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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 dramatist was ------- over his lack of funds and his inability to sell any of his plays, and his letters to his wife reflected his unhappiness.

(A) despondent
(B) supercilious
(C) prudent
(D) encouraged
(E) fortified

答案和解析

答案：A

解析：

"Despondent" best corresponds to the dramatist's unhappy emotional state.