PhdApplicant311 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 It is classified as 'Devilish' by Manhattan Prep! Many in the government disagree with a plan to debunk the low budget grassroots effort to expose the frivolity of Project X; the government employee’s union, with a newly elected leadership that more closely reflects the opinions of its members,__________ Project X.championsveneratesfights againstis partial toabhorsrepugnates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrongTackleBacarySagna Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I think it's champions/venerates. The government employee's union is trying to represent the opinion of the majority, who oppose an anti-X plan. Meaning the endorse Project X (HELL YEAH PARTY ALL NIGHT). Venerates and champions mean the same thing while "partial to" isn't semantically equivalent. So I think that's the answer. Someone correct me if I missed something. doubledogd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockturtle Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I was thinking 'repugnates' or 'abhors'... Because if the opinion of the majority is to disagree with the debunking of the effort to expose Project X, shouldn't that mean they do want Project X to be exposed as frivolous? What a wild sentence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrongTackleBacarySagna Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I was thinking 'repugnates' or 'abhors'... Because if the opinion of the majority is to disagree with the debunking of the effort to expose Project X, shouldn't that mean they do want Project X to be exposed as frivolous? What a wild sentence...You're right. I missed the "disagree." I think the best way to answer these questions is first identify the pairs of words that have very similar meaning, then choose one word from each pair and plug it into the sentence. You can solve most of these questions in 30 seconds with this method. For this particular problem, you'd probably just count the positives and negatives that separate the subject (government people) from the predicate (proejct x) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhdApplicant311 Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Dear Mockturtle and StrongTackle, Thank you for your response. Mockturtle is right!StrongTackle, I chose the exact same answers and I had also missed the 'disagree' which was so cunningly put there. The other thing I realisd after reading your answer was that if you think about it deeply, champions and venerates doesn't exactly mean the same thing.That's something both of us missed! Venerates means to respect deeply and champions means to support.... isn't it?But then again, abhors means to hate and repugnates means "to stand firmly against"... Oh well! One question at a time to conquering the GRE! Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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