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Lindsay, cognizant of the effects of second-hand smoke but hesitant to inconvenience her party guests, _______, as she was unsure whether to ask people to smoke outside during the party.
| Blank (i) |
| (A) dissembled |
| (B) vacillated |
| (C) equivocated |
| (D) disparaged |
| (E) concurred |
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22 Aug 2017, 15:16
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Lindsay is described as hesitant and unsure, and is weighing the conflicting motivations of health and convenience, so you need a word that means something like hesitated or was unsure. Of the choices, only vacillated makes sense. Be careful of choice (C): To support equivocated, you would have to know that Lindsay had already spoken to guests about the issue.
Hence option B is correct!
Lindsay is described as hesitant and unsure, and is weighing the conflicting motivations of health and convenience, so you need a word that means something like hesitated or was unsure. Of the choices, only vacillated makes sense. Be careful of choice (C): To support equivocated, you would have to know that Lindsay had already spoken to guests about the issue.
Hence option B is correct!
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08 Aug 2026, 09:28
08 Aug 2026, 09:28
Vaccilating essentially means oscillating between two bounds (being unsure), so B. Equivocation means "unclear", not necessarily "unsure"
