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Some of Dr. Seuss’s most famous characters had
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Some of Dr. Seuss’s most famous characters had _______ meanings that would be lost on his young readers until adulthood; the title character in Yertle the Turtle, for instance, was based on Hitler, and the imperiled Who people in Horton Hears a Who represented the citizens of post-World War II Japan.
A. banal
B. manifest
C. oblique
D. nascent
E. allusive
F. lucid
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C and E
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28 Sep 2017, 16:41
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The blank describes the kind of meanings that don’t become clear for years, so you need something like hidden or unclear. Both manifest and lucid are nearly the opposite of what you’re looking for, so eliminate choices (B) and (F).
Neither banal, which means trite and commonplace, nor nascent, which means newly formed, is supported by the sentence, so eliminate choices (A) and (D). Both oblique and allusive can mean unclear, so choices (C) and (E) give you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
The blank describes the kind of meanings that don’t become clear for years, so you need something like hidden or unclear. Both manifest and lucid are nearly the opposite of what you’re looking for, so eliminate choices (B) and (F).
Neither banal, which means trite and commonplace, nor nascent, which means newly formed, is supported by the sentence, so eliminate choices (A) and (D). Both oblique and allusive can mean unclear, so choices (C) and (E) give you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
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