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A highly _______ collection of minds, the founding figures of the Bauh
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04 Aug 2026, 01:25
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A highly _______ collection of minds, the founding figures of the Bauhaus are regularly invoked by contemporary designers seeking to lend authority to their own positions, as though these early modernists had shared a single, coherent vision; the archival record, however, reveals a group whose aesthetic philosophies diverged so sharply that any pretense of unanimity dissolves upon a close reading of their private correspondence.
| Blank (i) |
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| A. variegated |
| B. monolithic |
| C. insular | D. ephemeral | E. esoteric |
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Re: A highly _______ collection of minds, the founding figures of the Bauh
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06 Aug 2026, 13:28
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Look at the contrast in the sentence:
"The founding figures of the Bauhaus are regularly invoked... as though these early modernists had shared a single, coherent vision; the archival record, however, reveals a group whose aesthetic philosophies diverged so sharply..."
The second half tells us that the group was not actually unified. Their ideas were different.
So the blank should mean "having many different types or varieties."
A. variegated = diverse, varied, made up of different elements Correct
B. monolithic = uniform, single-minded (opposite of the sentence)
C. insular = isolated, closed off
D. ephemeral = short-lived, temporary
Answer: A
Look at the contrast in the sentence:
"The founding figures of the Bauhaus are regularly invoked... as though these early modernists had shared a single, coherent vision; the archival record, however, reveals a group whose aesthetic philosophies diverged so sharply..."
The second half tells us that the group was not actually unified. Their ideas were different.
So the blank should mean "having many different types or varieties."
A. variegated = diverse, varied, made up of different elements Correct
B. monolithic = uniform, single-minded (opposite of the sentence)
C. insular = isolated, closed off
D. ephemeral = short-lived, temporary
Answer: A
Re: A highly _______ collection of minds, the founding figures of the Bauh
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08 Aug 2026, 09:17
08 Aug 2026, 09:17
I chose Variegated because monolithic contradicts the latter half of the statement, insular is not applicable given the context, ephemeral is not applicable given the context (nothing indicates short-lasting phenomenon of Bauhaus), so Variegated, meaning patchwork of diversity, works.
