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Slicks of oil on a rain-soaked street are ____________ and
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Slicks of oil on a rain-soaked street are ____________ and beautiful, but the lovely rainbows they produce on the asphalt can seem rather ugly when one reflects upon the road hazards they create and the environmental damage they entail.
❑ anodyne
❑ iridescent
❑ monocoque
❑ pavonine
❑ parietal
❑ saturnine
Re: Slicks of oil on a rain-soaked street are ____________ and
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09 Jan 2021, 09:52
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The idea in the blank is to fill in with words that figure out the rainbow of a peacock's tail
However, iridescent and pavonine are not so similar as synonyms
Nonetheless, the answers are B and D
However, iridescent and pavonine are not so similar as synonyms
Nonetheless, the answers are B and D
Slicks of oil on a rain-soaked street are ____________ and
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16 Jan 2021, 23:32
16 Jan 2021, 23:32
Not related to the question, but does GRE questions ever have this hard options (difficult vocab)? 
