We know that the subject of the sentence bribed the bouncers to get into the party, so we can infer that we need to pick out a verb that means something like "conspired with." While "belied" might look like a potentially correct answer choice because it contains the word "lie," "belie" is a verb used to describe appearances that means "fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict." So, because "belie" would not make sense grammatically or contextually in the blank, it cannot be the correct answer. "Connive," however, is a verb that means "conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful," and because "connive" best fits the sentence's context, "connive" is the correct answer.

Due to the fact that Harry’s car has gone missing, we can assume that the blank word must describe some negative feeling like “worried” or “angered.” This eliminates "ecstatic" and "overjoyed" as answer choices because both words mean very happy. Likewise, "wanton" can be eliminated because it means random, and "whimsical" can be eliminated because it means silly and quirky. The correct answer is “perturbed,” which means worried or disturbed. 

The context of the sentence suggests that the cunning chess player got the better of her less capable opponent. This means that the blank word must mean something like "outwitted." "Outfoxed" means outwitted, so "outfoxed" is the correct answer. To help you, "deplore" means hate, "harangue" means criticize verbally, "wounded" means injured, and "circumscribed" means limited or bordered.

Since the holiday season is busy and customers want packages to arrive on time, this means that the postal service likely had to "expedite" the packages, or hasten the speed at which they were sent, in order that the packages might arrive on time.

Since the sentence tells us that Winston got in trouble for disobeying the library's noise policy, and can infer that libraries are typically quiet places, we know that we need to pick out an answer that has to do with noise, specifically loud noises and even more specifically loud speech. Only three answer choices have to do with noise: "bellowed," "whispered," and "peeped." Because "whispered" and "peeped" both refer to quiet noises or speech, neither can be the correct answer, but "bellowed," which means "shouted something with a deep loud roar" fits the context of the sentence. So, "bellowed" is the correct answer.

We can infer that the dog moved toward the squirrel in some way, and can narrow our answer choices down to "danced," "hopped," and "lunged." "Danced" does not make sense in the sentence's context, and in picking between "hopped" and "lunged," "lunged" is the better choice, as "lunged" means "made a sudden forward movement." So, "lunged" is the correct answer.

Since we know that the empty fuel tanks are "releas[ed]...into space when no longer needed," we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "release." Since "jettison" is a verb meaning "throw or drop something from an aircraft or ship" or "abandon or discard someone or something that is no longer wanted," "jettison" best fits the context of the sentence and is the correct answer.

We can infer that because the kids are likely to have thrown snowballs at each other, we need to pick out a verb that means something like "throw (something) at." "Pelting" is a verb which means either "attacking (someone) by repeatedly hurling things at them" or "repeatedly hurling (something) at someone or something," and because "pelting" best describes how the kids threw snowballs at each other, "pelting" is the correct answer.

We can infer that we need to pick out a verb for the blank that means something like "act as an intermediary in," because the sentence declares that the third party was involved "with the hopes that by acting as an intermediary, the third party could help the warring countries reach a peace treaty and stop the fighting." "Mediate" is a verb that means "intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation," and because "mediate" best describes the action of the third party in the sentence, "mediate" is the correct answer.

The students weren't in a hurry, therefore they probably walked slowly to class. So, we need to pick out an answer choice for the blank that means something like "walked slowly." "Ambled" means walked at a leisurely pace, so "ambled" is the best answer choice.