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As spurious sightings of imaginary creatures that have captured the... [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 11 May 2021, 09:20
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As spurious sightings of imaginary creatures that have captured the popular mind (i)____, however (ii)____ a story may be, once it has been circulated enough times, it will gather a patina of (iii)____.

Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
A. diminish D. clever G. neglect
B. entail E. apocryphal H. truth
C. suggest F. captivating I. deceit
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C,E,H

Originally posted by GeniusRex on 11 May 2021, 03:25.
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Re: As spurious sightings of imaginary creatures that have captured the... [#permalink] New post   11 May 2021, 03:38
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Please Sir

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The title of the post must be the first words of the sentence NOT just TC

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Re: As spurious sightings of imaginary creatures that have captured the... [#permalink] New post   11 May 2021, 03:50
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Please Sir

Do not you mind if you format the question above according to the rule ??

https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/how-to-po ... 12927.html

Also here

https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/rules-to- ... -1652.html

The title of the post must be the first words of the sentence NOT just TC

Many Thanks

ask if you do need assistance

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Sorry for the formatting. I am actually a new user and wasn't sure about the correct way of formatting.
I hope so the question now fits in the right standards of formatting as expected by this platform.
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Re: As spurious sightings of imaginary creatures that have captured the... [#permalink] New post   11 May 2021, 08:02
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It says that, as the fake imaginary creatures have captured the popular mind, it suggests that however questionable/doubtful the story may be, once it is circulated enough times, it will be considered truth.

Answer C E H
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Re: As spurious sightings of imaginary creatures that have captured the... [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2023, 20:52
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It says that, as the fake imaginary creatures have captured the popular mind, it suggests that however questionable/doubtful the story may be, once it is circulated enough times, it will be considered truth.

Answer C E H


Thanks for posting, why is C correct for blank 1 as opposed to the other answer choices?
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