An Accusation Needs Care

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What makes the diversion flagrant?A. It is a harmless difference in how two clerks arrange a page.B. It is a minor rounding error promptly identified and corrected.C. It is an obvious and serious violation carried out despite the fund's stated purpose.D. It is an uncertain suspicion unsupported by any described action.

2Conduct deserving strong scorn or disapproval can be called _____.A. contemptibleB. praiseworthyC. defensibleD. admirable

3Which explanation uses enormity in the sense taught here?A. The account uses the word only to measure how tall the fund's office building is.B. The account uses the word only to count the number of pages in a routine ledger.C. The account emphasizes the extreme wickedness of deliberately exploiting families in distress.D. The account uses the word only to describe the geographic size of the town.

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