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Which of the following sentences provides the best description of the events in the passage?
Lucy runs to the edge of Kensington Gardens because...
Immediately before Lucy lays her hand on her father's knee, she was...
ACT Aspire Reading: Defining "Diffuse" in Context 13 Views
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As it is used in the passage, what does the highlighted word diffuse most nearly mean?
As it is used in the passage, what does the highlighted word diffuse most nearly mean?
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- 00:03
All right A c t ask spiro hours We've got
- 00:06
six of ten here in just five more And then
- 00:08
you're done with this thing You know you'll miss it
- 00:10
as much as we do Okay As it is used
- 00:12
in the passage what does the highlighted word diffuse most
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- 00:17
nearly mean Well Ultraviolet light is harmful toe wildflowers so
- 00:25
some flowers have fine hairs to scatter or spread the
- 00:29
rays as they reach the plant from the sun apparently
- 00:32
flowers or a sensitive to sunburn as we are So
- 00:35
the answer here is a scatter Well the fine hairs
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were not used to absorb the rays That's the opposite
- 00:40
of what they're supposed to dio Wildflowers also don't want
- 00:42
to share the old pilot light What a terrible gift
- 00:45
that would make happy birthday It's radiation Yeah let's just
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mean finally the plants would probably love to avoid ultraviolet
- 00:51
light if they could but they're not exactly mobile Fine
- 00:53
here's can't be used to avoid the raise but at
- 00:55
least they can scatter them to reduce the impact so
- 00:57
that's it it's a rhymes with ray
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