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Monday, November 9

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The alarm voiced by the committee investigating the incident had a ------- effect, for its dire predictions motivated people to take precautions that ------- an ecological disaster.

  1. trivial . . prompted
  2. salutary . . averted
  3. conciliatory . . supported
  4. beneficial . . exacerbated
  5. perverse . . vanquished

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