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GRE 1: Q165 V161
Tentative, fearful even, his first forays into the theatrica
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19 Nov 2015, 08:27
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This is a Sentence Equivalence question, so select exactly two words that best complete the sentence and produce sentences that are alike in meaning. Good luck, we’ll be posting the answer and explanation tomorrow!
Tentative, fearful even, his first forays into the theatrical arts were hardly __________.
Tentative, fearful even, his first forays into the theatrical arts were hardly __________.
- unheralded
- auspicious
- commendable
- unpropitious
- satisfactory
- favorable
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GRE 1: Q165 V161
Re: Tentative, fearful even, his first forays into the theatrica
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20 Nov 2015, 02:16
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(B) auspicious and (F) favorable are the correct answers.
The clues are “tentative, fearful”.
If his attempts to enter were tentative and fearful they hardly were promising. Two similar words to promising are (B) auspicious and (F) favorable.
The clues are “tentative, fearful”.
If his attempts to enter were tentative and fearful they hardly were promising. Two similar words to promising are (B) auspicious and (F) favorable.
Re: Tentative, fearful even, his first forays into the theatrica
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29 Mar 2017, 05:12
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The question states that his first foray was carried out with fearfulness and tentativeness. The part which needs to be concentrated is "hardly". Auspicious(b) and favorable(f) are those which follows "hardly" which has same meaning that that the foray has not favored him. Hence (a) and (f) is the answer. Unpropitious(d) and unheralded(a) both won't go with "hardly" since the result becomes positive because of double negation of "hardly and "un". Both commendable(c) and satisfactory(e) also goes well with the "hardly" but they have different meaning. Hence (b) and (f) is the answer.
