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Re: The difficulty inherent in witnessing one’s thoughts lies in their____
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08 Jun 2021, 07:31
The difficulty inherent in witnessing one’s thoughts lies in their___________nature; but although most thoughts are fleeting, the care necessary to observe them can be worthwhile.
While reading the sentence, the first part does not provide any clue. But the second part says thats as most thoughts are fleeting..... this is a clue to solve the blank. I can reuse the word fleeting in the blank and look out for similar word in the options given.
Or
We can pair the word, if we don’t find a clue.
Ponderous & weighty- Out
Here, I knew what ephemeral, arbitrary and efficient mean but was unsure as to what does evanescent mean. But, ephemeral was definitely one of the choice and arbitrary and efficient did not match the context and thus, evanescent has to be the other option choice.
IMO B & C
Hope this helps!
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