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24 Feb 2025, 11:05
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Education has become a kind of albatross in American politics, in that a speech with any hint of _______________ is actually more pernicious to a politician’s reputation than one with numerous signs of ignorance, or even outright stupidity.
A. bromide
B. erudition
C. patrimony
D. condescension
E. cerebrality
F. bloviation
A. bromide
B. erudition
C. patrimony
D. condescension
E. cerebrality
F. bloviation
27 Feb 2025, 03:08
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This sentence compares the blank with speeches that feature “ignorance” and “stupidity.” You also want something that relates to education. A good fill-in would be knowledge, which is the result of education.
Bromide (commonplace or trite saying) and bloviation (talking at length in a pompous or boastful way) both have some relationship to speech, but they aren’t a pair and neither relates to “education” or “ignorance.” Condescension (patronizing attitude; disdain) is similar to bloviation, but both disagree with the proof word “actually” (it is not surprising that condescension would be resented by voters!), and neither contrasts properly with “ignorance.” Patrimony (inheritance from a father or other male ancestor) is unrelated to everything else.
Answer: B,E
This sentence compares the blank with speeches that feature “ignorance” and “stupidity.” You also want something that relates to education. A good fill-in would be knowledge, which is the result of education.
Bromide (commonplace or trite saying) and bloviation (talking at length in a pompous or boastful way) both have some relationship to speech, but they aren’t a pair and neither relates to “education” or “ignorance.” Condescension (patronizing attitude; disdain) is similar to bloviation, but both disagree with the proof word “actually” (it is not surprising that condescension would be resented by voters!), and neither contrasts properly with “ignorance.” Patrimony (inheritance from a father or other male ancestor) is unrelated to everything else.
Answer: B,E
