Sunday, February 10, 2008

College Board ? of the Day

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

Michael’s compliments to his boss were ------- sincere, but Andrea correctly suspected they had more to do with his desire for a promotion than with his genuine feelings.

A) ostensibly
B) intuitively
C) sporadically
D) unequivocally
E) predominantly

Hint: Andrea’s “correct” suspicions imply that Michael’s compliments were not sincere.

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