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the gossip columnist’s ____________ was ____________ the number of her published columns – the more articles she wrote, the more untruths she spread.
blank (i)
blank (ii)
title
the gossip columnist’s
your result
correct
difficulty
easy
your pace
0:07
others' pace
0:47
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answers: (a), (d)
’the more untruths…’ matches up with (a) calumny, or slander. (d) commensurate describes the relationship between two things, in which when one increases the other increases, or when one decreases the other decreases. 'in proportion to' is another way of saying ‘commensurate with.’
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