Re: The dog (i) _______ took the steaks from the grill
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31 May 2025, 09:59
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
B,F
We can first predict the meaning of Blank (ii) to be something like "figure out." Choice (F) surmise, or "infer with little evidence," fits this blank the best. Choices (D) usurp ("to seize by force or take possession of without right") and (E) vex ("to confuse or annoy") make no sense in context.
Since its owners did not know they left the dog's cage open and are puzzled by the steaks' disappearance, we can infer that the dog took the steaks stealthily, or choice (B) surreptitiously. Choice (A) stolid means "unemotional" or "impassive" and is incorrect. There is no information in the sentences that addresses the dog's emotional expression. Choice (C) is also incorrect. Tacit is defined as "expressed without words." A dog's action of taking steaks is not an expression.
The credited choices are (B) and (F).