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25 Oct 2024, 08:29
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62% (00:32) correct
37% (00:26) wrong based on 8 sessions
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Despite relying on the well-to-do for commissions, the portrait painter was no___________: he depicted the character of those he painted as he perceived it.
A. hypocrite
B. egotist
C. sycophant
D. adulator
E. braggart
F. coward
A. hypocrite
B. egotist
C. sycophant
D. adulator
E. braggart
F. coward
25 Feb 2025, 11:35
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The sentence indicates that despite being paid by wealthy patrons to paint their portraits, the painter depicted his subjects as he saw them. This fact indicates that the painter was not a “sycophant” or “adulator” in that he did not seek to flatter his patrons. Although both “hypocrite” and “coward” make some sense when inserted in the blank, neither produces a sentence similar in meaning to that produced by any other option. “Braggart” and “egotist” are similar in meaning, but neither fts the sentence’s focus on the painter’s honest depiction of his subjects.
Thus the correct answer is sycophant (Choice C) and adulator (Choice D).
The sentence indicates that despite being paid by wealthy patrons to paint their portraits, the painter depicted his subjects as he saw them. This fact indicates that the painter was not a “sycophant” or “adulator” in that he did not seek to flatter his patrons. Although both “hypocrite” and “coward” make some sense when inserted in the blank, neither produces a sentence similar in meaning to that produced by any other option. “Braggart” and “egotist” are similar in meaning, but neither fts the sentence’s focus on the painter’s honest depiction of his subjects.
Thus the correct answer is sycophant (Choice C) and adulator (Choice D).
