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After returning home from a day filled with misfortune, Kate found the severity in her father’s __________ tone extremely difficult to endure.

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A. melodious
B. acerbic
C. unctuous
D. caustic
E. garrulous
F. sonorous
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Originally posted by arpitjain on 10 Jul 2019, 05:13.
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Re: After returning home from a day filled with misfortune, Kate [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2019, 04:30
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What kind of tone will be extremely difficult to endure? Bitter tone. Options that fits bitter is Acerbic and caustic.
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Re: After returning home from a day filled with misfortune, Kate [#permalink] New post   11 Aug 2019, 14:40
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Re: After returning home from a day filled with misfortune, Kate [#permalink] New post   01 Oct 2019, 20:48
B and D are the only possible choices but how can an acerbic or caustic tone be severe?

Shouldn't the sentence read 'After returning home from a day filled with misfortune, Kate found the severity in her father’s __________ tone extremely difficult to endure.'?

Also, can 'garrulous' be used with 'tone'?
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Re: After returning home from a day filled with misfortune, Kate [#permalink] New post   23 Jun 2020, 04:13
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Re: After returning home from a day filled with misfortune, Kate [#permalink] New post   17 Jul 2020, 10:12
since we need 2 very negative words here we use acerbic and caustic
meaning- harsh/sharp
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Re: After returning home from a day filled with misfortune, Kate [#permalink] New post   24 May 2024, 00:19
my answers is B, E
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After returning home from a day filled with misfortune, Kate [#permalink] New post   24 May 2024, 00:55
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When she got back home not only she had a terrible day but she also needed to listen at her dad's reproach

And this dad's attitude was harsh and unpleasant.

The only words suitable for this context are B and D

A. melodious = good sound = no good
B. acerbic = good
C. unctuous = greasy= no good
D. caustic = good
E. garrulous = verbose = no good
F. sonorous = deep sound = no good
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