Even more is not a detour sign......its supporting before clause.........i think it should be gloomy or dilapidated. Correct me if I am wrong?

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can you help me with this one?

The explantion above provided by the tutor and expert by Magoosh is a perfect fit.

There no compromise in the answer choices: or positive or negative.

However, the second part of the sentence tells us that the interior was disappointing. That means the facade was good or shiny or in perfect condition or something like that.

Put you in front of the house you would like to buy: the decade was awesome and then you expect the interior is even better. Then you are inside and the house is a mess so , of course, you are even MORE disappointed because you thought very different

Only A and C are positive words but A means kitsch, extravagant.

Even though I do not know the meaning of August (the only word reminds me with this name is the 8th month of the year - vacation) must be the answer.

August= prestigious.

Regards

Questions created by these tutoring institutes are not really perfect and lack the mathematical precision of GRE questions.

My understanding is "Outward appearance itself look bad and makes the interior much more disappointing"

The facade of the house was (i) ______, making the interior even more disappointing to prospective buyers.
I believe ostentatious can also fit here. All the more because the facade masks the bad situation in the interior of the house, exactly a context that we can use the word ostentatious.

Doesn't "even more" suggest it was already bad to begin with?

even more here as the function to aggravate or put more emphasis what is asserted in the first part of the sentence!

The correct answer is august.

Explanation
- Logic: The sentence relies on an "even more" intensifying contrast. It states that the interior was "disappointing," and because it was even more disappointing, the exterior/facade must have set a high, impressive expectation. Therefore, we need a positive word meaning grand or impressive that would make a disappointing interior feel like a letdown.
- Vocabulary:
- August means respected, impressive, grand, or majestic. An august facade sets a high bar, making a mediocre interior a major disappointment.
- Ostentatious means pretentiously showy. While it implies a grand exterior, it carries a negative connotation of vulgar display rather than genuine architectural grandeur, making august the more precise choice for a high-level verbal question.
- Dilapidated means ruined or decayed. If the facade were dilapidated, a disappointing interior would be expected, not "even more" disappointing.
- Diminutive means extremely small, which doesn't logically predict how disappointing the inside would be.
- Gloomy means dark or poorly lit. Like dilapidated, a gloomy exterior would match a disappointing interior rather than contrast with it.