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The writer Lillian Hellman honestly called her disingenuous argumentat
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The writer Lillian Hellman honestly called her disingenuous argumentative strategy “the nobility racket”: a ________ that involved taking the moral high ground no matter how removed from the subject at hand.
| Blank (i) |
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| A. philosophy |
| B. sophistry |
| C. sinecure | D. volubility | E. serendipity |
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The sentence indicates that Lillian Hellman was being honest when calling her disingenuous, or deceitful, argumentative strategy "the nobility racket." The fact that she calls the deceitful strategy a "racket" indicates that she doesn't truly believe in the things she states while using this argumentative strategy. Therefore, the word that best fills the blank is "sophistry," which means the use of fallacious arguments, often with the intent to deceive others. If someone espoused a "philosophy," she would actually believe in what she was saying. "Sinecure" (a position that requires little work but provides financial benefit), "volubility" (talkativeness), and "serendipity" (fortunate accident) do not fit the desired meaning.
The sentence indicates that Lillian Hellman was being honest when calling her disingenuous, or deceitful, argumentative strategy "the nobility racket." The fact that she calls the deceitful strategy a "racket" indicates that she doesn't truly believe in the things she states while using this argumentative strategy. Therefore, the word that best fills the blank is "sophistry," which means the use of fallacious arguments, often with the intent to deceive others. If someone espoused a "philosophy," she would actually believe in what she was saying. "Sinecure" (a position that requires little work but provides financial benefit), "volubility" (talkativeness), and "serendipity" (fortunate accident) do not fit the desired meaning.
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