Verbs in One-Blank Texts

The boy's desire to attend the girl's college means he was clearly impressed with her stories. The correct answer will indicate his appreciation for her stories. "Beguiled," which means charmed,or even lured, is the correct answer.

The choice that makes the most sense is "disabuse," to correct a false impression or persuade (someone) that a belief is mistaken.

The sentence notes the team's fans had "a difficult year" after their "poor play in the season opener." This means the correct answer will therefore indicate a connection between the team's play in their opener and the rest of the year. "Presaged," meaning forewarned or foreshadowed, is the best choice among the answers.

The plan actually "ended up completely cancelling" the procession, although it was only supposed to do the missing word. This means that the correct answer will show it was not supposed to go that far. "Impede," meaning to hinder or get in the way, is the best choice among the answers.

The man's "arrogant tone" is the best clue to finding the missing word. Since he "would not answer the question outright," the correct answer has to show a level the appropriate level of condescension. "Deign," meaning to do something considered beneath one's dignity, is the best choice among the answers.

"Delineate" means to explain or describe precisely, and most clearly makes sense of the sentence. The attorney wants the jury to comprehend the information.

The drugs will not "completely cure the disease," which means they will not fully take care of the symptoms. The correct answer will need to indicate this lessening, without describing a complete healing. "Mitigate," meaning to make less severe, is the best choice among the answers.

The computer support man here is being bombarded with calls about simple problems that could be fixed easily, and thus he is frustrated. "Rectified" means solved or fixed, and so it is the best choice for this sentence.

We can tell from the context of the sentence that the word for the blank needs to mean something similar to answer ambiguously. Because of that, the answer is "equivocate," which means use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.

We know that whatever the squire did to the shield resulted in it being very clean and shiny enough for him to see his reflection in it. Given this, the correct answer is "burnished," or polished (something, usually metallic) by rubbing.