Multiple choice

No city has had the domination which doesn't at sometime deride those whom it ________.

  1. befriends

  2. subjugates

  3. honors

  4. surmounts

  5. liberates

  6. frees
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Explanation

(1) This is incorrect as the emotion being conveyed by the sentence is of 'derision'. One would not deride one's friends or those that one honors.

(2) This is correct as a victor could deride the one it 'subjugates' or 'surmounts'.
(3) This is incorrect as the emotion being conveyed by the sentence is of 'derision'. One would not deride one's friends or those that one honors.
(4) This is correct even though 'surmount' is not an exact synonym of 'subjugates'. There is no other word among the options which could fit the role.
(5) This is incorrect as the sentence starts with domination by a city. 'Liberates' or 'frees' would not quite fit in with derision by a liberator. (6) This is incorrect as the sentence starts with domination by a city. 'Liberates' or 'frees' would not quite fit in with derision by a liberator.

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