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1.Refusing to ____________ his vituperative words, the ambassador only further ____________ members of the multinational committee. Blank (i) exacerbate moderate intensify Blank (ii) intrigued encouraged incensed Text Explanation Answers: (B), (F) ?Vituperative? means harsh and scathing. By not moderating these angry words, the ambassador is only going to make the committed more some negative word. Only (F) incensed, or very upset/enraged works. The gossip columnist ’s ____________ was __________the number of her published columns –the more articles she wrote, the more untruths she spread. Blank (i) calumny ardor flattery Blank (ii) commensurate with inverse to unconnected to Text Explanation Answers: (A), (D) ?The more untruths ? ? matches up with (A) calumny, or slander. (D) commensurate describes the relationship between two things, in which when one increases the other increases, or when one decreases the other decreases. In proportion to is another way of s aying ,commensurate with.? For all her brilliance, Ada was undone by her ______________: she vowed to apply herself far more diligently in studying for her retake of the bar exam. cleverness insouciance sagacity insight earnestness Text Explanation Answer: (B) For, in this case, means despite. Despite her brilliance, Ada did not pass the exam. She was undone by her lack of effort (...vowed to...diligently...). (A), (C), and (D) are similar in meaning, and none contrast with brilliance. means honesty and sincerity. If she possessed more of (E), she would have likely passed the exam. The conception of time as parcelled out in ______________ intervals did not begin with the advent of the clock; as such we must have a biological predisposition to not conceive of time as simply an amorphous succession of moments. fleeting illusory unbounded discrete indiscernible Text Explanation Answer: (D) The clue is to not conceive...amorphous. Therefore, we conceive of time that is bounded, not amorphous or shapeless. does