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Re: That, though no fault of his own, George Cuvier, the father of extinct [#permalink]
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is 'smacks of' a idiom of sorts?


smack=defeat
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"That, though no fault of his own, George Cuvier, the father of extinction theory, has mostly slipped into obscurity, his name typically surfacing only in paleontology journals, is an outcome that—given his field and his claim that his work would endure—smacks of _____."

Lets filter all the adjectives here. I find "not his fault", precedence, obscurity, not popular, would endure, in that order. Now let's see the answer choice.
unexpectedness
arrogance
magnanimity
irony
insignificance

Quick guess would result to irony, because someone who has precedence over a study should be popular, yet because of the subject is too obscure for other discipline, he is not.
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