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The library wing was first conceived merely as (i) _________
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The library wing was first conceived merely as (i) _________ to address the problem of book overstock until a more permanent solution could be found. Ironically, it was the flimsy nature of the wing itself that attracted such architectural interest and ultimately led to its canonization as a (ii) _________ of its kind. Now a statute exists to protect this originally transient structure in (iii) _________.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
| (A) a stopgap | (D) paragon | (G) consecration |
| (B) an ornament | (E) nadir | (H) chronology |
| (C) a modicum | (F) catalyst | (I) perpetuity |
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A stopgap, paragon, perpetuity.
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Re: The library wing was first conceived merely as (i) _________
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06 Nov 2017, 18:32
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The implication of the phrase a more permanent solution is that the original building was not permanent: it was a stopgap, or a “temporary fix.”
To “canonize” something literally means to “declare to be a saint,” but in its figurative sense, it means to “hold up as an exemplar,” or as a paragon. The third blank gets its clue from “originally,” indicating that you are looking for an opposite of “transient.”
A stopgap, paragon, perpetuity.
The implication of the phrase a more permanent solution is that the original building was not permanent: it was a stopgap, or a “temporary fix.”
To “canonize” something literally means to “declare to be a saint,” but in its figurative sense, it means to “hold up as an exemplar,” or as a paragon. The third blank gets its clue from “originally,” indicating that you are looking for an opposite of “transient.”
A stopgap, paragon, perpetuity.
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06 Sep 2022, 22:00
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