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Chapter Exercises 1175. mitigated, mitigatingTremendous success wasby personal problems.His marriage failed, and, by the end of his life, he was probablyaddicted to mood-controlling pills. Yet Elvis’s abiding love forhis mother, even after her death, was afactorthat counterbalanced his flaws. His songs are still populartoday. Can you hum the tunes of “Love Me Tender,” “Hound Dog,”“All Shook Up,” and “Don’t Be Cruel”?■ Find the ExampleChoose the example that best describes the action or situation.1. The birth years, in chronological order, of people born in successiveyearsa. 1990, 1992, 1994 b. 1990, 1991, 1992 c. 1990, 1992, 19912. One mitigating factor in procrastinationa. illness b. opportunity c. laziness3. Discreet adulationa. a crowd screaming “We love you” to a rap artistb. a dream of beating a famous golferc. a bedroom with a poster of a favorite starCopyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.Chapter Exercises4. Something that has withstood a mammoth forcea. a huge office building destroyed by a landmineb. an abandoned shed on a deserted islandc. a house still standing after a tornado5. A copious amount of this would help grain cultivationa. sun b. rock c. wind■ Practicing Strategies: Context Clues of OppositionIn each sentence, one difficult word is italicized. Use context clues of oppositionto make an intelligent guess about its meaning in the sentence.1. She thought she would be recompensed, but she was never paid.Recompensed means .