kap 6

Question 1

trite

Answer 1

pointless; unoriginal.

In an effort to simultaneously pander to opposing demographics, the politician’s speeches became banal/trite, repeating inoffensive and unoriginal slogans.

Question 2

banal

Answer 2

pointless; unoriginal.

In an effort to simultaneously pander to opposing demographics, the politician’s speeches became banal/trite, repeating inoffensive and unoriginal slogans.

Question 3

fitfully

Answer 3

unpredictably.

For some, creative expression is an organized development, building steadily toward a goal, but creativity comes to other people more fitfully/intermittently, and they may face long periods without inspiration interspersed with unexpected bursts of progress.

Question 4

intermittently

Answer 4

off and on.

For some, creative expression is an organized development, building steadily toward a goal, but creativity comes to other people more fitfully/intermittently, and they may face long periods without inspiration interspersed with unexpected bursts of progress.

Question 5

sallow

Answer 5

Many conditions that affect the liver are signaled by sallow skin, the sickly yellowing caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the blood.

Question 6

jaundiced

Answer 6

Many conditions that affect the liver are signaled by jaundiced skin, the sickly yellowing caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the blood.