Explanation

What 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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I too believe that 3rd blank should be circumstantial. @carcass - can you please recheck the answers?

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.

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

The timer is correct.

try again the proper usage.

thank you
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