Section One Critical Reading

The firm’s books were out of balance; there was a (n) _______ between the amount of physical inventory and the amount of calculated inventory.

As a ______ he was a disaster, for his students rarely understood his lectures; yet he was a ______ scholar.

Far from the _______ crowds of the city, I find refuge at my ______ cabin on Big Lake.

The professor’s oldest colleague was selected to give the __________ at the funeral.

The new team member’s __________ was an encouragement to the rest of the team, who had become __________ by the string of defeats.