Choose the single completion that best fits each sentence’s meaning and collocational pattern.
1Far from ............... the allegation, the newly disclosed emails give the lie to it: their timestamps make the alleged sequence impossible.
Wrong!
"lending credence to" means supporting the allegation; the timestamps instead disprove it, as required by "Far from".
2That the evidence ............... the hypothesis is not disputed; what remains contested is whether it bears the hypothesis out.
Wrong!
"bears on" means is relevant to; the sentence leaves open whether the evidence actually confirms the hypothesis.
3The reviewers ............... the author's reliance on unpublished data: they do not merely highlight it but explicitly dispute its legitimacy.
Wrong!
"take issue with" signals explicit disagreement, whereas making an issue of something need only emphasize it.
4Pending the higher court's ruling, the panel will ............... rather than consider it now and reserve judgment.
Wrong!
"hold the appeal in abeyance" means suspend it; taking it under advisement would involve considering it before reserving judgment.
5Once incorporated into domestic law, the regulations ............... the treaty obligation; they do not merely provide evidence of legislative approval.
Wrong!
"give effect to" means implement the treaty obligation; the incorporation does more than provide supporting evidence.
6Because the exception applies only to deliberate concealment, proof that the omission was deliberate would ..............., not cast doubt on its validity.
Wrong!
"bring the exception into play" means make it applicable; deliberate concealment activates rather than undermines the exception.
7The proposal ............... the published standard: it requires disclosure where the standard expressly prohibits it, rather than merely failing to satisfy one requirement.
Wrong!
"runs counter to" expresses direct contradiction, whereas falling short would mean merely failing to meet the standard.
8The board appears to ............... the consultant's assurances, judging by the weight it gives them despite the contrary evidence.
Wrong!
"set considerable store by" means attach substantial value to something, as shown by the weight given to the assurances.
9Although the committee had clearly ............... the warning—it quoted it verbatim—it had not paid heed to it when approving the project.
Wrong!
"taken notice of" denotes awareness, proved by the quotation; taking heed would entail responding appropriately to the warning.
10The director did not merely ............... the reporting requirement; she invoked her supposed ignorance as an excuse for non-compliance.
Wrong!
"profess ignorance of" means claim not to know; the following clause shows that she went further and pleaded that ignorance as an excuse.
11By hardening both sides' positions, the premature disclosure ............... a negotiated settlement rather than conducing to one.
Wrong!
"militated against" means made the settlement less likely; hardening both sides' positions could not have conduced to agreement.
12The interim payment is expressly made ............... the payer's right to contest liability; accepting it therefore entails no concession on that issue.
Wrong!
"without prejudice to" expressly preserves the payer's right, matching the statement that no concession is entailed.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Far from lending credence to the allegation, the newly disclosed emails give the lie to it: their timestamps make the alleged sequence impossible.
- That the evidence bears on the hypothesis is not disputed; what remains contested is whether it bears the hypothesis out.
- The reviewers take issue with the author’s reliance on unpublished data: they do not merely highlight it but explicitly dispute its legitimacy.
- Pending the higher court’s ruling, the panel will hold the appeal in abeyance rather than consider it now and reserve judgment.
- Once incorporated into domestic law, the regulations give effect to the treaty obligation; they do not merely provide evidence of legislative approval.
- Because the exception applies only to deliberate concealment, proof that the omission was deliberate would bring the exception into play, not cast doubt on its validity.
- The proposal runs counter to the published standard: it requires disclosure where the standard expressly prohibits it, rather than merely failing to satisfy one requirement.
- The board appears to set considerable store by the consultant’s assurances, judging by the weight it gives them despite the contrary evidence.
- Although the committee had clearly taken notice of the warning—it quoted it verbatim—it had not paid heed to it when approving the project.
- The director did not merely profess ignorance of the reporting requirement; she invoked her supposed ignorance as an excuse for non-compliance.
- By hardening both sides’ positions, the premature disclosure militated against a negotiated settlement rather than conducing to one.
- The interim payment is expressly made without prejudice to the payer’s right to contest liability; accepting it therefore entails no concession on that issue.