Ron Is an Avid Reader

question 27

Multiple Choice

Ron is an avid reader. He has a large vocabulary because every time he comes across a word he doesn't know, he looks it up in the dictionary. Ron encounters "wanderlust" in a novel, reaches for the dictionary, and finds out this word means "desire to travel." The process of looking up unfamiliar words increases Ron's

• A) lexicon.
• B) parser.
• C) syntactical capacity.
• D) mental set.

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Definitions:

Dada Artist

An artist associated with Dadaism, a cultural movement of the European avant-garde in the 20th century, known for its anti-war politics and rejection of traditional aesthetic norms.

Marcel Duchamp

A French-American artist associated with Dadaism and Surrealism, known for challenging traditional notions of art.

Giorgio de Chirico

An Italian artist known for his metaphysical painting phase, creating dream-like, eerily quiet urban landscapes that influenced the surrealist movement.

The Song of Love

A painting by Giorgio de Chirico in 1914, showcasing the metaphysical art style.