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Updated on: 16 Oct 2025, 01:57
Originally posted by Sajjad1994 on 11 Oct 2025, 09:00.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 16 Oct 2025, 01:57, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 16 Oct 2025, 01:57, edited 1 time in total.
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33% (00:40) correct
66% (00:48) wrong based on 6 sessions
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Paradoxically, the very admonitions intended to reform the prodigal served only to ________ his wicked ways.
A. turn him from
B. confirm him in
C. distress him about
D. absolve him of
E. reinforce
F. transform
A. turn him from
B. confirm him in
C. distress him about
D. absolve him of
E. reinforce
F. transform
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Question # 12 | Date: 11 October 2025
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Official Explanation
Paradoxically inherently signals a contrast. It indicates that something unexpected and unwanted has occurred. An admonition or warning intended to reform a spendthrift failed to have the desired result. Instead, it reinforced his profligate behavior, confirming or strengthening him in his wasteful habits.
Answer: B,E
Paradoxically inherently signals a contrast. It indicates that something unexpected and unwanted has occurred. An admonition or warning intended to reform a spendthrift failed to have the desired result. Instead, it reinforced his profligate behavior, confirming or strengthening him in his wasteful habits.
Answer: B,E
