PrepTest 113, Section 1, Question 5
The jury trial is one of the handful(440 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(24 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We predicted stubborn during the read-through. The critics describe a single juror who won't budge, leaving the group deadlocked and requiring another trial. That's the meaning to preserve, even if recalcitrant is unfamiliar.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Obstinate means stubbornly refusing to change one's position. If this word is unfamiliar too, we can still keep it in contention while checking whether the other four fit the situation.
- B
Suspicious means distrustful. The criticism is that the juror won't change a position, not that the juror distrusts someone. Those traits aren't interchangeable.
- C
A careful juror could weigh the evidence attentively and then change an opinion. Carefulness doesn't supply the unwillingness to budge.
- D
Conscientious means taking one's duties seriously. That's how the writer later defends deadlocking jurors. Here we need the critics' less favorable description of a stubborn holdout, not the writer's defense.
- E
Naive suggests inexperience or an overly simple understanding. The sentence doesn't say the juror lacks experience; it says this person's resistance holds up the verdict.
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