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Historical research makes two somewhat antithetical truths that sounded (i) __________come to seem profound: knowledge of the past comes entirely from written documents, giving written words great (ii) ___________, and the more material you uncover, the more (iii) ___________ your subject becomes.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
| (A) deep | (D) consequence | (G) elusive |
| (B) portentous | (E) antiquity | (H) contemporary |
| (C) banal | (F) simultaneity | (I) circumstantial |
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ExplanationWhat historical say may sound banal but at the same time is profound. The words of the past have an important and deep consequence but at the same time are blurry in their meaning, which means elusive.
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giving written words great (ii) ___________, and the more material you uncover, the more (iii) ___________ your subject becomes.
In this part of the sentence, the two clauses 'giving written words great ________ ' and 'and the more material you uncover, the more _________ your subject becomes ' are joined by 'and' conjunction not 'but'. That's why I think circumstantial should be a better fit in the last blank instead of 'elusive'.
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Re: Historical research makes two somewhat antithetical truths t [#permalink]
09 Apr 2018, 10:13
I too believe that 3rd blank should be circumstantial. @carcass - can you please recheck the answers?
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09 Apr 2018, 12:56
The answer choices are correct, guys. Could you tell me why in your opinion the answer to the third blank is I and not G? Please explain. Regards
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The two sentences after ":" separated by comma "," should represent opposites as referred by the word 'antithetical truths'. Hence, even though those two sentences are joined by 'and' in order to give the opposite meaning elusive is best option rather than circumstantial.
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09 Apr 2018, 16:18
Agreed - Thank you 
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Let me introduce you one freaking complexity that can help you remember it for ever: - " consequential" beside meaning sequential means "important". (That's OK, you probably knew it from Magoosh words). - However, " consequent" beside meaning sequential does not mean "important". (I confronted with this trap in a Manhattan prep test) - While I was so proud that I would not mistake "-tial" form from the other one, I omitted " consequence" as a noun form of consequent, because I deduced that it would not mean importance. Guess what? When I saw the answers, I was like "WHAT THE..." so " consequence" does mean "IMPORTANCE". + Hope you do not make my mistake in the future 
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18 Sep 2019, 09:28
can't mark 3 options in this question, please fix.
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18 Sep 2019, 10:12
The timer is correct. try again the proper usage. thank you
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At first, I have no idea what this sentence wants to talk about.
After I have read explanation from carcass, I can see why the answers must be C,E, and G. Other options do not fit the context of the sentence.
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13 Jan 2020, 20:39
Why banal is correct in option i?
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14 Jan 2020, 06:26
BelalHossain wrote: Why banal is correct in option i? Historical research makes two somewhat antithetical truths that sounded (i) __________come to seem profound. Historical research about two opposite truths that sounded "something", but now seem to be very thoughtful. So what would be the best option? banal means trite, so that means truths that had sounded overly used but turned out be very thoughtful. Hope that makes sense.
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