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On an aptitude test in 1986, an argument posited that the po
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On an aptitude test in 1986, an argument posited that the possibility of conducting banking transactions from home was as likely as flying cars, an argument that today sounds ___________.
| Blank (i) |
| (A) prescient |
| (B) paradoxical |
| (C) presumptuous |
| (D) preposterous |
| (E) pithy |
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Preposterous.
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Re: On an aptitude test in 1986, an argument posited that the po
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The blank must agree with the clue that the possibility is remote. Note that prescient is the opposite of what you want — because the prediction about the future was entirely wrong, it did not sound prescient.
Preposterous.
The blank must agree with the clue that the possibility is remote. Note that prescient is the opposite of what you want — because the prediction about the future was entirely wrong, it did not sound prescient.
Preposterous.
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