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Bound Roots Exercise

August 16, 2026 C2pdf

Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.

Progress 0 of 12 answered
1Because she spotted the flaw in the merger proposal before anyone else did, the chair described her as unusually ...............
Wrong!
"Perspicacious" means showing sharp insight; "conspicuous" means easily noticed, which does not fit the cue about detecting the flaw before others did.
2The engineers could not reopen the road until the floodwater began to ............... from the village square.
Wrong!
"Recede" means move back or withdraw; "secede" means formally withdraw from a political union, which is not what floodwater does.
3In public meetings he was so ............... that he rarely challenged senior colleagues, even when their figures were wrong.
Wrong!
"Deferential" means showing respectful submission; "differential" means relating to difference, so it does not fit the cue about yielding to senior colleagues.
4Once the court found the fee unlawful, the refund order required ............... of the surcharge rather than a token discount.
Wrong!
"Remission" is a reduction or cancellation of a debt, penalty, or illness; "emission" is a discharge, especially of gas or radiation.
5Her testimony was credible partly because she had a remarkably ............... memory for dates, clauses, and footnotes.
Wrong!
"Retentive" means able to retain information; "detentive" is a rare legal adjective about detention and does not describe memory.
6The restoration team hid the wiring by installing a narrow ............... through which fibre-optic cables could pass.
Wrong!
"Conduit" is a channel through which something passes; "deduction" is an inference or subtraction, not a pipe-like channel.
7The late injunction was not merely inconvenient; it was abruptly ............... to the process, stopping interviews midstream.
Wrong!
"Disruptive" means causing interruption or disorder; "eruptive" refers to bursting out, especially volcanically or medically, and does not fit obstruction of a process.
8His apology had such an ............... tone that even his critics looked uncomfortable as he begged to keep his post.
Wrong!
"Abject" means utterly miserable or submissive; "objective" means impartial or external, which conflicts with the cue about a humiliating apology.
9After three days of public negotiations, she needed silence rather than celebration because she is profoundly ...............
Wrong!
"Introverted" describes someone oriented inward and drained by social contact; "inverted" means turned upside down or reversed.
10The judgment was notable for being a rare ............... among all nine judges, with no separate opinions filed.
Wrong!
"Concurrence" is agreement or simultaneous approval; "recurrence" is something happening again, which does not mean all judges agreed.
11The leaked correspondence had a ............... force that made continued denial politically impossible.
Wrong!
"Compelling" means powerfully persuasive or forceful; "expelling" means driving out, and it does not modify 'force' in this evidential context.
12The contract forbade resale in ............... terms, so the clause could not be reinterpreted as permission.
Wrong!
"Unequivocal" means leaving no doubt or ambiguity; "vociferous" means loud and forceful, which does not fit 'terms' in a written prohibition.

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  1. Because she spotted the flaw in the merger proposal before anyone else did, the chair described her as unusually perspicacious.
  2. The engineers could not reopen the road until the floodwater began to recede from the village square.
  3. In public meetings he was so deferential that he rarely challenged senior colleagues, even when their figures were wrong.
  4. Once the court found the fee unlawful, the refund order required remission of the surcharge rather than a token discount.
  5. Her testimony was credible partly because she had a remarkably retentive memory for dates, clauses, and footnotes.
  6. The restoration team hid the wiring by installing a narrow conduit through which fibre-optic cables could pass.
  7. The late injunction was not merely inconvenient; it was abruptly disruptive to the process, stopping interviews midstream.
  8. His apology had such an abject tone that even his critics looked uncomfortable as he begged to keep his post.
  9. After three days of public negotiations, she needed silence rather than celebration because she is profoundly introverted.
  10. The judgment was notable for being a rare concurrence among all nine judges, with no separate opinions filed.
  11. The leaked correspondence had a compelling force that made continued denial politically impossible.
  12. The contract forbade resale in unequivocal terms, so the clause could not be reinterpreted as permission.

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