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It is hardly surprising that the two lobbyists’ opinions of the political system reflected their professed world views: the optimist considered government corruption to be, at worst, sporadic, while the cynic thought graft was (i) ___________.


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Re: It is hardly surprising that the two lobbyists’ opinions of [#permalink] New post   19 Oct 2020, 20:14
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It is hardly surprising that the two lobbyists’ opinions of the political system reflected their professed world views: the optimist considered government corruption to be, at worst, sporadic, while the cynic thought graft was

here the answer should be opposite of sporadic means occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places

so present in every place should be answer ubiquitous is the answer

option A is correct
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Re: It is hardly surprising that the two lobbyists’ opinions of [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2020, 03:31
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while indicates contrast.

one guy (optimist) thought that corruption was sporadic (not everywhere)
other guy (cynic) felt that corruption was everywhere.

You could also do contrast as follows:
optimist - no/less corruption
cynic - corruption everywhere

ubiquitous means universal.
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