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As the job fair neared to an end, the recent college graduate became ever more ______, desperately trying to befriend prospective employers he had earlier not even deigned to give so much as a cursory glance.
Title
As the job fair
Your Result
Correct
Difficulty
Hard
Your Pace
0:13
Others' Pace
0:47
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Text Explanation
Answers: (A), (B)
…’trying to befriend…’, ‘not even deigned’ shows a shift from an aloof condescension to a desperate need to make friends/come across as likeable
(A) ingratiating means trying desperately to win the affection of others
(B) fawning, while slightly different from ingratiating, captures the college graduate’s attempts to win the affection of others through excessive flattery
(C) withdrawn is the opposite of the blank
(D) volatile means prone to changing one’s mood suddenly and unpredictably
(E) vociferous means outspokenness
(F) direct doesn’t capture the college graduate’s sense of desperateness to seem likeable
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