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From one hour to the next, a resident might wake
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From one hour to the next, a resident might wake to jackhammers tearing up the pavement, drift off to sirens wailing toward the hospital, or spend an afternoon amid hawkers shouting over one another, so that the neighborhood's soundscape amounted, at nearly every moment, to sheer _______.
| Two Answers |
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| A. euphony |
| B. cacophony |
| C. stridency | D. concord | E. evanescence |
| F. dissonance |
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Re: From one hour to the next, a resident might wake
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The passage describes jackhammers, wailing sirens, and hawkers shouting over one another. These overlapping, unpleasant sounds create a chaotic soundscape.
B. Cacophony - a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. This is the most direct fit.
F. Dissonance - a lack of harmony or agreement among sounds; it conveys the clashing noises described.
A. Euphony: pleasant, harmonious sounds.
C. Stridency: harshness or shrillness of sound; plausible, but less suited to the overall mixture of noises.
D. Concord: harmony or agreement.
E. Evanescence: the quality of fading or disappearing quickly.
Answer: B and F.
The passage describes jackhammers, wailing sirens, and hawkers shouting over one another. These overlapping, unpleasant sounds create a chaotic soundscape.
B. Cacophony - a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. This is the most direct fit.
F. Dissonance - a lack of harmony or agreement among sounds; it conveys the clashing noises described.
A. Euphony: pleasant, harmonious sounds.
C. Stridency: harshness or shrillness of sound; plausible, but less suited to the overall mixture of noises.
D. Concord: harmony or agreement.
E. Evanescence: the quality of fading or disappearing quickly.
Answer: B and F.
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