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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 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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Re: Historical research makes two somewhat antithetical truths t [#permalink]
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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Re: Historical research makes two somewhat antithetical truths t [#permalink]
09 Apr 2018, 16:18
Agreed - Thank you 
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