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It is strange to think that for the majority of the 1950s, the _______
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Updated on: 27 Dec 2022, 01:04
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It is strange to think that for the majority of the 1950s, the ___________ of nuclear holocaust was a daily part of people’s lives, so much so that elementary school students ran drills in which they had to dive under their desks and curl up into a ball.
| Blank (i) |
| (A) specter |
| (B) annihilation |
| (C) brutality |
| (D) detonation |
| (E) arms race |
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Re: It is strange to think that for the majority of the 1950s, the _______
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12 Nov 2017, 15:58
12 Nov 2017, 15:58
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For this sentence, it’s important that you know that nuclear holocaust never actually occurred, so it was only a threat that was a daily part of people’s lives.
A secondary meaning of the word specter (which can also mean “ghost”) is “something widely feared as a dangerous occurrence.” All the other words have a kind of categorical relevance, but they don’t fit the sentence.
Specter.
For this sentence, it’s important that you know that nuclear holocaust never actually occurred, so it was only a threat that was a daily part of people’s lives.
A secondary meaning of the word specter (which can also mean “ghost”) is “something widely feared as a dangerous occurrence.” All the other words have a kind of categorical relevance, but they don’t fit the sentence.
Specter.
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27 Dec 2022, 01:05
27 Dec 2022, 01:05
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