined harvest of 15 baskets.

2A club keeps membership information in several inconsistent lists. Which action would consolidate it?A. Combine the checked entries into one coherent, reliable membership record.B. Rename each list while leaving every inconsistency unresolved.C. Create several additional copies with conflicting changes in each.D. Delete names at random without comparing the existing lists.

3A message says, 'Bring the box beside the chair with the blue label.' Two items could bear the label. Why is the instruction ambiguous?A. The wording leaves unclear whether the box or the chair bears the blue label.B. The recipient dislikes carrying either box.C. The message clearly identifies one box by number.D. The instruction is short enough to read quickly.

4Mara treasures an inherited piano and wants to keep it, yet feels relieved by the idea of having more room if she gives it away. What does ambivalent capture?A. A complete lack of interest in either the piano or her living space.B. Her conflicting positive and negative feelings about keeping the piano.C. An inability to understand what a piano is.D. Firm opposition to giving it away without any competing feeling.

5A friend hands over a borrowed camera with its case and cleaning cloth. Neither says it aloud, but both understand it should be returned carefully. What is implicit?A. The camera's visible color and physical dimensions.B. A requirement neither person understands or infers.C. The understood expectation of careful return.D. A return instruction printed and read aloud word for word.

6A baker writes 'We can revisit the order tomorrow.' How could a customer construe that message?A. Physically deliver the order to a different address.B. Count the words without considering their meaning.C. Interpret it as willingness to discuss changes later.D. Print the message in a larger typeface.

7In a dedication, an author writes 'for the person who kept the porch light on' as an indirect reference to her grandmother. What does allude describe?A. Drawing a conclusion about the grandmother from evidence the author has just discovered.B. Denying that any person influenced the book.C. Giving a complete factual biography with the grandmother's full name.D. Referring to her grandmother indirectly without naming or fully explaining her.

8A ceramic artist says that uneven firing caused a change in a bowl's color. What does she do when she attributes the change to the firing?A. Regards the firing as the cause of the color change.B. Gives the bowl to the person who operates the kiln.C. Describes the color without suggesting any cause.D. Proves automatically that no other influence was involved.

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