Vocabulary Studio 14: Connoisseur to conundrum

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

1In the example "Her expression of contrition was followed by an attempt to repair the damage.", what does contrition mean?A. Art or decoration considered excessively sentimental or showy in a cheap way.B. Sincere remorse for wrongdoing.C. A small curl of hair.D. The highest or most perfected expression of something; also elevation to divine status.

2In the example "They had to contrive a shelter from the materials at hand.", what does contrive mean?A. To mark with parallel lines, grooves, or streaks.B. To deliberately avoid or abstain from something.C. To devise or arrange something through planning or ingenuity.D. To make an unpleasant feeling or condition less intense.

3In the example "The missing page posed a conundrum for the editor.", what does conundrum mean?A. The top of the head, often used humorously.B. A confused or disorderly mass of things.C. Something that discourages an action.D. A difficult or puzzling problem.

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