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Set 74 of 246 / Words 585-592 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A complete, verified register lists exactly one sold ticket for each number from 1 through 80 and no other tickets sold for a fictional recital. Which conclusion is conclusive from that record alone?A. Exactly 80 people attended and stayed until the end.B. Every ticket holder enjoyed the music equally.C. The room could not have accommodated any additional person.D. Exactly 80 tickets were sold for that recital.

2A composer wants to understand why a passage feels unfinished. Which approach is an analysis of the passage?A. Examine how its rhythm, harmony, and ending relate to the surrounding sections.B. Rename the piece in the hope that its structure will change.C. Ask listeners to vote for a favorite composer without hearing the passage.D. Replay the recording without attending to any musical feature.

3A roommate sees muddy shoes by the door and a wet umbrella on the floor, then concludes that someone has recently come in from rain. Why is that conclusion an inference?A. She invents an explanation entirely unrelated to the objects she sees.B. She reasons from observable clues to something she did not directly witness.C. She knows the conclusion is impossible to revise if new facts emerge.D. She quotes a written message that explicitly reports the arrival.

4Every parcel in crate A is addressed to Elm Street, and a checked label places parcel 12 in crate A. What can the sorter deduce from those premises?A. Every Elm Street parcel must be inside crate A.B. Parcel 12 contains the same item as all other parcels.C. Crate A will be delivered before every other crate.D. Parcel 12 is addressed to Elm Street.

5A collector wants an authentic letter by a fictional explorer. Which finding best satisfies that requirement?A. Reliable records establish that the explorer personally wrote the letter being offered.B. A modern artist carefully copies the explorer's handwriting and signs her name.C. A seller ages a new sheet until it looks as worn as an old letter.D. A printer reproduces the text accurately and labels it as a souvenir.

6A local market reserves a stall for bona fide growers. Which applicant most clearly meets that description?A. A visitor borrows another grower's name without permission to obtain a place.B. A reseller invents a garden address to qualify for the reserved stall.C. An advertiser calls ordinary imported herbs locally grown to attract buyers.D. A gardener genuinely grows the herbs she plans to sell and accurately describes her role.

7A trainee normally behaves casually but adopts elaborate bows and a theatrical laugh whenever an influential visitor arrives. Why might this manner be called affected?A. It proves that the trainee always behaves this way with close friends.B. It is a spontaneous reaction the trainee makes with everyone.C. It is artificially adopted to create a particular social impression.D. It is the necessary volume adjustment for a noisy room.

8A satirical cartoon gives a famously indecisive fictional mayor twenty pointing hands, each aimed in a different direction. What makes it a caricature?A. It documents the mayor's literal physical appearance without alteration.B. It exaggerates a selected trait to create humor or criticism.C. It reproduces a confidential schedule without changing its wording.D. It avoids any recognizable connection to the mayor or his behavior.

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