<li><p>In his vivid representations of the African American experience, painter Romare Bearden often used colors so ______ that viewers could not take their eyes off his works of art.
A) sensible
B) residual
C) vibrant
D) mannered
E) formulaic
i think this question is rated “easy”, but i dont know why i cant solve it.</p></li>
<li><p>To end his lecture on time, Professor Burke decided to ----- his final point and address it instead of at the next class meeting.
A) improvise
B) amend
C) forgo
D) reiterate
E) promote</p></li>
<li><p>Although A.S. Byatt’s stories are elaborate and somtimes contain supernatural elements, her characters do not seem -----; on the contrary, they are quite -----.
A) simplistic…eccentric
B) realistic…memorable
C) abstruse…incomprehensible
D) contrived…plausible
E) intricate…complex</p></li>
<li><p>Although other European states broke apart under the stresses of political upheaval, the seventeenth-century Dutch republic proved remarkably ----.
A) propotious
B) illusory
C) resilient
D) pertinent
E) poignant</p></li>
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<li><p>I think it is vibrant, since the meaning fits most with the sentence. Vibrantly flows a lot better though.</p></li>
<li><p>C, forgo means to give up or ignore, something that would shorten time at a meeting.</p></li>
<li><p>D. Obviously, the set is comprised of antonyms, as implied by contrary. Supernatural would suggest something not natural, or contrived.</p></li>
<li><p>C. Resilient means resistant to stresses, or able to absorb them and recover.</p></li>
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<p>^^ All the answers he gave are correct</p>
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<li>Vibrant. Formulaic , residual and mannered can’t be used to describe a colour scheme while sensible doesn’t make sense in the context (why would anyone wanna see such boring/sensible colours). I disagree with nukechebi0, why wouldn’t it be vibrant. The blank is an adjective describing colours.</li>
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<p>The word in the blank can either be an adjective for colors or an adverb for how he used them; thus, both vibrant and vibrantly make sense.</p>
<p>Regardless, vibrant is the only one whose meaning makes any sense in the context of the entire sense.</p>
<p>C - vibrant, means attractive or appealing because of colors that are bright and striking —> thus vibrant is the answer
C - forgo = delayed until next time
D - contrived = made up, plausible = realistic, could very well happen or exist
C - resilient = persistent, strong
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