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20 Feb 2025, 11:20
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Aleister Crowley, despite being given to wildly fantastic claims—he insisted, for instance, that the founding book of his religion was dictated to him by a divine being who visited his hotel room wearing sunglasses and a trench coat—had his share of (i) _________ followers. These were likely spurred on more than dissuaded by the (ii) _________ cast on him by the popular press, whose dubbing him “the wickedest man in the world” was, to be fair, hardly (iii) _________ given the relative harmlessness of his eccentricities.
Blank (i)
A. sycophantic
B. sordid
C. skeptical
Blank (ii)
D. disadvantages
E. gauntlets
F. animadversions
Blank (iii)
G. glib
H. peevish
I. condign
Blank (i)
A. sycophantic
B. sordid
C. skeptical
Blank (ii)
D. disadvantages
E. gauntlets
F. animadversions
Blank (iii)
G. glib
H. peevish
I. condign
22 Feb 2025, 12:58
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Followers are rarely skeptical, and you have no reason to think they were particularly sordid (morally degraded, base, or vile), since you don’t know what sorts of activities Crowley engaged in, short of making “wildly fantastic claims.” But followers, especially those of clearly eccentric figures, do tend to be sycophantic (fawning, obsequious, or servile). The press is saying something bad about him, not casting disadvantages or gauntlets (open challenges) on him, so animadversions (strong criticisms) fits best. The criticism seems excessive or undeserved in light of his “relative harmlessness,” so the criticism was hardly condign (appropriate, deserved). Neither glib (fluent to the point of insincerity) nor peevish (discontented; ill-tempered) works in this context.
Answer: A,F,I
Followers are rarely skeptical, and you have no reason to think they were particularly sordid (morally degraded, base, or vile), since you don’t know what sorts of activities Crowley engaged in, short of making “wildly fantastic claims.” But followers, especially those of clearly eccentric figures, do tend to be sycophantic (fawning, obsequious, or servile). The press is saying something bad about him, not casting disadvantages or gauntlets (open challenges) on him, so animadversions (strong criticisms) fits best. The criticism seems excessive or undeserved in light of his “relative harmlessness,” so the criticism was hardly condign (appropriate, deserved). Neither glib (fluent to the point of insincerity) nor peevish (discontented; ill-tempered) works in this context.
Answer: A,F,I
