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Old 12-26-2006, 01:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
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1.The interviewr was startled to hear the otherwise gracious author make the ------ remark "My novels are too sophisticated for the American public"
a) apt
b) enigmatic
c)lofty
d) vacuous
e)insightful

2. In these politically correct times it has become ---- to discuss certain subjects at all

a) safe
b) eccentric
c)precarious
d) efficacious
e)effortless
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Old 12-26-2006, 06:01 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 12-26-2006, 06:12 AM   #3 (permalink)
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2) B
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1.The interviewr was startled to hear the otherwise gracious author make the ------ remark "My novels are too sophisticated for the American public"
a) apt
b) enigmatic
c)lofty
d) vacuous
e)insightful

2. In these politically correct times it has become ---- to discuss certain subjects at all

a) safe
b) eccentric
c)precarious
d) efficacious
e)effortless

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I am told that i talk in shorthand & then smudge it.
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Old 12-26-2006, 06:16 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Yeah "precarious" was my second choice. I didn't choose it because it sounded too extreme for the sentence.
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Old 12-26-2006, 11:10 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Old 12-26-2006, 02:51 PM   #7 (permalink)
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OA is B& C....
Can anyone explain?

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Old 12-26-2006, 03:20 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Old 12-26-2006, 03:30 PM   #9 (permalink)
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How can it be insightful for the first question? That was the first choice I eliminated.
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Old 12-26-2006, 03:36 PM   #10 (permalink)
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sorry Steven the ans is B for the first one, i have edited it now...
but, how does enigmatic fit here? does it have any sec meanings?
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