Section: Critical Reading Section 1

73) The board ordered the officers to stay on as __________ administration until new officers could be elected.

1. a political
2. a premature
3. a legal
4. an interim
5. an invalid

You want a vocabulary word that means something like transition or temporary—some word that describes a group that no longer is in power, but is staying in power just until new elected officers are ready to take over the reins. Interim, means temporary or provisional, so this is the answer. INTER is a root you should know—it means between.