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While scientists dismiss as fanciful the idea of sudden changes in a [#permalink] New post   10 May 2021, 10:49
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While scientists dismiss as fanciful the idea of sudden changes in a genetic code (spontaneous mutation), it is possible that nature, like some master musician, (i) ______ on occasion, departing from the expected or predictable.


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A. repeats
B. improvises
C. ornaments
D. corrects
E. harmonizes
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Re: While scientists dismiss as fanciful the idea of sudden changes in a [#permalink] New post   11 May 2021, 09:54
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Even though the sudden shifts in the human code are not so common, it is not rare nor so weird that mother nature improvises, depending on the context

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Re: While scientists dismiss as fanciful the idea of sudden changes in a [#permalink] New post   13 May 2021, 01:07
any other hint
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Re: While scientists dismiss as fanciful the idea of sudden changes in a [#permalink] New post   29 Oct 2021, 08:07
I feel it is not a good question.
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Re: While scientists dismiss as fanciful the idea of sudden changes in a [#permalink] New post   29 Oct 2021, 08:30
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maheshkotla316 wrote:
I feel it is not a good question.


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Re: While scientists dismiss as fanciful the idea of sudden changes in a [#permalink] New post   26 Jan 2023, 08:01
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its a good question. i think the hint here is 'like a musician'. look for blanks that serve some relationship to music or a musician. We have harmonize and improvise.
We have to look for something that is opposite to 'departing from the expected or predictable'
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Re: While scientists dismiss as fanciful the idea of sudden changes in a [#permalink] New post   01 Feb 2023, 20:40
We need a synonym of " departing from the expected or predictable", and there is also the comparison with a musician. The two choices that relate to music are "harmonizes" and "improvises". and clearly improvises is the correct choices. There is nothing in the sentence that suggests "harmonizes" or the need to harmonize.
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