wary of

towardsapathetic toindifferent to irascible towardshopeless regardingpugnacious

Text Explanation

Answers: (B), (F)

The keywords 'only shrugged his shoulders' show that the chairman displayed a sense of indifference'

(A) wary of means skeptical towards

(B) apathetic means no longer caring, uninterested

(C) irascible means irritated by

(D) hopeless could work, however there is no matching word

(E) pugnacious means aggressive and hostile

(F) indifferent means not caring, apathetic

16For triathletes to remain _____ even after a large meal is unsurprising, given that their training regimens require them to burn thousands of calories each day.

responsivesatedvoraciousreticentalertravenous

Text Explanation

Answers: (C), (F)

Triathletes use so many calories training that even after eating a large meal, they are still hungry. The word in the blank is a synonym for hungry

(A) responsive does not fit context

(B) sated means full. Opposite of the blank

(C) voracious means very hungry

(D) reticent means not saying much

(E) alert does not fit context

(F) ravenous means very hungry

17When sketching, Pablo Picasso moved with a ______ that made his creations all the more astonishing – he could finish an entire work in the time many artists took to arrange their implements.

purity

swiftness celerityfecklessnesssemblancedeliberation