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Despite being lionized for her uncanny ability to inhabit almost any r
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21 Aug 2025, 08:57
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Despite being lionized for her uncanny ability to inhabit almost any role and, when necessary, inject it with genuine pathos, the actress, perhaps a bit too self-effacingly, chalked her success up to nothing more than a series of ________ occurrences.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| A. ominous |
| B. untimely |
| C. fortuitous | D. foreseeable | E. chance |
| F. predictable |
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Re: Despite being lionized for her uncanny ability to inhabit almost any r
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23 Aug 2025, 10:52
23 Aug 2025, 10:52
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The sentence suggests that the actress is humble about her success, attributing it not to her talent but to something else. The phrase "chalked her success up to nothing more than a series of
$\qquad$ occurrences" implies that she believes success was due to luck or happenstance, rather than skill or planning.
Among the options:
- Words consistent with luck or randomness:
- C. fortuitous (happening by chance, fortunate)
- E. chance (random occurrence, luck)
- Words inconsistent with this meaning:
- A. ominous (threatening or foreshadowing evil)
- B. untimely (happening at an inconvenient time)
- D. foreseeable (predictable)
- F. predictable (expected)
Thus, the two best answers that fit the idea of attributing success to luck are:
- C. fortuitous
- E. chance
$\qquad$ occurrences" implies that she believes success was due to luck or happenstance, rather than skill or planning.
Among the options:
- Words consistent with luck or randomness:
- C. fortuitous (happening by chance, fortunate)
- E. chance (random occurrence, luck)
- Words inconsistent with this meaning:
- A. ominous (threatening or foreshadowing evil)
- B. untimely (happening at an inconvenient time)
- D. foreseeable (predictable)
- F. predictable (expected)
Thus, the two best answers that fit the idea of attributing success to luck are:
- C. fortuitous
- E. chance
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