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Puffed up with (i)__________pride, the callow young scientist trumpete
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Puffed up with (i)__________pride, the callow young scientist trumpeted his preliminary results to the world in a voluminous paper. Unfortunately, he was not experienced enough with the fickle politics of academe to realize that the experimental successes of the uninitiated are often held to more exacting standards. His colleagues, who were more aware of this critical tendency, cringed at the self-congratulatory (ii)__________that riddled the work, and were even more (iii)__________when criticism of the paper started trickling in, implicating their entire institution in the process.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| A. auspicious | D. conceits | G. apposite |
| B. boisterous | E. peccadillos | H. abrogated |
| C. overweening | F. preening | I. chagrined |
Puffed up with (i)__________pride, the callow young scientist trumpete
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This is manageable if we read carefully.
Puffed up with __________pride, the callow young scientist trumpeted his preliminary results to the world in a voluminous paper.
Callow means novice. The novice scientist trumpeted his results in a large paper so he was filled with excessive pride.
Overweening
Unfortunately, he was not experienced enough with the fickle politics of academe to realize that the experimental successes of the uninitiated are often held to more exacting standards.
His colleagues, who were more aware of this critical tendency, cringed at the self-congratulatory__________that riddled the work, and were even more __________when criticism of the paper started trickling in, implicating their entire institution in the process.
His colleagues were aware of that the experimental successes of the uninitiated are often held to more exacting standards so they cringed at this boastfulness and were more embarrassed when the criticism of the paper started coming.
Conceits & chagrined
Answer C D I
Puffed up with __________pride, the callow young scientist trumpeted his preliminary results to the world in a voluminous paper.
Callow means novice. The novice scientist trumpeted his results in a large paper so he was filled with excessive pride.
Overweening
Unfortunately, he was not experienced enough with the fickle politics of academe to realize that the experimental successes of the uninitiated are often held to more exacting standards.
His colleagues, who were more aware of this critical tendency, cringed at the self-congratulatory__________that riddled the work, and were even more __________when criticism of the paper started trickling in, implicating their entire institution in the process.
His colleagues were aware of that the experimental successes of the uninitiated are often held to more exacting standards so they cringed at this boastfulness and were more embarrassed when the criticism of the paper started coming.
Conceits & chagrined
Answer C D I
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