For each blank, choose the word or phrase that best contributes to a clear, logical sentence. Choose one answer for each blank: the choices for the first blank are labeled A–C; the choices for the second blank are labeled D–F.
The editor's reputation for (i) prose made the uncharacteristically wordy final chapter all the more jarring, leading readers to wonder whether the author had overruled her usual insistence on (ii) .
- (i) verbose
- (i) spare (correct answer)
- (i) accessible
- (ii) economy
- (ii) embellishment (correct answer)
- (ii) accuracy
Explanation: 'uncharacteristically wordy...all the more jarring' shows the chapter clashed with the editor's known style. Blank (i): (B) spare (lean, concise) explains why wordiness is jarring. (A) verbose would make a wordy chapter unremarkable; (C) accessible concerns readability, not concision. Blank (ii) restates her usual insistence: (D) economy (of words) matches 'spare.' (E) embellishment contradicts a reputation for restraint; (F) accuracy is unrelated to word count. The blanks interact because the editor's leanness (i) and her insistence on concision (ii) must align, making the wordy chapter anomalous; only spare/economy is internally consistent.