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The essayist believes
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The essayist believes that the ________________ of the university’s English department could be ameliorated only by an overhaul in the school’s management.
(A)Prosperity
(B)denigration
(C)deterioration
(D)proliferation
(E)consternation
(A)Prosperity
(B)denigration
(C)deterioration
(D)proliferation
(E)consternation
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The essayist believes that the ________________ of the university’s English department could be ameliorated only by an overhaul in the school’s management.
You can straight away eliminate denigration, proliferation and consternation as they don't make sense.
Denigrate means criticizing, which can't be ameliorated, Proliferation means increase the amount of something, and it can't be ameliorated.
Consternation of university's English Department could be ameliorated? Wut? Consternation means anxiety.
Prosperity and Deterioration can be filled in where as ameliorate means make something(worse) better. You can't make prosperity better.
Deterioration (C) sounds great for the blank.
You can straight away eliminate denigration, proliferation and consternation as they don't make sense.
Denigrate means criticizing, which can't be ameliorated, Proliferation means increase the amount of something, and it can't be ameliorated.
Consternation of university's English Department could be ameliorated? Wut? Consternation means anxiety.
Prosperity and Deterioration can be filled in where as ameliorate means make something(worse) better. You can't make prosperity better.
Deterioration (C) sounds great for the blank.
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Re: The essayist believes
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12 Jun 2020, 18:34
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masudme09 wrote:
The essayist believes that the ________________ of the university’s English department could be ameliorated only by an overhaul in the school’s management.
(A)Prosperity
(B)denigration
(C)deterioration
(D)proliferation
(E)consternation
(A)Prosperity
(B)denigration
(C)deterioration
(D)proliferation
(E)consternation
Look for keywords. Ameliorate is the obvious one: to make better. Even if you weren't aware of the definition of ameliorate, it's clear that the school has some issues that can be rectified by an overhaul in management. So we need a word with a negative tone. Eliminate Prosperity and Proliferation.
Now, choose the best of the remaining words:
denigration means unfair criticism. Doesn't fit.
deterioration could certainly be rectified by a management overhaul, so keep it in.
consternation is worry or anxiety. Doesn't fit.
Answer: C) deterioration
