<p>Can someone explain these questions to me? Thanks!</p>
<li>Because she had mistakenly assumed that the disputes between the parties could be successfully __<strong><em>, the attorney had not prepared herself for the </em></strong> of a long, drawn-out public trail.</li>
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<p>A. mediated…eventuality
B. eased…probability
C. exacerbated…contingency
D. manipulated…particularity
E. foreseen…inevitability</p>
<p>Answer: A</p>
<li>Because he had decided not to _____ himself through the sales of his new product, the inventor anonymously donated all profits to charity.</li>
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<p>A. compromise
B. invigorate
C. impoverish
D. aggrandize
E. debilitate</p>
<p>Answer: D</p>
<li>Despite pressure from reporters to discuss the scandal in which Senator Scottsdale was currently __<strong><em>, the press secretary would not </em></strong> the details of the senator’s upcoming public address.</li>
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<p>A. imbued…rescind
B. connected…consort
C. entangled…repeal
D. embroiled…divulge
E. compliant…quash</p>
<p>Answer: D</p>
<li>Since her personal pleas had failed to make her noisy neighbors change their ways, the homeowner felt that her only _____ was to notify the police.</li>
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<p>A. backlash
B. recourse
C. bromide
D. reckoning
E. forbearance</p>
<p>Answer: B</p>
<li>Anthropology was much more than _____ for the novelist Zora Neale Hurston: she studied at Barnard College with Franz Boas, who is often called the “Father of American Anthropology.”</li>
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<p>A. an obsession
B. career
C. an avocation
D. an encumbrance
E. a commitment</p>
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<li>So this lady thought WRONGLY that these 2 parties could work things out. For first blank you need word that meand "worked out" and I can't think of something for second blank. So I would go through choices, and mediated means worked out and eventuality works.</li>
<li>This one has tougher vocab, so you would need process of elimnation if you dont know what words mean. So this dude for some reason donated all of his money to charity cause he promised himself he wouldnt get richer. A, B and C make no sense off the bat. The other 2 you either have to know the definitions, or you can try breaking words down. </li>
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<p>The last 3 are really hard to explain. Sorry</p>
<p>1.Agrred with NBA fan. The lady thought wrong. What did she think wrong? she thought wrong that the parties would work things out. Now you can easily eliminate C D E b/c they sound awkward. We're left with probability and eventuality. Now ask yourself. did she not prepare her self for the PROBABILITY of a arugment or the EVENTUALITY of it? Obviously, the argument continued for a long time, so eventually would be the best choice.</p>
<p>2.This question deals with a bit of logic. Go through each answer choice.
Is he (a) compromising himself by selling his new product? That wouldn't make any sense! B(invigorate) just sounds completely awkard, so we can eliminate it. C also doesnt make any sense. If your sales fail, its still better than giving it all for free. Daggrandize) would be the best choice because it means overpraising, thus he didn't want too much attention from the sales of his NEW product, so thats why he Anonymously donated his profits prevent being viewed as greedy.</p>
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<li>Look at the sentence. The press secretary is obviously trying to help her boss, whos in deep S**t. So she would not BLANK the details of her bosses plans. Divulge means to disclose, and the other choices make no sense at all. rescind? quash? Ultimately it really comes down to whether you know the words or not. These can be hard if your not familiar with the roots/definitions of the word.</li>
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<p>4.This ones pretty easy. Since her people failed her, her only choice was to ask for the help of the police. Thus she mjsut change her course of action. Is it her only backlash? that words sounds like something from wrestling... is it reckoning? no that doesnt sound right, FORBEARANCE? nope. now recourse sounds something like change course. shift of plans perhaps. we'll go with recourse.</p>
<p>5.This one can be tough if you dont know what avocation means. i got it wrong lol. =( But we can eliminate encumberance and obsession</p>
<p>I was wondering if I would see the word "bromide" in a test question. </p>
<p>Number 5 is tricky because it isn't obvious what the blank should be. Look at it closely - first, we're talking about a NOVELIST who did ANTHROPOLOGY at college. Ok, so now we're on to something. Let's look at the choices - </p>
<p>A. an obsession
B. a career
C. an avocation
D. an encumbrance
E. a commitment</p>
<p>B is obviously wrong, since she is a novelist. D is wrong, it makes no sense. Think about A...how can something be more than an obsession? Ok, so we're down to 2 choices. You could guess, but you can easily see that a commitment doesn't really fit either. This leaves avocation...which means something like a hobby. Even if you don't know what avocation means (I didn't), it kinda just sounds right. Hope that helps :)</p>
<p>Yeah it just sounded right for me. When I did it, I subbed in fling for the blank for number 5. A, B, and E were gone. And I thought of cumbersome when I thought of D and so I went with avocation.</p>