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In 1962, British composer Benjamin Britten created "War Requiem," a pi [#permalink]
khushi24rathod wrote:
Has to be A. The sentence points that the poem was "moving" for the Vietnam war fighters, as they were able to relate themselves with the poem.

evocative is there to just lure people. I got used to like considering any GRE questions tricky.
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The correct answer is C. contemporary.

Breakdown of the Blank

The sentence describes Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" as a piece written for World War II that "would take on an unintended but more $\qquad$ significance as the Vietnam War escalated that same year."

The word "unintended" is key, indicating that the new significance was not part of the original plan. The escalation of the Vietnam War in 1962 made a piece about war more relevant to the present time.
- Contemporary: This means belonging to or occurring in the present. As the Vietnam War was a current event, the piece took on a more "contemporary" meaning for audiences at the time.

Let's look at why the other options are incorrect:
- A. evocative: This means bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind. While the piece may have been evocative, this word doesn't capture the specific change in relevance due to the new war.
- B. overdue: This means not having arrived, happened, or been done by the expected time.
- D. laudable: This means deserving praise and commendation. The word doesn't fit the context of the piece's evolving relevance.
- E. inscrutable: This means impossible to understand or interpret. The new significance was clearly understandable to audiences.
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