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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 78 of 246 / Words 617-624 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A writers' association contains a smaller organized group campaigning to use all its funds for an annual festival. What is this group in relation to the association?A. The entire association merely because it has a strong preference.B. An unrelated audience that has no membership in the association.C. A financial account that records the festival's costs.D. A faction pursuing its own position within the larger organization.

2Two longtime business partners stop sharing information after a serious disagreement and begin planning incompatible futures for the firm. Which word fits their relationship?A. A coincidence has occurred because the disagreement has no bearing on their cooperation.B. A merger has occurred because their plans have become a single shared approach.C. A rift has developed because the disagreement has created a serious split.D. A routine clarification has occurred because they remain fully aligned.

3A restaurant's booking process loses reservations repeatedly. Which proposal would constitute an overhaul?A. Change one heading's color while retaining every failing step.B. Tell customers that the existing process has always been popular.C. Buy a new pen without checking how reservations disappear.D. Examine the whole process and substantially revise how requests, confirmations, and changes are recorded.

4Which project would renovate an old railway waiting room?A. Repair the damaged interior and improve the building for renewed use.B. Write a fictional story set in the room without changing the building.C. Close it permanently and leave its deteriorating condition untouched.D. Move its address into a different column of a database.

5An estate agent describes a cottage as dilapidated. Which inspection finding supports that description?A. The cottage is small but carefully maintained and in sound condition.B. Long neglect has left broken fittings, rotting boards, and a deteriorating interior.C. The owners prefer a color scheme that differs from current fashion.D. The cottage is located far from the nearest railway station.

6A photographer's regular backdrop is unavailable, so she clips a clean sheet to an existing frame for one session. Why is the replacement makeshift?A. It is an exact copy manufactured by the original supplier.B. It has permanently replaced every future backdrop without further decision.C. It is improvised to meet the immediate need until the regular arrangement returns.D. It must be useless because it was not the original planned object.

7A new volunteer knows how to open a database and find a name but has not learned editing or reporting. Which description fits the volunteer's knowledge?A. It is comprehensive because knowing one function guarantees knowledge of all others.B. It is specialized expertise because the volunteer has mastered advanced reporting.C. It is nonexistent because partial knowledge cannot count as knowledge.D. It is rudimentary because it covers only basic, early steps.

8A puzzle designer calls her first scoring method primitive because it uses only a row of pebbles to track points. What does primitive mean in this context?A. Necessarily ancient even if she invented it yesterday.B. Inferior in human worth because of the place where she lives.C. Basic and undeveloped in form compared with her later scoring system.D. More technically elaborate than every method that followed it.

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