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The protest march quickly turned into a riot, and in the response by p
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The protest march quickly turned into a riot, and in the response by police, several people on either side were killed and dozens more wounded; it would later be ________ remembered by both sides as a tragic accident, and no blame would be assigned.
| Two Answers |
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| A. indignantly |
| B. mournfully |
| C. spitefully | D. bitterly | E. soberly |
| F. melancholically |
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B, F You are told in the final clause that it would be remembered as a “tragic accident” and that no blame was assigned. You are looking for adverbs that reflect this and can expect to find synonyms of “sadly,” but you must be careful not to choose answers that suggest vitriol or blame. Based on this, you can see that (A) indignantly, (C) spitefully, and (D) bitterly can all be eliminated. (B) mournfully is an excellent choice because you often hear about mourning of a tragic accident. (E) soberly, meaning in this context “clearly,” does not have any synonyms among the remaining answers. (F) melancholically is a direct synonym of (B) and matches your predicted answer.
B, F You are told in the final clause that it would be remembered as a “tragic accident” and that no blame was assigned. You are looking for adverbs that reflect this and can expect to find synonyms of “sadly,” but you must be careful not to choose answers that suggest vitriol or blame. Based on this, you can see that (A) indignantly, (C) spitefully, and (D) bitterly can all be eliminated. (B) mournfully is an excellent choice because you often hear about mourning of a tragic accident. (E) soberly, meaning in this context “clearly,” does not have any synonyms among the remaining answers. (F) melancholically is a direct synonym of (B) and matches your predicted answer.
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