We need to pick out a word that means something like "trusted," because we know that Sam "could trust Larry to remember to turn [his homework] in for him." While "gave" might look like a potentially correct answer, "gave" would not be grammatically correct if used in the sentence - Sam would not "gave his friend Larry with his homework." So, "gave" cannot be the correct answer. "Entrusted," however, is a verb that can mean either "assigned the responsibility for doing something to someone" or "put something into someone's care or protection." Because "entrusted" best describes how Sam gave Larry his homework to turn in, "entrusted" is the correct answer.

We know that the rival team "allowed [the school's new player] to score twelve points because they misjudged him and didn't guard him enough," so we can infer that we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "misjudged." While both "exaggerated" and "underestimated" are similar in meaning to "misjudged," "exaggerated" would not make sense in the sentence's context because if the rival team had exaggerated the new player's talent, one would assume that they would have guarded him more. "Underestimated" is a verb that means "estimated something to be smaller or less important than it actually is" or "regarded someone as less capable than they really are," and because "underestimated" best fits the context of the sentence, "underestimated" is the correct answer.

We can infer that because the Supreme Court decided that the law in question would be "unlawful to enforce" because "it violated the Constitution," the law was repealed. So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "repealed." "Supported," then, cannot be the correct answer because it would not make sense for the Supreme Court to support a law that "violated the Constitution" and "would be unlawful to enforce." "Annulled," however, is verb that means "declare invalid an official agreement, decision, or result," and because "annulled" best describes the Supreme Court's reaction to an unconstitutional law, "annulled" is the correct answer.

From the context of the sentence, you know that the blank word must mean something close to “ruin.” The correct answer is therefore “mar,” which means ruin something or take away from the greatness of something. To help you, "lull" means calm, "hoax" means deceive with a practical joke when used as a verb, "goad" means encourage, rile up, or provoke, and "assist" is a verb that means help. 

So the sentence is fairly straightforward, and it's clear that Petunia needs to feel something opposite from "hate" about the chocolate cake with ice cream. Betrayed is not the opposite of hate, and neither is horded, both words do not make sense in context. Avoided is not a feeling, so it doesn't keep up the parallel sentence structure, but it also is not what Petunia would do to something she liked. Loves is close, she could love chocolate cake and ice cream, but it is in the present tense, while the demo sentence is in the past. So "adored" is the proper answer.

In this context, we are looking for a verb of motion, in the past tense. By that criteria, sought and reaches can both be eliminated, as well as languished, which means to grow weak. So between towered and keeled, it makes more sense that the speaker would be overcome with beauty at a tall, majestic tree reminiscent of a skyscraper than one falling over-- the best answer is towered.

There are two things to pay attention to: (1) Reginald's loss of memory and (2) the fact that the sentence seems to indicate that he is remembering these former students in their absence. That is, it is not a matter of him recognizing them when they arrive in his presence. Instead, he cannot "call them to mind"; that is, he cannot "recall" them. Therefore, this is the best option among those provided.

The general sense of the sentence is that if you climb up a mountain, you will some day have to climb back down that mountain. The best word for this among the options is "descend," meaning to go down, and the opposite of "ascend," meaning to go up. The other options are far too specific for our purposes.

There are two clues in this sentence, both of which help you find your word. The first (and best) is "thus breaking company policy as well as the rules of basic human decency." This means that Pete's action was clearly wrong. You likely thought this anyway, but the sentence indicates it clearly as well. Now, the fact that he had some kind of "privileges" implies that his new position gave him access to e-mails that he did not have before. When we misuse privileges or rights, we can be said to "abuse" them. The word does not have to be used for physical or emotional violence alone.

Apparently Ted had some annoying habits, leading him to lose all of his friends. While he seems to have judged them as being bad, the point of the sentence is that he wanted to make a change in them. He hoped that this would change his sad situation. To "alter" something is to change it. It comes from the Latin for other or another.