Conjunctions And Text Logic In Three Blank Texts

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Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The __________ handwriting of the doctor meant that it was nearly impossible for the pharmacist to tell what the doctor had written; __________, she nearly killed someone, and the doctor was ordered to __________ immediately.

indelible . . . throughout . . . improve inscrutable . . . as a result . . . improve persistent . . . despite this . . . careen remonstrate . . . theretofore . . . careen undulating . . . however  . . . improve

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Without looking for a final solution, Peter did consider several __________ options, for he knew that with the __________ of time such __________ solutions would help create foundations for long-term goals.

moderate . . . gathering . . . amenable elementary . . . reflection . . . nugatory simpler . . . emendation . . . facile simplistic . . . undertaking . . . benevolent intermediary . . . passage . . . temporary

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The __________ oatmeal showed the certain signs of sitting in the heater, for it poured reluctantly from the ladle, falling in thick __________ into the small bowl that would __________ it until it was eaten.

intolerable . . .  nougats . . . retain wilted . . . plaintiffs . . . greet viscous . . . globules . . . contain inedible . . . blobs . . . enclose gelatinous . . . puddles . . . encircle

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Although Robert did not have __________ beliefs, he would regularly __________ about almost any topic, expressing his passing thoughts with little hesitation, often to the __________ of his reticent, conservative friends.

heralded . . . recollect . . . salutations certain . . . publish . . . amazement settled . . . opine . . . consternation intellectual . . . teach . . . amusement dogmatic . . . preach . . . sadness

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Most people misuse the word “literally,” often referring to a(n) __________ meaning of the word. For example, when someone states, “It is literally freezing outside,” he or she likely means, “It is __________ than __________ expected.”

denuded . . . warmer . . . formerly forgotten . . . colder . . . sanely controversial . . . more bitter . . . regularly metaphorical . . . brisker . . . initially esoteric . . . balmier . . . standardly

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The argument seemed neither cogent nor __________; it was full of __________ as well as __________ that did not logically connect the ideas being expressed with such vigor.

understandable . . . errors . . . canards sound . . . equivocations . . . inferences recollected . . . confusions . . . inaccuracies thorough . . . assumptions . . . foolishness earnest . . . miscalculations . . . omissions

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Although Patrick could drink a great deal of alcohol without becoming __________, Isaac could barely smell alcohol without becoming tipsy. For this reason, the latter man remained completely __________ most of the time for fear of falling into a drunken __________.

overcome . . . temperate . . . stupidity inebriated . . . sober . . . stupor aroused . . . placid . . . fixation enraged . . . temperamental . . . state queasy . . . benighted . . . vapidity

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The subject was no __________ matter but instead was quite __________, focusing on things that, given their import, were very __________ to most parties.

ephemeral . . . consequential . . . controversial meandering . . . focused . . . belittling ecclesiastical . . . secular . . . amazing niggling . . . audacious . . . trivial craven . . . logistical . . . profound

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Although Odo was not known for being __________, he did occasionally __________ his companions by showing care for people in dire __________.

generous . . . belittle . . . communal melancholic . . . rejoice . . . hedonism altruistic . . . astonish . . . straits communistic . . . recount . . . need felicitous . . . niggle . . . fortunes

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The __________ structure of the moral system had a certain beauty; in its supreme __________ of parts, seemingly contradictory elements were actually well __________ in relation to one another.

pedantic . . . entailment . . . positioned impressive . . . arrangement . . . regulated arching . . . indication . . . woven architectonic . . . harmony . . . balanced questionable . . . conflagration . . . noted
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Title: Conjunctions And Text Logic In Three Blank Texts
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