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17 Feb 2025, 08:13
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33% (01:44) wrong based on 3 sessions
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Despite having engineered and overseen the return of several stray dioceses that had broken away under his predecessor’s (i) _________, the bishop had a modest and open quality that (ii) _________ the (iii) _________ of his position.
Blank (i)
A. diligence
B. epaulet
C. laxity
Blank (ii)
D. construed
E. belied
F. derided
Blank (iii)
G. tenuousness
H. audacity
I. eminence
Blank (i)
A. diligence
B. epaulet
C. laxity
Blank (ii)
D. construed
E. belied
F. derided
Blank (iii)
G. tenuousness
H. audacity
I. eminence
22 Feb 2025, 11:54
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The predecessor had some quality that allowed “several stray dioceses” to break away. Laxity (looseness; leniency) is the only choice that works; diligence (perseverance; attentiveness) is the opposite of what is needed. Epaulet (shoulder ornament, typically worn on military uniforms) would only make sense—if at all—in an extremely metaphorical sense. The third blank refers to the (something) of the bishop’s position. There is no indication of tenuousness (uncertainty) or audacity (recklessness, daring), but eminence (high rank, station, or status) would apply to a leader’s position. You can now turn to the second blank: you don’t expect someone with a position of eminence to be “modest and open,” so his openness seems to misrepresent (belie) that eminence. Construed (deduced; explained) and derided (mocked, ridiculed) don’t work.
Answer: C,E,I
The predecessor had some quality that allowed “several stray dioceses” to break away. Laxity (looseness; leniency) is the only choice that works; diligence (perseverance; attentiveness) is the opposite of what is needed. Epaulet (shoulder ornament, typically worn on military uniforms) would only make sense—if at all—in an extremely metaphorical sense. The third blank refers to the (something) of the bishop’s position. There is no indication of tenuousness (uncertainty) or audacity (recklessness, daring), but eminence (high rank, station, or status) would apply to a leader’s position. You can now turn to the second blank: you don’t expect someone with a position of eminence to be “modest and open,” so his openness seems to misrepresent (belie) that eminence. Construed (deduced; explained) and derided (mocked, ridiculed) don’t work.
Answer: C,E,I
