Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

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

The store manager was ------- when sales dropped for the third year in a row; that was why she ------- our department for its lack of effort.

(A) indolent . . intimidated

(B) indignant . . upbraided

(C) insolent . . exonerated

(D) indulgent . . castigated

(E) intolerant . . condoned 

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