Answer
- Relegated
- Mitigate
For Blank (i), relegated is the best answer choice because it means to demote to a lower position. The chief was demoted to patrolman. Endorsed and promoted are incorrect because these imply approval or higher rank, and a patrolman ranks below a police chief.
For Blank (ii), mitigate means to lessen. It makes sense that a police chief would try to mitigate crime and that he might be demoted if he failed. Escalate is the opposite of mitigate, and the chief wouldn’t be demoted for failing to increase crime. Transmit is also incorrect because this means to send.
Select one answer choice for each blank.
The police chief of Hilltop, Indiana was (i)______________ to patrolman due to his inability to (ii)______________ the city’s crime rates.
- (i) relegated
- (i) endorsed
- (i) promoted
- (ii) escalate
- (ii) mitigate
- (ii) transmit
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