OE by Kaplan
The semicolon indicates that the second part of the sentence defines the blank. Since the demonstration lacked organization and actually hurt the activists’ cause, a good prediction for the blank would be “disaster.” Choices (B) debacle and (D) fiasco both mean “disaster,” and are therefore correct.

Choices (A) stalemate and (C) impasse are synonyms, which make them attractive, but both mean “deadlock.”“Deadlock” suggests a lack of production, but not counter-productivity, so these choices are incorrect. Choice (E) obstacle means “roadblock,” and (F) enigma means “mystery.” Neither matches our prediction, nor do any of the other answer choices have a meaning similar to either of them, so both are incorrect.

Choices (B) and (D) are the correct answers.

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I sent a PM regarding how to attach tags.
I cannot attach tags either during posting a question or after posting it.
Have a look at the attachment

do you not see the tags at the bottom when you create a new one question ??

see here how https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/qq-how-to ... tml#p15585

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This is how i see it

Extension of it

weird............
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Yep it is, but I get tags for Quant questions.

The protest at the capital yesterday was an absolute _______; while the activists had the best of intentions, the demonstration showed a complete lack of organization and was actually counterproductive to their cause.

The demonstration went side ways or was a disaster, find two words that fits the best.

A. stalemate - deadend - doesn't suit the requirement
B. debacle - a big failure - fits well
C. impasse - stalemate - doesn't suit the requirement
D. fiasco - synonym of debacle - fits well
E. obstacle - something that is stopping to happen, irrelevant
F. enigma - difficult to understand, irrelevant

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