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Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ at [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2017, 08:31
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Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ atmosphere, Mars is the only planet in our solar system whose surface details can be discerned from Earth.

❑ viscous

❑ ossified

❑ rarefied

❑ estimable

❑ copious

❑ meager
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Re: Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ at [#permalink] New post   07 Jul 2017, 21:54
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can anyone explain why Meager is the other answer?
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Re: Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ at [#permalink] New post   08 Jul 2017, 01:57
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Because is the only other synonym to rarefied.

Quite straight.

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Re: Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ at [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2017, 01:53
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Are we to select only one word or two? 'Meager' seems odd - it wouldn't give details on how the surface of Mars is discernible; while rarefied is closer in terms of its connotations in translucency.
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Re: Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ at [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2017, 06:00
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You must pick two answer choices where is indicated.

The two words are synonyms, therefore they are correct.

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Re: Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ at [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2017, 10:00
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Meager means Deficient in amount,or scanty or paltry. I cant understand how Meager is synonymous to "rarefied'!!
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Re: Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ at [#permalink] New post   27 Jul 2017, 01:57
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http://www.wordreference.com/enit/meager

Meager also means: poorly or lacking. Indeed, similar to rarefied.

Hope now is clear.

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Re: Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ at [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2022, 09:26
Carcass, can you please explain how we should translate rarefied and meager in the context of this sentence?
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Re: Owing to a combination of its proximity and ____________ at [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2022, 10:26
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Carcass, can you please explain how we should translate rarefied and meager in the context of this sentence?


basically rarified in the context means that you can see through the atmosphere or clouds of the planet.

It means scarce or not so cloudy. So mars has this feature we can see the planet's surface from our planet

let me know if still is unclear sir
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