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The governor exercised tremendous
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11 Dec 2024, 02:08
11 Dec 2024, 02:08
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The governor exercised tremendous $\(\qquad\)$ when she kept herself from being drawn into the childish bout of name calling her political opponent attempted to initiate.
| Blank (i) |
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| A. insight |
| B. tenacity |
| C. vicissitude | D. temperance | E. loquaciousness |
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Re: The governor exercised tremendous
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11 Dec 2024, 04:05
11 Dec 2024, 04:05
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Should not confuse temperance with temperament, which are tangentially similar.
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16 Dec 2024, 05:15
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The correct answer is $\(\mathbf{D}\)$. The sentence implies the governor restrained herself from being drawn into the bout of name calling, and temperance means "restraint." Choice A, insight, means "keen understanding," which does not fit the context of this sentence as well as choice D does. Neither does choice B, which means "stubbornness" or "persistence." Choice C, vicissitude, means "a change of circumstances," which does not make sense in this context at all. Choice E, loquaciousness, means "a tendency to talk a lot," which is the opposite of how the governor is characterized in this sentence.
The correct answer is $\(\mathbf{D}\)$. The sentence implies the governor restrained herself from being drawn into the bout of name calling, and temperance means "restraint." Choice A, insight, means "keen understanding," which does not fit the context of this sentence as well as choice D does. Neither does choice B, which means "stubbornness" or "persistence." Choice C, vicissitude, means "a change of circumstances," which does not make sense in this context at all. Choice E, loquaciousness, means "a tendency to talk a lot," which is the opposite of how the governor is characterized in this sentence.
