16 what is malice?
○ a strong wish to succeed.
○ a strong desire to laugh out loud.
● a strong hatred of someone.
17 your predecessor is:
○ the person who takes your job when you leave
● the person who had your job before you
○ the person who decides if you will be hired for a job
18 things that ______ vary or change often, rising or falling seemingly at random.
○ disentangle
○ patronize
○ fluctuate
● rectify
19 when you ______ something, you either think about it deeply or gaze at it intently.
○ fluctuate
○ patronize
○ formulate
○ contemplate
20 if you thought a movie was mediocre, you:
○ hated that it was so boring and predictable
○ liked it so much you told your friends to go see it
○ felt it was neither the best nor worst movie youve seen
21 an example of someone who is tenacious is:
○ a child who gets into trouble at school a lot
○ an athlete who never gives up in a game
○ a student who stops working on a difficult problem
22 when you ______ something, you correct it or make it right once more.
○ rectify
○ formulate
○ patronize
○ fluctuate
23 an ______ person presents an ugly, unattractive, or disagreeable face to the world.
○ animated
○ unquenchable
○ unsightly
○ impenetrable
24 when i first began fishing in the ocean, i worried about the dolphins who got caught in my net, so i ______ at freed them from it every day.
○ formulated
○ contemplated
○ disentangled
○ patronized

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### Question 16: What is malice?
# Brief Explanations:
Malice refers to the intention to harm or ill - will towards others. A strong desire to succeed is ambition, a strong desire to laugh out loud is just a desire for amusement, while a strong hatred of someone fits the concept of malice.
# Answer: A strong hatred of someone.

### Question 17: Your predecessor is:
# Brief Explanations:
A predecessor is a person who held a position (like a job) before the current person. The person who takes the job when you leave is a successor, the person who decides if you get hired is a decision - maker (like an employer or interviewer), and the person who had the job before you is the predecessor.
# Answer: The person who had your job before you.

### Question 18: Things that ______ vary or change often, rising or falling seemingly at random.
# Brief Explanations:
The word "fluctuate" means to change or vary, especially in an irregular way (like rising and falling). "Disentangle" means to free from entanglement, "patronize" means to act superior towards or support, and "rectify" means to correct. So the word that fits the description of varying or changing often is "fluctuate".
# Answer: fluctuate

### Question 19: When you ______ something, you either think about it deeply or gaze at it intently.
# Brief Explanations:
"Contemplate" means to think about something deeply or to look at something intently. "Fluctuate" is about change, "patronize" is about acting superior or supporting, and "formulate" is about creating or devising. So the correct word is "contemplate".
# Answer: contemplate

### Question 20: If you thought a movie was mediocre, you:
# Brief Explanations:
A mediocre movie is one that is not good or bad, just average. Hating it as boring and predictable is a strong negative opinion, liking it so much to tell friends is a strong positive opinion, while feeling it was neither the best nor worst (average) fits the idea of a mediocre movie.
# Answer: Felt it was neither the best nor worst movie you've seen

### Question 21: An example of someone who is tenacious is:
# Brief Explanations:
Tenacious means being persistent and not giving up. A child who gets into trouble a lot is not tenacious, a student who stops working on a difficult problem is not tenacious, but an athlete who never gives up in a game shows persistence and tenacity.
# Answer: An athlete who never gives up in a game.

### Question 22: When you ______ something, you correct it or make it right once more.
# Brief Explanations:
"Rectify" means to correct or make something right. "Formulate" is about creating, "patronize" is about acting superior or supporting, and "fluctuate" is about change. So the correct word is "rectify".
# Answer: rectify

### Question 23: An ______ person presents an ugly, unattractive, or disagreeable face to the world.
# Brief Explanations:
"Unsightly" means unpleasant to look at or ugly. "Animated" means lively, "unquenchable" means cannot be quenched, and "impenetrable" means cannot be penetrated. So the word that describes a person with an ugly or unattractive face is "unsightly".
# Answer: unsightly

### Question 24: When I first began fishing in the ocean, I worried about the dolphins who got caught in my net, so I ______ at freed them from it every day.
# Brief Explanations:
The correct word here should be "disentangled" as it means to free from entanglement (like freeing dolphins from a net). "Formulated" is about creating, "contemplated" is about thinking, and "patronized" is about acting superior or supporting.
# Answer: disentangled

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