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Although Darwinism was a profoundly _____ world view, it was essential [#permalink] New post   16 Jul 2021, 03:51
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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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Re: Although Darwinism was a profoundly _____ world view, it was essential [#permalink] New post   16 Jul 2021, 04:59
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A bit tricky but not so hard

whenever you immediately are able to rule out 3 out of five answers choices then the question is not THAT hard

paradoxical does not match with passive.

D is the answer
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Re: Although Darwinism was a profoundly _____ world view, it was essential [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2021, 12:46
we need opposite of passive and innovative isn't one. Didn't get this question.
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Re: Although Darwinism was a profoundly _____ world view, it was essential [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2021, 12:57
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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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Re: Although Darwinism was a profoundly _____ world view, it was essential [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2021, 17:01
rx10 wrote:
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.

Blank (i)
clandestine
repressive
debatable
innovative
paradoxical

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 ...

Hence, answer is D
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