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When the town's water supply ran low during the summer drought, the residents received an earnest missive from the mayor that ________ them to take heed of the dearth of water and avoid any water-related activities that weren't necessary.
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| Two Answers |
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| A. lambasted |
| B. beseeched |
| C. wheedled | D. inundated | E. castigated |
| F. importuned |
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The earnest missive from the mayor indicates that he or she is (understandably) very concerned about the serious dearth of water caused by the summer drought. Accordingly, write down a word like "urged" for the blank. Now look to eliminate words that don't match the predicted answer. Lambasted and castigated both mean "harshly criticized," but there is no support in the sentence for the mayor's message being critical. Inundated(flooded) is a trap answer because it relates to water, but doesn't match "urged." Wheedled (cajoled) is close, but it implies the use of flattery, which is not supported. Only beseechedand importuned match the predicted answer; hence, (B) and (F) are correct.
The earnest missive from the mayor indicates that he or she is (understandably) very concerned about the serious dearth of water caused by the summer drought. Accordingly, write down a word like "urged" for the blank. Now look to eliminate words that don't match the predicted answer. Lambasted and castigated both mean "harshly criticized," but there is no support in the sentence for the mayor's message being critical. Inundated(flooded) is a trap answer because it relates to water, but doesn't match "urged." Wheedled (cajoled) is close, but it implies the use of flattery, which is not supported. Only beseechedand importuned match the predicted answer; hence, (B) and (F) are correct.
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