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These authored situations are different from the teaching examples. Returning to the same question later is repeated practice, not a new unseen test every time.

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8 questions that use guided words beyond their original reading. Choose the best answer before opening a definition, then read the explanation.

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Set 70 of 246 / Words 553-560 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A restaurant review judges only the wallpaper and door handles while ignoring the food and service it claims to evaluate. What does superficiality identify?A. A need to use more complicated adjectives regardless of content.B. Proof that brief reviews can never contain thoughtful analysis.C. A lack of depth in addressing the relevant substance.D. A guarantee that every observation about decoration is false.

2A farewell speech repeats 'reach for the stars' without adding any specific thought about the person leaving. Why might the phrase be trite?A. Its familiar overuse gives it little fresh interest or force.B. The phrase becomes original merely by being spoken loudly.C. Its meaning is impossible to understand because no one has heard it.D. Every familiar expression is factually false.

3A device description says only, 'It delivers exceptional exceptionalness in every exceptional way.' What makes this vacuous?A. It offers no meaningful idea about what the device does.B. It supplies detailed reasons that are difficult to compare.C. It is vacuous solely because the sentence is short.D. It precisely describes a measurable function and its limits.

4A traveler misses a connection after allowing only one minute between distant platforms. What might the experience underscore in a later travel plan?A. The color of a ticket unrelated to the delay.B. The certainty that all connections are impossible.C. A requirement to repeat the same timing without examination.D. The importance of allowing time for the actual transfer.

5A cook wants a herb mixture to become part of a larger sauce rather than remain beside it. Which action incorporates it?A. Leave it sealed in a separate jar for another meal.B. Mention it on a shopping list without adding it.C. Remove every trace of it from the kitchen.D. Mix the herb preparation into the sauce as an ingredient.

6Before a hike, a leader explains the return time, then states the same key time again just before departure. What is the second statement?A. A withdrawal of the earlier time without replacement.B. A reiteration of an already stated instruction.C. A contradiction that assigns an incompatible time.D. A completely new destination not mentioned before.

7At lunch, someone briefly recounts accidentally mailing a birthday card to their own address. What makes this an anecdote?A. It is a complete technical history of postal systems.B. It is an abstract claim with no event described.C. It is a short account of a particular amusing incident.D. It is a collection of many writers' entire books.

8An editor selects thirty short comics by different artists and publishes them together. What makes the book an anthology?A. It is an index listing titles without including any works.B. It contains only one continuous story created for the book.C. It collects selected creative works within one publication.D. It reproduces a single blank sketchbook.

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