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Some note that the increase in the Native American powwow--a
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Some note that the increase in the Native American powwow--an intertribal affair of song, dance, and storytelling, all intrinsic aspects of Native American culture--serves to (i) ______________ the very culture it presumably aims to (ii) ______________. They argue an overarching cultural narrative emerges, one that (iii)______________ the narrative of any one tribe.
Blank (i)
erode
distill
empower
Blank (ii)
foster
undermine
question
Blank (iii)
subsumes
elaborates upon
overcomes
Blank (i)
erode
distill
empower
Blank (ii)
foster
undermine
question
Blank (iii)
subsumes
elaborates upon
overcomes
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Some note that the increase in the Native American powwow--an intertribal affair of song, dance, and storytelling, all intrinsic aspects of Native American culture--serves to (i) ______________ the very culture it presumably aims to (ii) ______________. They argue an overarching cultural narrative emerges, one that (iii)______________ the narrative of any one tribe.
Blank (i)
erode
distill
empower
Blank (ii)
foster
undermine
question
Blank (iii)
subsumes
elaborates upon
overcomes
Answers: (A), (D), (G
i can not understand why first blank is erode? what is the shifter/ pivot here to make 1st blank erode?? plz explain
Blank (i)
erode
distill
empower
Blank (ii)
foster
undermine
question
Blank (iii)
subsumes
elaborates upon
overcomes
Answers: (A), (D), (G
i can not understand why first blank is erode? what is the shifter/ pivot here to make 1st blank erode?? plz explain
Hey,
This is a difficult text completion. Lets start with the third blank first. 'They argue an overarching cultural narrative emerges' means that collective narrative incorporates the narratives of individual tribes. Hence 'subsumes' is a good fit.
Now the first and second blanks are word pairs. They can either be 'erode and foster' or 'empower and undermine/question'. 'erode and foster' is the better fit as 'foster' as blank 2 makes much sense than 'undermine/question'.
Regards
PS: please mention the source if the question if possible.
Re: Some note that the increase in the Native American powwow--a
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14 Jun 2016, 02:09
14 Jun 2016, 02:09
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Shift in sentence:- intertribal(Mixing) to intrinsic (native).
The sentence is in the form of mixing water in Milk (intrinsic ). we are diluting the milk.
both are opposite ...
Shift in sentence:- intertribal(Mixing) to intrinsic (native).
The sentence is in the form of mixing water in Milk (intrinsic ). we are diluting the milk.
both are opposite ...
