Paragraph Correction A5

Students and townspeople 1) freshly flocked to hear returning 2) professor, Dr. Willis give a speech. Dr. Willis, a benevolent and 3) compacionate advocate for the poor, spoke Sunday to the congregation at the First Avenue Church.

• newly

• recently

• just now

• a moment ago

• Correct as is

Students and townspeople 1) freshly flocked to hear returning 2) professor, Dr. Willis give a speech. Dr. Willis, a benevolent and 3) compacionate advocate for the poor, spoke Sunday to the congregation at the First Avenue Church.

• professor Dr. Willis

• professor Dr., Willis D.

• professor, Dr. Willis

• Correct as is

Students and townspeople 1) freshly flocked to hear returning 2) professor, Dr. Willis give a speech. Dr. Willis, a benevolent and 3) compacionate advocate for the poor, spoke Sunday to the congregation at the First Avenue Church.

• compasionate

• conpacionate

• compactionate

• compassionate

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The 4) youthful 5) professor at age 92 exhorts his listeners to show empathy for citizens mired in poverty and joblessness.

• venerable

• bombastic

• supercilious

• laudatory

• archaic

The 4) youthful 5) professor at age 92 exhorts his listeners to show empathy for citizens mired in poverty and joblessness.

• professor – at age 92

• professor, at age 92

• professor, currently 92,

• professor at age 92,

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Haunted by personal memories of the Great Depression, he abjures opulence and 6) urges frugal behavior.

• urges prodigal behavior.

• eschews spendthrifts.

• disdains parsimony.

• extols mendacious.

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He encourages 7) engaging in heavy food and drink, and attributes his own 8) decrepitude to diligent work and a prudent life style.

• indulgence in

• the consumption of

• abstinence from

• acceptance of

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He encourages 7) engaging in heavy food and drink, and attributes his own 8) decrepitude to diligent work and a prudent life style.

• longevity

• affability

• magnificence

• senility

• passion