The second part of the sentence shows that the president wanted to the candidate to win the election. The first part of this sentence should therefore show that the president supports the candidate. The best word to complete this sentence is "endorse." "Endorsed" means gave public support to someone or something.

After the police caught the suspect, they wanted to ask him questions. The word that best completes the sentence will suggest to the reader that the suspect was held by the police so that the police could ask him or her questions. The best answer is "detained." "Detained" means kept someone from leaving a specified location. It is usually used to describe the police not letting a suspect leave.

The context of the sentence suggests that the runner must have slowed down as a result of running low on energy. This means that the answer choice cannot be "sprint" (run fast) or "accelerate" (speed up or go faster). Likewise it cannot be "hasten," which is a synonym of "hurry," because these two words also suggest speeding up. The correct answer is therefore “falter,” which means begin losing strength.

The second clause in this sentence suggests that the author is not going to talk about the man’s secrets. "Protect," "defend," "guard," and "shelter" are all synonyms and opposite in meaning to the answer we are looking for. The correct answer is “divulge,” which means reveal.

From the context of the sentence, particularly the information in the second clause, we know that Grant feels the process is going too slowly and he wishes to make it go faster. This should lead you to the correct answer “expedite,” which means speed up the process of something. "Expedite" is an antonym of "decelerate." To help you, "mollify," "assuage," and "pacify" are all loose synonyms: "mollify" means appease or make calm, "assuage" means lessen a bad feeling, such as fear, and "pacify" means placate or soothe.

The sentence suggests that the author was trying to reduce the amount of junk food he was eating. The answer cannot be "warble" because that means to sing like a bird or "whet" because that means to sharpen. It also cannot be "vegetate" because that means to live a sedentary life, to live like a vegetable. That leaves only two possible answer choices. Of the two choices, "wean" is the much better option because it takes into account the gradual nature of the process. "Wrench" means to suddenly snap out of something. "Wean" means to gradually reduce one’s dependence on something.

Since he did not want to give up his position, we can infer that he would want to extend the leaving process for as long as possible. The answer choice that most resembles extend is "prolong," which means to try to increase the length of something. To provide further help, "benign" means harmless; "dissuade" means to convince a person to change his or her mind; "diminish" means to reduce; "parity" is the state or existence of equality.

It is key to note that the parents are disturbed by the video game. Indeed, they seem to be particularly disturbed by the extra points being given for attacking innocent people at a baseball game. This seems to encourage violence against the innocent. Among the options provided, only "glorify" captures this sense of "encouraging." To "glorify" something is to praise or honor that thing. It does seem that this is the case, given the extra points being awarded.

Mary allows her daughter to do some actions that are really unacceptable. The sentence makes clear, however, that this does not mean that she accepted these actions as being good. She was merely wise enough to know that pushing her daughter on these points would likely lead to rebellion and more trouble. Therefore, it is best to say that she did not approve of them—even though she did allow them.

The context of the sentence suggests that the doctor is not happy about his parking fine and would therefore likely challenge or argue the ticket. This should lead you to the correct answer choice, which is "dispute." Dispute means argue something as being incorrect or challenge something. To provide further help, "abhor" means hate, "suffice" means be enough for a certain purpose, and "entice" means tempt.