Çözüldü Reading Comprehension - Vocabulary to Choose the Best Word

To cultivate a diverse and edifying experience for her children during July and August, Mrs. Aidan avoided conflicts that would preclude her from scheduling ______ summer activities, including, among other enriching activities, golf, tennis, and a multisports camp.

A) homogeneous
B) allotted
C) divergent
D) humdrum
E) sundry

Correct Choice: E (sundry)

Official Explanation in the Book:
Why it’s tough: complex sentence with a long, introductory clause and a host of commas; heavy vocabulary. Your strategies: Understand the purpose behind Mrs. Aidan’s efforts; context clue is
to cultivate a diverse and edifying experience for her children.
Your word (possibilities): varied? interesting?
Challenging vocabulary: edifying, preclude, homogeneous, humdrum, sundry
Best answer: E; sundry means assorted.

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Meanings of Some Words in (the context of) The Sentence: (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
assorted: (adjective) of various different sorts
avoid: (verb) to prevent something bad from happening
conflict: (noun) a situation in which people, groups or countries disagree strongly or are involved in a serious argument
cultivate: (verb) to develop an attitude, a way of talking or behaving, etc.
divergent: (adjective) developing or moving in different directions; becoming less similar
diverse: (adjective) very different from each other and of various kinds
edifying: (adjective) likely to improve your mind or your character
enrich: [ verb (but adjective here) ] to improve the quality of something, often by adding something to it
homogeneous: (adjective) consisting of things or people that are all the same or all of the same type
humdrum: (adjective) boring and always the same
include: (verb) if one thing includes another, it has the second thing as one of its parts
preclude: (verb) to prevent something from happening or somebody from doing something; to make something impossible
schedule: (verb) to arrange for something to happen at a particular time
sundry: (adjective) various; not important enough to be named separately