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Wonderlic verbal items often probe commonly confused word pairs. Accepted (B) means “received” or “agreed to,” which fits the sentence: she received the invitation gratefully. Excepted (A) means “excluded,” the opposite sense; “she excepted the invitation” would be incorrect usage. Accented (C) means “marked with an accent” or “emphasized,” which does not fit the context of receiving something. Accessed (D) means “obtained entry to” (e.g., a file or building), not appropriate here. An effective test strategy is to substitute each option into the sentence quickly and listen for semantic and grammatical fit: “accepted the invitation” is a frequent, idiomatic collocation. Keeping a short list of near-homophones (accept/except; affect/effect; complement/compliment) and their core definitions reduces hesitation. The Wonderlic rewards such lexical precision because it predicts workplace clarity: the right word eliminates ambiguity, minimizes miscommunication, and reflects attention to detail—skills mirrored by this item.