Question of the Day

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	Number Answered
Correct	194,961
Incorrect	69,188

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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.

Troy was ------- when he wasn’t elected class president: his spirits were so low that there was nothing we could say or do to cheer him up.

Answer Choices

Hint

Which word describes someone who is cheerless or low in spirit?

Question of the Day

Can you answer today's question?

Register Next Tests:
6/1

Feb

4

2013

264,149 responses

Question of the Day Statistics
	Number Answered
Correct	194,961
Incorrect	69,188

73% correct

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.

Troy was ------- when he wasn’t elected class president: his spirits were so low that there was nothing we could say or do to cheer him up.

Answer Choices

(A) unctuous
(B) disconsolate
(C) ebullient
(D) inscrutable
(E) tenacious

Answer

To be “disconsolate” is to be cheerless and dejected, or cast down in spirits. The sentence indicates that Troy’s spirits were very low — so low, in fact, that nobody could do anything to bring him cheer. It makes sense, then, to describe Troy as disconsolate, or cheerless and dejected, after losing the election.