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Difficulty: MediumSynonym Context Clues

Based on the explicit synonym context clues provided in each sentence, match each underlined vocabulary word with its accurate synonym definition.

  • The remote radar post featured austere living quarters—plain and strictly bare facilities built solely for utility.Plain and unadorned
  • During the safety debrief, the technician spoke with complete candor, providing a direct and frank account of the maintenance failure.Frankness and open honesty
  • Securing the perimeter fence was an imperative assignment, serving as an urgent and essential duty before nightfall.Urgent and essential
  • Engineers added heavy blast barriers to mitigate structural vibrations, seeking to reduce and lessen the impact on sensitive equipment.Reduce and lessen severity

Answer

Austere matches 'Plain and unadorned'; Candor matches 'Frankness and open honesty'; Imperative matches 'Urgent and essential'; Mitigate matches 'Reduce and lessen severity'.
Each context sentence contains an explicit synonym clue: 'austere' is clarified by 'plain and strictly bare' (plain and unadorned); 'candor' is rephrased as 'direct and frank' (frankness and open honesty); 'imperative' is defined by 'urgent and essential duty' (urgent and essential); and 'mitigate' is explained by 'reduce and lessen the impact' (reduce and lessen severity).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Examine the context clues surrounding the target word in each sentence.
Identify explicit restatements: 'plain and strictly bare' for austere, 'direct and frank' for candor, 'urgent and essential' for imperative, and 'reduce and lessen' for mitigate.
Synonym context clues directly define or rephrase the target word using familiar terminology within the same sentence.
2
Pair each target word with its precise synonym definition based on the identified clues.
Map each sentence to its corresponding definition on the right.
Aligning the semantic restatement to the matching definition confirms the correct synonym.

Key Concept

Identifying Synonym Context Clues through Appositives and Restatements
Estimated Time:1m 15s
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