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After the US Civil War, “carpetbaggers”—so-called because [#permalink] New post   22 Oct 2017, 16:21
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After the US Civil War, “carpetbaggers”—so-called because they carried suitcases made of inexpensive carpeting material— _________ the South, hoping to turn a quick profit.
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(A) vanquished
(B) inundated
(C) blacklisted
(D) boycotted
(E) berated


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Re: After the US Civil War, “carpetbaggers”—so-called because [#permalink] New post   01 Nov 2017, 17:51
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Upon reading this sentence, you might have filled in something like “went to” in the blank. One good clue is that the carpetbaggers needed suitcases, so they were probably traveling. Process of elimination works well here — vanquished, blacklisted, boycotted, and berated all add ideas not indicated by the sentence. Only inundated (flooded, overwhelmed) makes sense.

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