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The blank is about vampire novels [now] on the market, so look for a clue that describes the current status of those books. Although such novels once evoked excitement, that response has been deadened by [the books’] sheer numbers, so there must now be a lot of them on today’s market. Write down “a lot” and cross off answers that don’t match. The clue in this sentence is sheer number. Both glut and inundation match the predicted answer, and are thus the credited responses. Watch out for distractor choices that also refer to quantity, but mean the opposite of the required word, such as lack of and dearth.
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