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16 Dec 2024, 09:51
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40% (00:50) correct
60% (00:26) wrong based on 10 sessions
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Floodwaters had already breached the library’s walls, but hopeful volunteers in hip boots worked tirelessly to __________ the damage.
A. mitigate
B. exacerbate
C. abase
D. bolster
E. forestall
F. flummox
A. mitigate
B. exacerbate
C. abase
D. bolster
E. forestall
F. flummox
22 Dec 2024, 09:47
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That “floodwaters had already breached the library’s walls” sounds very bad—the water is already inside. The signal word “but” tells you that the sentence is going to change direction, and indeed, the volunteers are “hopeful.” So you’re looking for something good in the blank—although it doesn’t seem like they’re going to cure the problem entirely. A good fill-in would be something like limit or hold back.
Exacerbate (make more severe, aggravate), abase (reduce in prestige, humiliate), bolster (support, boost), and flummox (confuse) do not contain any pairs.
That “floodwaters had already breached the library’s walls” sounds very bad—the water is already inside. The signal word “but” tells you that the sentence is going to change direction, and indeed, the volunteers are “hopeful.” So you’re looking for something good in the blank—although it doesn’t seem like they’re going to cure the problem entirely. A good fill-in would be something like limit or hold back.
Exacerbate (make more severe, aggravate), abase (reduce in prestige, humiliate), bolster (support, boost), and flummox (confuse) do not contain any pairs.
