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Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 

Not wanting to come across as -------, the award-winning biologist ------- her many impressive accomplishments as she addressed the team of scientists.

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If the bioligist did not want to appear “egotistical," or seem to have an exaggerated sense of self-importance, it is likely that she would have "downplayed," or de-emphasized, "her many impressive accomplishments" when she spoke to the group of scientists.

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