| Idx | 1967 |
|---|---|
| Keyword | official |
| Type of Sentence | ✗ |
| Error Sentence | She is good at organizing people without seeming arrogant or official. |
| Correct Sentence | She is good at organizing people without seeming arrogant or officious. |
| Cloze Error Sentence | She is good at organizing people without seeming arrogant or [[official]]. |
| Cloze Sentence | She is good at organizing people without seeming arrogant or [[officious]]. |
| Cloze Answer | officious |
| Choices | official | officious |
| Explanation | official = done by or connected with a person or group in authority; formal: 'an official letter', 'an official inquiry', 'official approval' officious (expressing dislike or disapproval) = too eager to give orders or make people keep to rules which are unimportant: 'An officious little man at the check-in insisted that my luggage was half a kilo overweight.' |
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