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07 Aug 2025, 11:29
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33% (01:33) correct
66% (00:58) wrong based on 9 sessions
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Just as Philip K. Dick’s acclaimed science fiction shows his gift for dystopian fantasy, so too his early efforts at mainstream novels (i) _________ his ability to represent the more (ii) ________ world.
Blank (i)
A. attest to
B. belie
C. gainsay
Blank (ii)
D. ebullient
E. quotidian
F. fantastical
Blank (i)
A. attest to
B. belie
C. gainsay
Blank (ii)
D. ebullient
E. quotidian
F. fantastical
Updated on: 20 Aug 2025, 08:44
Originally posted by Sajjad1994 on 20 Aug 2025, 08:41.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 20 Aug 2025, 08:44, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 20 Aug 2025, 08:44, edited 1 time in total.
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“Just as ... so too ... ” suggests that the mainstream novels show a gift, just as the science-fiction novels do. The first word should mean something like show, or display. Among these answers, only “attest” has that meaning. Incorrect choices “belie” and “gainsay” both indicate an opposite direction. The second word should describe the world of mainstream, rather than science-fiction, novels: something not fantastic, but just ordinary or everyday. “Quotidian” has just that meaning. “Fantastical” (odd and bizarre) and “ebullient” (cheerful and exuberant) don’t, in general, describe the ordinary, everyday world.
Answer: A,E
“Just as ... so too ... ” suggests that the mainstream novels show a gift, just as the science-fiction novels do. The first word should mean something like show, or display. Among these answers, only “attest” has that meaning. Incorrect choices “belie” and “gainsay” both indicate an opposite direction. The second word should describe the world of mainstream, rather than science-fiction, novels: something not fantastic, but just ordinary or everyday. “Quotidian” has just that meaning. “Fantastical” (odd and bizarre) and “ebullient” (cheerful and exuberant) don’t, in general, describe the ordinary, everyday world.
Answer: A,E
22 Feb 2026, 01:26
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I dont understand. "Mainstream" means something that appeals to the masses. How is it that you correlated it with being ordinary & everyday ?
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