Mar 6, 2009 Volume 5 -- Daily Life in China, #14(41)

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1. Although in theory the dispensary was supposed to be a charity, never did the _____ quantity of the drugs reach the common people.
2. Some officials had been engaged in commercial transactions with foreign countries by means of an agent as _____.
3. It is clear that the origin of the _____ and suspicion with which the arts of war were regarded lies in one of those choices by which every civilization is characterized.
4. A decent man, it was said, does not become a soldier, and it was indeed the case that the army had been chiefly recruited from the ______ of the population from the time when, at the end of the eighth century, it was no longer composed of conscripts, but of ______.

A) contempt
B) minutest
C) dregs
D) intermediary
E) mercenaries

answer
B) minutest
D) intermediary
A) contempt
C) dregs
E) mercenaries

contempt:
the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn
• disregard for something that should be taken into account
• (also contempt of court) the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law and its officers
• the offense of being similarly disobedient to or disrespectful of the lawful operation of a legislative body (e.g., its investigations).

minute:
adjective ( -nutest |maɪˈn(j)udəst| |məˈn(j)udəst|)
extremely small
• so small as to verge on insignificance
• (of an inquiry or investigation, or an account of one) taking the smallest points into consideration; precise and meticulous

dregs:
the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment or grounds
• figurative the most worthless part or parts of something

intermediary:
a person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; a mediator

mercenary:
adjective derogatory
(of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics

noun ( pl. -naries)
a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
• a person primarily concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics

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