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Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on th [#permalink] New post   13 Dec 2018, 15:35
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Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on the notion that routine exposure to seemingly (i) ______ products can actually have longterm deleterious consequences.


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(A) outdated
(B) banal
(C) litigious
(D) virulent
(E) benign
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Re: Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on th [#permalink] New post   14 Dec 2018, 04:12
The answer should be ' outdated '
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Re: Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on th [#permalink] New post   14 Dec 2018, 04:28
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There are no clues in the sentence that something is old.

Actually, the meaning of the sentence is this: we say that the exposition to benign products, after all, is not so benign but indeed harmful for people.

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Re: Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on th [#permalink] New post   19 Apr 2019, 06:02
i was confused between banal and benign since it had word "routine exposure" can you please help me to clear the doubt
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Re: Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on th [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2019, 12:31
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Think this way: in most part, the consumer movement relies on the assumption that the products are benign in appearance but actually they are harmful

The other options, based on this meaning of the sentence, are misleading and out of scope.

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Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on th [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2019, 20:25
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The word "seemingly" suggests that the products "are believed to be".

and routine exposure to products that are believed to be something can actually have deleterious long term consequences.

the word actually stresses on the reality (deleterious consequences), which is the exact opposite of the belief (suggested by the word seemingly)

If reality is "deleterious consequences", the belief should be the exact opposite, benign.
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Re: Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on th [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2019, 06:37
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Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on the notion that routine exposure to seemingly (i) ______ products can actually have longterm deleterious consequences.
Blank (i)
(A) outdated
(B) banal
(C) litigious
(D) virulent
(E) benign

The answer should be Outdated instead of Benign, which means exactly th eopposite.
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Re: Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on th [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2019, 22:32
why benign?? please explain.
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Re: Much of the consumer protection movement is predicated on th [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2019, 23:22
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See the explanation above provided by two moderators.

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