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The _______ road, made what seemed like a short trip on a
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14 Sep 2017, 20:03
14 Sep 2017, 20:03
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The _______ road, made what seemed like a short trip on a map much longer in reality; it twisted its way through mountains to get from one valley to another.
A. abbreviated
B. invigorating
C. fleeting
D. immense
E. serpentine
F. tortuous
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E and F
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01 Oct 2017, 02:51
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The semicolon trigger tells you the two parts of the sentence agree; since the blank is describing the road, you need a word that means twisted. Both abbreviated and fleeting are nearly the opposite of what you’re looking for, so eliminate choices (A) and (C).
Neither invigorating, which means energizing, nor immense, which means huge, is supported by the sentence, so eliminate choices (B) and (D). Both serpentine and tortuous can mean twisted, so choices (E) and (F) give you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
The semicolon trigger tells you the two parts of the sentence agree; since the blank is describing the road, you need a word that means twisted. Both abbreviated and fleeting are nearly the opposite of what you’re looking for, so eliminate choices (A) and (C).
Neither invigorating, which means energizing, nor immense, which means huge, is supported by the sentence, so eliminate choices (B) and (D). Both serpentine and tortuous can mean twisted, so choices (E) and (F) give you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
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23 Nov 2018, 03:53
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Serpentine and tortuous both indicate towards complex and twisted road.Thus, they fit the blank perfectly.
