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Proponents of climate change theory have lamented the steady [#permalink] New post   24 Oct 2017, 17:10
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Proponents of climate change theory have lamented the steady decrease in the _______ of Greenland; they fear that the melting ice will raise sea levels around the world, perhaps flooding coastal cities and much of Florida.
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(A) flukes
(B) cads
(C) dirges
(D) floes
(E) fibs

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Re: Proponents of climate change theory have lamented the steady [#permalink] New post   14 Nov 2017, 04:04
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The blank agrees with the clue “melting ice,” thus floes, a synonym for glaciers, is correct. Trap answer dirges relates to “lamented” but is not what is decreasing in Greenland.

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Re: Proponents of climate change theory have lamented the steady [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2024, 07:39
The semi colon indicates a continuation of the idea, thus both parts of the sentence must support the same idea.

Since they fear the melting of ice, the proponents of climate change theory must have lamented the melting of ice in Greenland.

Clearly the word is floes, which are sheets of ice floating on water.
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