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During the quarterly safety review, the inspector's remarks were entirely desultory, jumping haphazardly from storage protocols to vehicle maintenance without following a coherent plan.

In this sentence, the word desultory most nearly means which of the following?

  1. A
    methodical
  2. B
    gloomy
  3. unfocusedCevap
  4. D
    urgent

Cevap

The word desultory most nearly means unfocused.
The sentence explicitly restates the behavior characterized by the word desultory: the inspector was 'jumping haphazardly from storage protocols to vehicle maintenance' and acting 'without following a coherent plan.' These details describe an erratic, scattered, and unfocused delivery.

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1
Analyze the sentence for descriptive modifiers and context clues surrounding the target word.
Identified the descriptive phrases 'jumping haphazardly' and 'without following a coherent plan.'
Contextual definitions in Word Knowledge questions are directly established by supporting clauses in the sentence.
2
Determine the semantic relationship and synthesize the intended meaning of desultory.
The target word describes something lacking purpose, direction, or order (erratic and unfocused).
Connecting 'jumping haphazardly' to the description of the remarks shows that the presentation lacked focus.
3
Evaluate the answer choices to identify the option that matches this synthesized meaning.
Matched 'unfocused' as the direct contextual synonym for 'desultory'.
Unfocused precisely mirrors the lack of coherent structure indicated by the context clues.

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