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Consider the sentence: "The company's performance was good last quarter; we made a lot of money." Which of the following words should be replaced because they do not adequately convey the nuance of meaning?
Which of the following statements would a teacher provide as personalized feedback about a student to a parent?
Which of the following statements regarding thesis statements in the writing process is correct?
A company has been asked to write a proposal for a lawn-mowing contract with a local pharmacy. Before writing, they gather the square footage of the area to be mowed, the grass type, last year's winning bid amount, and a list of other licensed lawn-mowing companies in the area. What should the company do first with this information?
After studying the disease for years, scientists have identified the agents that cause it, but they haven't found a cure for it. Which of the following options punctuates this sentence correctly?
In which of the following situations is a citation needed?
Based on an analysis of the word parts, which of the following words describes an individual who is quite enthusiastic about a specific topic?
Based on the suffix, which of the following words means "the state of being a child"?
Which of the following sentences would serve as a conclusion sentence in an article about climate science?
A retail employee is speaking about a coworker named Jackson: "Jackson flipped out when he learned he was being promoted." In which of the following settings would this casual, slang-filled statement be most appropriate?
Because there were no ___ available, we took a taxi to the new ___ restaurant in town. Which of the following pairs of words correctly fills in the blanks in the sentence?
Using knowledge of root words, which of the following is a synonym for "inconspicuous"?
In which of the following sentences is the word "dough" used as a slang term?
If a mutation occurs in a mother's ____ cell, this mutation can be passed on to her offspring. Which of the following options correctly completes the sentence above?
Which of the following best describes the meaning of the prefix "intra-" as used in the word "intrapersonal"?
Which of the following words or phrases is an example of informal language used in an otherwise formal essay? "Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), which results from an infant experiencing opiate exposure in the womb, has various symptoms, including tremors, seizures, high-pitched crying, fever, the runs, jaundice, and slow weight gain."
For the word "Irresistible," which of the following pairs represents the closest meanings for the prefix and suffix, respectively?
The following sentence appeared in an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine: "Our results indicate that it is way too early to speculate as to the drug's long-term effects." Which word in the above sentence is inappropriately informal for an article published in a prestigious medical journal?
Which of the following words is a synonym for "oscillated" as used in the sentence below? "The fan oscillated back and forth, cooling the entire room."