two-word completions
Which of the following best describes the organizational structure of paragraph two
Cause and effect
Credence is best defined as
Acceptance
Which of the following best describes the authors attitude toward the subject of the passage
Factual
The meaning of feckless is
Incompetent
The effect of the last sentence in the passage might best be described as
Ironic
Reconnaissance is best defined as
Scouting expedition
From the passage, it is clear that
The fire started in or near the O'Leary's barn
From the passage, you can reasonably infer that all of the following played a role in the spread of the fire except
The fleeing population
Substantiated most nearly means
Verified
Someone with a ________ nature is generally very good at __________, while more honest people give off unconscious cues that they are not telling the truth.
devious...dissembling
the film reviewed emphasized the dramatic ________ manner in which the lead actor delivered his lines in the final scene.
histrionic
the minister remarked on the surprising gift _________ to the church building fund given by an anonymous donor.
largesse
Distraught is best defined as
Frantic
From the top of the mountain that summer afternoon, I looked out on a(n) ________ panorama of fields and pasturelands through which countless streams and rivulets __________ like so many serpents slithering lazily across a carpet.
verdant...undulated
The meaning of incendiary (line 4) is
Inflammatory
The primary purpose of the passage is to
Tell the story of the Chicago fire of 1871
Despite the somewhat strident ___________ of some professional critics and the inane _________ of a few literary pedants, the work enjoyed a notable popular success.
animadversions...carping
hearing his unexpectedly critical ________ comments changed the team's opinion of their new coach.
carping
Little did we realize, as we _____________ blithely on the beach during those ___________ and cloudless days of spring of 1914, that the world was moving inexorably into the maelstrom of total war.
cavorted...halcyon
The senator hoped his colleagues would find his __________ argument about the deficit to be ________
coherent...tenable
Someone who is by nature as skeptical as I am usually refuses to give any __________ to the kinds of wild allegations thrown about in an election until they have been ___________ by solid evidence.
credence...substantiated
For what must have been the first and only time in his life, the overly cautious general did not ____________ or vacillate but committed his troops to battle with ____________ celerity.
temporize...unwonted