ISEE Upper Level Verbal Reasoning › Context Clues in Two-Blank Sentences
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The demagogue worked day and night, __________ the passions of the __________ against those whom he declared to be the “privileged few.”
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The demagogue worked day and night, __________ the passions of the __________ against those whom he declared to be the “privileged few.”
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No one liked attending the miserly old man's dinner parties; he kept a __________ menu and sent people home hungry, unlike his jolly neighbor, whose tables were filled with __________ amounts of provender.
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No one liked attending the miserly old man's dinner parties; he kept a __________ menu and sent people home hungry, unlike his jolly neighbor, whose tables were filled with __________ amounts of provender.
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Many good-willed people decided to take up the cause of ___________ on behalf of the enslaved population, believing that none deserved to have their rights so totally __________.
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Many good-willed people decided to take up the cause of ___________ on behalf of the enslaved population, believing that none deserved to have their rights so totally __________.
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Accused of being a __________ since he hadn't attended school in three months, Roger defended himself by claiming he had been abducted by aliens, but everyone thought his excuse was __________.
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The promotion to supervisor was all that Larry had been working for, and when it went to a coworker to whom Larry considered himself superior, he was __________ and considered __________ his position.
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Accused of being a __________ since he hadn't attended school in three months, Roger defended himself by claiming he had been abducted by aliens, but everyone thought his excuse was __________.
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The promotion to supervisor was all that Larry had been working for, and when it went to a coworker to whom Larry considered himself superior, he was __________ and considered __________ his position.