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The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in th [#permalink] New post   30 Jan 2021, 10:31
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The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in the contract was _______ because the research costs, including traveling for writing the book, were far more than the royalties projected for a year.



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A. rational
B. precarious
C. payable
D. insufficient
E. unrealistic
F. incomprehensible



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Re: The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in th [#permalink] New post   02 Feb 2021, 11:12
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The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in the contract was _______ because the research costs, including traveling for writing the book, were far more than the royalties projected for a year.


The sentence basically tells us the money to cover all the expenses are not enough

The only pair of words that fit the bill are D and E

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Re: The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in th [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2021, 22:29
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insufficient and unrealistic do not mean same thing.
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Re: The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in th [#permalink] New post   11 Feb 2021, 01:16
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The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in the contract was _______ because the research costs, including traveling for writing the book, were far more than the royalties projected for a year.

It seems that the royalty is not enough for covering the research cost.
Why not incomprehensible and unrealistic?
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Re: The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in th [#permalink] New post   13 Dec 2021, 08:27
Please explain to me why unrealistic fits in the blank
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Re: The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in th [#permalink] New post   13 Dec 2021, 09:55
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A, B, C, and F are clearly wrong

D and E

The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in the contract was _______ because the research costs, including traveling for writing the book, were far more than the royalties projected for a year.


Projected. Therefore, they are unrealistic for the future. Insufficient is related to the present when something is NOT enough
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Re: The author told the publisher that the royalty payment specified in th [#permalink] New post   14 Dec 2021, 22:20
I think the tone of unrealistic and insufficient doesn't match here. Unrealistic is a far more stronger word than insufficient. Incomprehensible fits the bill then for me.
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