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Text Completion #Q9-a librettist known to become squeamish
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The critics were so ____________ in their ____________ that Scheinhauer, a librettist known to become squeamish after a light smattering of applause, retreated from public view.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
| merciless | praise |
| fulsome | condemnation |
| opaque | derision |
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Re: Text Completion #Q9
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Answers: (B), (D)
"Known to become squeamish…smattering applause", "retreated from…" suggests that the critics were excessive or (B) fulsome in their (D) praise. (A) merciless is negative and along with (E) condemnation creates a sentence that doesn't match the part that says "light smattering of applause." Scheinhauer clearly didn't like the applause ("became squeamish"), but nowhere does it imply that he retreated from view because critics were too merciless in their praise.
"Known to become squeamish…smattering applause", "retreated from…" suggests that the critics were excessive or (B) fulsome in their (D) praise. (A) merciless is negative and along with (E) condemnation creates a sentence that doesn't match the part that says "light smattering of applause." Scheinhauer clearly didn't like the applause ("became squeamish"), but nowhere does it imply that he retreated from view because critics were too merciless in their praise.
Re: Text Completion #Q9-a librettist known to become squeamish
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16 Jul 2021, 10:14
16 Jul 2021, 10:14
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