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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 94 of 246 / Words 745-752 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A graduation speaker fills every paragraph with familiar phrases such as 'reach for the stars' and offers no fresh detail. Why might listeners call the speech banal?A. Its claims are necessarily false because they are familiar.B. Its unfamiliar arguments surprise every listener.C. Its sentences are too factually detailed to follow.D. Its overused ideas and expressions provide little freshness or interest.

2A friend explains an unfamiliar hobby through a vivid problem, a clear demonstration, and questions that keep listeners curious. What supports calling the explanation engaging?A. It holds the listeners' interest as they follow the unfamiliar subject.B. It uses the greatest possible number of technical terms.C. It prevents listeners from asking questions about the topic.D. It proves the hobby will suit everyone in the room.

3A jeweler examines four handmade clasps. Which observation most directly supports describing one as exquisite?A. It weighs more than the other three clasps combined.B. Its tiny curves are delicately shaped and exceptionally beautiful.C. It uses the most common shape in the workshop.D. It was finished earlier than its scheduled date.

4After carrying a small stack of books, a student says, 'My backpack weighs more than the whole campus.' How should that line be read as hyperbole?A. As a verified measurement of every building's combined weight.B. As proof that the student cannot understand numbers.C. As an official instruction to reduce the campus's size.D. As deliberate exaggeration conveying how heavy the backpack feels.

5A roommate leaves crumbs everywhere, and another says sharply, 'Your dazzling commitment to tidiness impresses me again.' Why is this sarcasm?A. The speaker neutrally reports how many crumbs are present.B. The apparent praise delivers cutting criticism of the messy behavior.C. The speaker sincerely praises a room that has just been cleaned.D. The words ask an open question without judging the behavior.

6A proofreading competition awards its organizer a certificate that spells accuracy incorrectly. Which explanation captures why the situation is ironic?A. The certificate's paper must be unusually colorful.B. The result sharply contrasts with the accuracy one would expect from that event.C. Every unexpected event is necessarily a deliberate joke.D. The organizer must have intended the mistake to occur.

7In an invented town's history, a monthly tool swap led residents to establish a permanent lending shed. How can the swap be called an antecedent?A. It happened only after the shed closed.B. It came earlier and helped shape the later lending project.C. It must have been identical in every detail to the later shed.D. It was the most intense emotional scene in a novel.

8A story follows a rower through training, a tense final race, and a quiet return home. The race's last stroke resolves the central contest. Where is the climax most plausibly located?A. In the contents page before the story begins.B. At the decisive last stroke, where the main tension reaches its highest point.C. In the final printing information after the narrative ends.D. In any early routine practice solely because it occurs first.

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