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TAS English QUESTION #10465
Question 1
The candidate's ------- rhetoric, which appealed to fear rather than reason, only served to ------- tensions among an already anxious electorate.
  • measured . . ease
  • inflammatory . . heighten✔️
  • conciliatory . . reduce
  • dispassionate . . calm
Correct Answer Explanation
Rhetoric appealing to fear is 'inflammatory,' and it would 'heighten,' not ease, tensions.