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If the allegations turn out to be true and the school's administrators
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27 Dec 2024, 11:26
27 Dec 2024, 11:26
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If the allegations turn out to be true and the school's administrators are found to be $\(\qquad\)$ , the university may lose its accreditation and the administrators might never be able to be employed in higher education again.
| Two Answers |
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| A. repentant |
| B. culpable |
| C. synoptic | D. contrite | E. complicit |
| F. unsound |
Re: If the allegations turn out to be true and the school's administrators
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28 Dec 2024, 05:26
28 Dec 2024, 05:26
We need a pair of words that are synonymous with guilty/illegal. Culpable and Complicit fits the case.
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02 Feb 2025, 14:01
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Culpable, complicit.
"Allegations" are unproven claims that someone has done something wrong or illegal, so if they "turn out to be true," the administrators would be found to be guilty or deserving of blame. This is further supported by the negative results: "the university may lose its accreditation" and the perpetrators "might never be able to be employed in higher education again." The answers "culpable" (deserving blame) and "complicit" (collaborating with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing) both fit the meaning of the sentence and produce sentences that are alike in meaning. "Repentant" and "contrite" are an answer pair meaning remorseful or guilt-ridden, which is close, but goes a bit too far: the sentence indicates they may be "found" guilty but not necessarily that they feel badly about it. The remaining choices are unpaired and not a good fit for the blank anyway. "Synoptic," which is related to the word "synopsis," means forming a summary. When referring to people, "unsound" means unreliable or not competent.
Culpable, complicit.
"Allegations" are unproven claims that someone has done something wrong or illegal, so if they "turn out to be true," the administrators would be found to be guilty or deserving of blame. This is further supported by the negative results: "the university may lose its accreditation" and the perpetrators "might never be able to be employed in higher education again." The answers "culpable" (deserving blame) and "complicit" (collaborating with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing) both fit the meaning of the sentence and produce sentences that are alike in meaning. "Repentant" and "contrite" are an answer pair meaning remorseful or guilt-ridden, which is close, but goes a bit too far: the sentence indicates they may be "found" guilty but not necessarily that they feel badly about it. The remaining choices are unpaired and not a good fit for the blank anyway. "Synoptic," which is related to the word "synopsis," means forming a summary. When referring to people, "unsound" means unreliable or not competent.
