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24 Aug 2003, 01:21
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Can anybody differentiate the 2 answers?
Question:
Though his contemporaries tended to fixate on the politician's
supposed ____________, his personal correspondence _____
a surprising largesse.
Answers:
1. charity... confirms
2. parisomony...contradicts
3. avarice...betrays
4. integrity...reveals.
5. generosity...bespeaks
To me both 1, and 2 are correct. Could anybody differentiate the 2 answers?
Question:
Though his contemporaries tended to fixate on the politician's
supposed ____________, his personal correspondence _____
a surprising largesse.
Answers:
1. charity... confirms
2. parisomony...contradicts
3. avarice...betrays
4. integrity...reveals.
5. generosity...bespeaks
To me both 1, and 2 are correct. Could anybody differentiate the 2 answers?
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05 Sep 2003, 22:20
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Both 1 and 2 are incorrect. The structure of and words used in the sentence indicates that the main clause is somewhat contradictory to the subordinate one. (Though "something" is apparent, "something else" is reality).
"Largess" means extremely generosity. The two answers choices with word of opposite meaning are 2. "parsimony" and 3. "avarice".
The sentence using 2 does not make sense. If most people think he is cheap, then his private correspondence would "reveal" or "betray" his (secret) generousity. Choice 3 nicely connotes that meaning.
Though his contemporaries tended to fixate on the politician's
supposed avarice (extreme greed), his personal correspondence betrays a surprising largesse (generosity).
