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Re: Although Darwinism was a profoundly _____ world view, it was essential [#permalink]
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kartiksharma1499 wrote:
we need opposite of passive and innovative isn't one. Didn't get this question.

even though his theory was innovative, so proactive and open to different views, in the end was passive

Tricky but you need to grasp the real meaning.

I did notice that a lot of students rely on the strategy of opposite words or balance approached: if X is negative then Y must positive.

Not always
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Although Darwinism was a profoundly _____ world view, it was essentially passive, since it prescribed no steps to be taken, no victories over nature to be celebrated, no program of triumphs of be successively gained.

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only innovative is matching the blank, firstly there is a shift "although" ... implying contrast innovative-passive, i.e. not innovative, and further the meaning is antogonized with the future passively completed ...

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