Wednesday, January 23, 2008

College Board ? of the Day

Question
Wednesday, January 23
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Dahntay’s ------- over winning the prestigious prize was ------- only by the fact that his father was unable to attend the ceremony.

    (a) incredulity . . misconstrued
    (b) ebullience . . tempered
    (c) bashfulness . . extended
    (d) satisfaction . . confirmed
    (e) relief . . conveyed

Hint
The context of the sentence implies that Dahntay experienced mixed emotions during the award ceremony.

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