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The CEOs former employees started a blog that revealed the embarrassi
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Updated on: 11 Dec 2022, 12:37
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The CEO’s former employees started a blog that revealed the embarrassing quirks of their boss, an act which had _______ impact on the company’s CEO.
A. a virulent
B. an assuaging
C. a monumental
D. a discomfiting
E. a bolstering
F. a mortifying
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D and F
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Recycle the clue embarrassing into the blank. Both assuaging and bolstering are nearly the opposite of what you’re looking for, so eliminate choices (B) and (E). The impact may be monumental, but that answer choice isn’t sufficiently negative, so eliminate choice (C); virulent, on the other hand is too strong, so eliminate choice (A). Both discomfiting and mortifying can mean embarrassing, so choices (D) and (F) give you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
Hence options D and F are correct!
Recycle the clue embarrassing into the blank. Both assuaging and bolstering are nearly the opposite of what you’re looking for, so eliminate choices (B) and (E). The impact may be monumental, but that answer choice isn’t sufficiently negative, so eliminate choice (C); virulent, on the other hand is too strong, so eliminate choice (A). Both discomfiting and mortifying can mean embarrassing, so choices (D) and (F) give you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
Hence options D and F are correct!
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27 Feb 2021, 00:30
27 Feb 2021, 00:30
how to decide word is too strong/weak?
