GRE Prep Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
General McClellan focused so intently on the petty, logistic
[#permalink]
23 Oct 2017, 08:13
23 Oct 2017, 08:13
Expert Reply
00:00
Question Stats:
61% (00:49) correct
38% (01:06) wrong based on 114 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
General McClellan focused so intently on the petty, logistical details of the upcoming campaign that Lincoln felt that said attention to _________, however necessary, had superseded more lofty goals.
| Blank (i) |
| (A) irrelevancies |
| (B) tactics |
| (C) minutiae |
| (D) strategy |
| (E) peccadilloes |
Show: :: OA
Minutiae.
Practice Questions
Question: 45
Page: 57
Question: 45
Page: 57
Re: General McClellan focused so intently on the petty, logistic
[#permalink]
02 Nov 2017, 19:38
02 Nov 2017, 19:38
1
Expert Reply
Explanation
The correct answer must reflect the clue, “petty,” and oppose the idea of “lofty goals.” Lincoln felt that McClellan paid so much attention to details that he ignored the big picture.
Minutiae.
The correct answer must reflect the clue, “petty,” and oppose the idea of “lofty goals.” Lincoln felt that McClellan paid so much attention to details that he ignored the big picture.
Minutiae.
Re: General McClellan focused so intently on the petty, logistic
[#permalink]
06 Nov 2021, 01:42
06 Nov 2021, 01:42
Hello from the GRE Prep Club VerbalBot!
Thanks to another GRE Prep Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).
Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
Thanks to another GRE Prep Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).
Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
