GRE Prep Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
It is easy to dismiss "flash mobs" as being composed of mere trickster
[#permalink]
18 May 2025, 11:12
18 May 2025, 11:12
Expert Reply
00:00
Question Stats:
66% (00:47) correct
33% (01:06) wrong based on 3 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
It is easy to dismiss "flash mobs" as being composed of mere tricksters, acting out in harmony in order to express their unruly natures; however, there is an art and a measure of social commentary present in their controlled
$\(\qquad\)$
$\(\qquad\)$
| Blank (i) |
|---|
| A. celebration |
| B. complacency |
| C. consternation | D. conformity | E. chaos |
- Part of the project: GRE Hard and Tricky Verbal Practice: NEW Questions Daily - Gain 20 Kudos & Get FREE Access to GRE Prep Club TESTS
- Also replying to the unanswered questions
Re: It is easy to dismiss "flash mobs" as being composed of mere trickster
[#permalink]
21 May 2025, 04:00
21 May 2025, 04:00
Expert Reply
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
E
The sentence says that flash mobs consist of "tricksters" who "express their unruly nature," so the word should somehow indicate the idea of acting out or playing tricks. Choice (E) chaos is the only choice that adequately describes this situation. "Tricksters" with "unruly natures" "acting out in harmony" might very well create "controlled chaos." Choice (A) celebration does not ordinarily suggest "unruly natures." Choices (B) complacency, "smug satisfaction with an existing situation," and (C) consternation, "a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter dismay," do not fit in this context, while choice (D) "controlled conformity" does not properly imply that their actions are organized practical jokes.
Choice (E) is the credited response.
E
The sentence says that flash mobs consist of "tricksters" who "express their unruly nature," so the word should somehow indicate the idea of acting out or playing tricks. Choice (E) chaos is the only choice that adequately describes this situation. "Tricksters" with "unruly natures" "acting out in harmony" might very well create "controlled chaos." Choice (A) celebration does not ordinarily suggest "unruly natures." Choices (B) complacency, "smug satisfaction with an existing situation," and (C) consternation, "a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter dismay," do not fit in this context, while choice (D) "controlled conformity" does not properly imply that their actions are organized practical jokes.
Choice (E) is the credited response.
gmatclubot
Re: It is easy to dismiss "flash mobs" as being composed of mere trickster [#permalink]
21 May 2025, 04:00
Moderators:
