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Despite his insistence to the contrary, the author’s (i) hostility was [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2021, 03:33
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Despite his insistence to the contrary, the author’s (i) _______ hostility was evinced in the tone he used when describing the senator’s qualifications; he did not (ii) _______ using words like “craven” and “ill-conceived” liberally when writing about the legislator’s voting record.


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A. manifest D. demur at
B. dubious E. relish
C. obscure F. hasten to
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Re: Despite his insistence to the contrary, the author’s (i) hostility was [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2021, 11:30
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What does Despite his insistence to the contrary mean? It looks like it is used a lot

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Despite his insistence to the contrary, the author’s (i) hostility was [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2021, 11:56
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Even though he said NO indeed was clearly YES he was hostile...........

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it is a contrast construction

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Re: Despite his insistence to the contrary, the author’s (i) hostility was [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2021, 13:02
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Why not obscure?
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Re: Despite his insistence to the contrary, the author’s (i) hostility was [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2021, 19:33
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Why not obscure?

If it would have been obscure, his hostility wouldn't have been evident.
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Re: Despite his insistence to the contrary, the author’s (i) hostility was [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2021, 17:48
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there is a semicolon in the prompt. so both the clauses will support each other. now since Despite... contrary is a double negative, we need something in the blank for that idea to go on. the whole line just means that though he said NO he was hostile. The only word in the first blank which goes with the whole idea is MANIFEST. once we figure out this, 2nd blank is quite easy. He was hostile, so he did not object to using those words. so 2nd blank is DEMUR AT
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