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The point we might still take from the First World War

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The point we might still take from the First World War is the old one that wars are always, as one historian aptly put it, ________: they produce unforeseeable results.

A unsurprising
B astounding
C conventional
D ruinous
E stunning
F devastating



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The colon after the blank indicates a definitional relationship between the blanked word and the phrase that follows the colon. The two answer choices for which “they produce unforeseeable results” would most clearly serve as a definition are “astounding” and “stunning.” While “ruinous” and “devastating” might be adjectives describing the effects of war, they clearly do not fit the logical structure of this sentence, since they are not by definition “unforeseeable.”

Thus, the correct answer is astounding (Choice B) and stunning (Choice E).
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Re: The point we might still take from the First World War [#permalink] New post 21 Jan 2018, 03:25
i got it wrong :(
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Re: The point we might still take from the First World War [#permalink] New post 21 Jan 2018, 08:47
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Re: The point we might still take from the First World War [#permalink] New post 23 Jun 2020, 00:56
What about unconventional - unsurprising?
Since the wars have always brought unforeseeable results, and the point taken by the author is an old one, isn't the idea that wars bring forth unexpected outcomes conventional?
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