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The more definitions a given noun has, the more valuable is each one. Multiple definitions, each subtly different from all the others, convey multiple shades of meaning. They expand the uses of the word. In the context in which it appears, "shades" most nearly means

A. reminders.
B. nuances.
C. obscurities.
D. coverings.
E. degrees.

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Pasley considers this view oversimplified, because neutrality was not a goal of early national newspaper editing, even when editors disingenuously stated that they aimed to tell all sides of a story. In the context in which it appears, disingenuously most nearly means

A. insincerely.
B. guilelessly.
C. obliquely.
D. resolutely.
E. pertinaciously.

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The fluid remained sterile so long as the flask was maintained in the vertical position. If, however, I contaminated the broth by allowing some of it to flow into the neck and then back into the flask, putrefaction promptly followed. In the context in which it appears, putrefaction most nearly means

A. decay.
B. flask.
C. meat.
D. contamination.
E. maintenance.

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