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Although he has long had a reputation for (i) , his behavior [#permalink] New post  Updated on: 16 Sep 2019, 09:31
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Although he has long had a reputation for (i) ____________ , his behavior toward his coworkers has always been (ii) ____________, suggesting he may not be as insolent as people generally think.


Blank (i) Blank (ii)
inscrutability brazen
venality courteous
impudence predictable
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Originally posted by Carcass on 17 Nov 2017, 15:10.
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Re: Although he has long had a reputation for (i) , his behavior [#permalink] New post  18 Nov 2017, 03:42
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Although his reputation was bad, disregarding what was around him, after all he was gentle.

C and E win.
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Re: Although he has long had a reputation for (i) , his behavior [#permalink] New post  21 Aug 2018, 11:36
Does 'disregarded' fit the bill in terms of grammar?

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Re: Although he has long had a reputation for (i) , his behavior [#permalink] New post  29 Aug 2018, 11:12
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Honestly ?? no.

After disregarding you should have some complement object or else.

it is a verb and in this case, it is pending.

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Re: Although he has long had a reputation for (i) , his behavior [#permalink] New post  29 Aug 2018, 11:50
I also thought so. That is why I disregarded (pun intended) that option. But that, unfortunately, cost me the right answer.

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Re: Although he has long had a reputation for (i) , his behavior [#permalink] New post  03 Jul 2019, 01:55
the actual option for c is 'impudence'.
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Re: Although he has long had a reputation for (i) , his behavior [#permalink] New post  03 Jul 2019, 22:09
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Although he has long had a reputation for (i) ____________ , his behavior toward his coworkers has always been (ii) ____________, suggesting he may not be as insolent as people generally think.

Blank (i)Blank (ii)
(A) inscrutability(D) brazen
(B) venality(E) courteous
(C) disregarded(F) predictable


the phrase "suggesting he may not be as insolent..." suggests that the word for the second blank has to be the opposite of insolent and hence, courteous is the best choice. The sentence begins by trying to counteract his long held reputation for something. If he was in reality very courteous towards his workers , then his reputation should have been the exact opposite - disregarded impudence seems to be only meaningful but grammatical bad choice.

Edit: I have made changes to reflect the new choice word for Choice C (disregarded has been replaced by impudence).
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Re: Although he has long had a reputation for (i) , his behavior [#permalink] New post  16 Sep 2019, 09:19
disregarded.. grammatical error in powerprep question makes no sense.. do they also make errors in actual exams?
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Re: Although he has long had a reputation for (i) , his behavior [#permalink] New post  16 Sep 2019, 09:33
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Sorry guys,

C as the answer is impudence

I do not know how that word - disregarded - was there. Really sorry :(

I took it straight from the test powerprep.

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