Choose the right word for each one The evidence intended to show that some races or nationalities are superior to others proved to be completely (spurious, cumbersome).

The dean (effaced, admonished) the members of the team for neglecting their homework assignments.

In general, she is a confident person, so I’m sure she will be able to (commandeer, salvage) a few shreds of self-respect from her humiliating failure.

His attempts to rid his administration of inefficiency were so (unbridled, spasmodic) that he came to be called the “reformer by fits and starts.”

After the fire, investigators searched through the (debris, dilemma) for clues that might reveal the cause.

Since she is so convinced that there is only one right way--her way--I find her too (circumspect, opinionated) for my liking.

My mother broke the (debris, deadlock) in the quarrel between my brother and me by saying that neither of us could use the car.

Developing nations in all parts of the world face the (perennial, spurious) problem of gaining a higher level of economic growth.

The senator refused to (efface, relinquish) the floor to any other speaker before he had finished his statement.

If only I could (predispose, efface) the memory of the look of shock and disappointment on my mother’s face.

Even her refusal to dance with him did not seem to make a (deadlock, breach) in his gigantic conceit.

The nation was faced with a (dilemma, brigand) in which either to advance or to retreat might endanger its vital interests.

The organization of some governmental agencies is so (cumbersome, perennial) that it is all but impossible to know who is responsible for various activities.

How can you expect to succeed at your new job when you are (diffused, predisposed) to believe that it is “not right” for you?

Hatchell landscape architecture firm worked on which two of the following projects

Examine the conflict of a popular film. in 7-10 sentences, explain how the writer/director crafts a story around that conflict and why it is engaging for an audience.

Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.