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Question

While her friends agree that she projects an air of affability, they are of two minds about whether this friendliness is in fact _________ .

A. amiable
B. unaffected
C. genial
D. magnanimity
E. sincere
F. vexing

MyGMATbuddy · Answer

The sentence says she seems friendly, but her friends are not sure if it's real. So we need a word that means "genuine" or "honest."

Option E, sincere, fits best because it directly means real or honest friendliness.
Option B, unaffected, is close, it means natural, but sincere is clearer and more common for this context.

Correct answer: E

Pankaj Jindal | GMAT Classic 730 | IIM Bangalore
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Rohit1988 · Answer

When there are 6 answer choices usually it is sentence equivalence question requiring two answers not just 1. Hence both sincere and unaffected should be the OA

Sajjad1994 · Answer

OE

Her friends think that she  “projects an air of affability,”  but this choice of words suggests the appearance of something that is not necessarily genuine. She appears affable, or friendly, but her friends have mixed feelings about this. The blank must mean something like genuine.  “Sincere”  isn’t too hard to spot as a match, but the other correct answer,  “unaffected,”  is a trickier word, used to describe someone who is genuine and sincere.  “Amiable”  and  “genial”  both mean friendly, and thus are trap answers that fit with the first half of the sentence but not the blank in the second half.  “Magnanimity,”  which means generosity, and  “vexing,”  which means annoying, are also not good fits. 
 
  Answer: B,E

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