Gurative and Connotative Meanings: Mastery Test Submit Test
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Read the excerpt. Then choose the correct way to complete the paragraph.
Not only had Lillian not known about her friend's talent, but she had not known about her friend's modesty that
bordered on diffidence, and this deplorable lack of self-confidence had caused Skye to become a hermit in her house
trying to avoid the publicity.
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The words modesty and diffidence both Imply "bashfulness." However, in this sentence, diffidence is used to mean
"lack of self-confidence," while modesty is used to mean" being proper
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Read each of the following statements and place a checkmark next to each true statement: test-makers give away answers to questions in other questions. a test-taker should check every 20 answers or so to make sure the questions and answers match. long passages on tests should be read quickly to save time. words like best, least, and worst require the test-taker to make judgments about the correct answer. test-takers should not try to answer the questions in their minds before reading over the answer choices. test-makers use the same letter three or four times in a row to trick test-takers.

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