Verbal Question of the Day: 9
Fill in the Blanks
The following question has a sentence with two blanks. Given below it are four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.
Despite the , police towards children is nothing new in the US.
A. outrage, brutality
B. outage, exoneration
C. acquittals, condemnations
D. convictions, denigration
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A
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A
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A
Excellent, Shubhra!
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A
That’s correct! 🙂
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The answer is A.
Explanation:
The first blank should be filled with a word that works against the second blank’s word. It should be an action or feeling that is meant to reduce a specific police action (second blank) towards children.
· Outage: a period when a power supply or other service is not available or when equipment is closed down.
· Exoneration: the action of officially absolving someone from blame.
· Acquittal: a judgment or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.
· Condemnation: the expression of very strong disapproval
· Denigration: the action of unfairly criticizing someone or something.