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When he joked about his shortcomings as a husband, his humor

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When he joked about his shortcomings as a husband, his humor grew too (i) _________ for our comfort, becoming so bitter and ironic that we found ourselves (ii) _________.



Blank (i) Blank (ii)
(A) frantic (D) disquieted
(B) mordant (E) antipathetic
(C) choleric (F) sanguine

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Mordant, disquieted.

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Re: When he joked about his shortcomings as a husband, his humor [#permalink] New post 14 Nov 2017, 03:56
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The first word should match “bitter and ironic,” and the second evidently means something like “uncomfortable.”

Mordant, disquieted.
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