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Re: Although many decry the current state of the American education system [#permalink]
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OE - C, and E


The context clues in this sentence are all in the logic and the vocabulary. The introductory word Although sets up a contrast between the generally negative attitude of “many” (suggested by the verb decry, meaning to criticize openly) and the parents. Thus, few parents treat their child’s teachers with contempt or derision (scorn). None of the other choices is negative; they don’t provide the required contrast in the sentences



Sorry but I am not getting the point as many are criticizing it publicly then few people will not criticize ? getting confused could you please help?
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We can attack the sentence using the positive and negative strategy because there is a net division between those answer choices positive and those negative

Now the sentence is

Although many decry the current state of the American education system, few parents treat their child’s teacher with __________.

Notice the contrast word at the beginning Although

That preludes to a shift in the argument

If we know X then the result is Y but on the opposite side. The contrary.

Now, even though usually the teachers are battered or disrespected or criticized....however, the student's parents think of them in a positive way I.E few of them are against the teachers and most of them are in favor of them and their way of teaching or behave for example

Therefore, most of the DO NOT think NEGATIVE and we have to find a word that has a negative meaning

A. eloquence +
B. acumen +
C. contempt -
D. mettle +
E. derision -
F. jocosity +

ONLY C and E are negative and therefore are the correct answer choices

Let me know if something is still unclear

Please refer to ur guide GRE Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence Strategies Guide (2022)

https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-text- ... tml#p67358
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