SAT B - L4 - Word choice

The security company's services are being exited in the short term so that its password algorithms can be reset or strengthened.

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• winding down in the interim

• ceasing operations nonpermanently

• shutting down temporarily

Establishing himself as the premier authority on food, David Pine was a harsh critic of any chef who did not conform to his standards.

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• fall with

• attach to

• meet the bar of

The police detective was frustrated by the witness's refusal to cooperate potentially valuable information.

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• chip in with

• play ball with

• contribute

In his most controversial article, the audacious journalist trashed works widely regarded as classics, ridiculing such literary icons as William Faulkner, Charles Dickens, and Leo Tolstoy.

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• dismissed

• dissolved

• cast aspersions on

Korean director Ang Lee is like the American director Katherine Bigelow in his use of vivid imagery, but unlike her, he explores the lighter surfaces of humanity.

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• strands

• facets

• contents

The alarm fire burning across the night sky meant that an attack was _______.

• eminent

• imminent

The sight of upside-down turtles struggling to turn over ______ a sadness inside me

• elicits

• illicits

I sought the _______ for advice on health and safety laws.

• council

• counsel

Many modern movies like Poseidon _______ to famous Greek myths.

• allude

• elude

Be careful when driving under ________ weather conditions.

• adverse

• averse