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Despite their obvious hostility toward each other, the two teammates remained silent on the issue since
they both believed that verbalizing these feelings would undermine the ________ necessary for the
team's long-term success - CORRECT ANSWER -A. harmony: consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement
of parts
B. imbalance: lack of proportion or relation between corresponding things
C. malevolence: the quality or state of having or showing a wish to do evil to others
D. tastiness: understood without being openly expressed; implied
E: cooperation: the process of working together to the same end
, F: diligence: careful and persistent work or effort.
It is a common ______ that most scientific discoveries are simply moments of genius: in fact, the
discoveries we hear of usually take years of painstaking work - CORRECT ANSWER -A. myth: a widely
held but false belief or idea
B. verity: a true principle or belief, especially one of fundamental importance
C. curiosity: a strong desire to know or learn something
D. misconception: a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding
E. trope: a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression
F. theme: subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
Success in this business requires constant _________ of one's reputation, since even one negative
perception can often undo years of hard work. - CORRECT ANSWER -A. neglect of
B. knowledge of
C. curiosity about
D. monitoring of
E. oversight of
F. consideration of
That she was occasionally late to class did not concern the professor; instead, it was only when her
tardiness became _____ that the professor decided to chastise her. - CORRECT ANSWER -A. well-known:
known widely or thoroughly
B. offensive: causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry
C. habitual: regular; usual
D. sensitive: quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences
E. commonplace: a usual or ordinary thing
F. infrequent: not occurring often; rare
Even in football, where violence is considered part of the game, the player's brutish playing style was
_______. - CORRECT ANSWER -A. contrived: deliberately created rather than arising naturally or
spontaneously