GRE Prep Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
With an emphasis placed on calculus and the algebra necessary to under
[#permalink]
09 Jan 2026, 15:50
09 Jan 2026, 15:50
Expert Reply
00:00
Question Stats:
66% (00:47) correct
33% (02:01) wrong based on 6 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
With an emphasis placed on calculus and the algebra necessary to understand it, the modern high school mathematics curriculum has forced traditional courses such as spherical geometry to _______ ground to those subjects that underpin a conceptual understanding of calculus.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| A. banish |
| B. cede |
| C. offer | D. relinquish | E. grant |
| F. promise |
- Part of the project: GRE Hard and Tricky Verbal Practice: NEW Questions Daily - Gain 20 Kudos & Get FREE Access to GRE Prep Club TESTS
- Also replying to the unanswered questions
Re: With an emphasis placed on calculus and the algebra necessary to under
[#permalink]
15 Jan 2026, 05:00
15 Jan 2026, 05:00
Expert Reply
Answers: (B), (D)
Spherical geometry is no longer taught in colleges. Therefore, metaphorically speaking, it is has given up ground to calculus and algebra. (B) and (D) both mean to surrender territory, and, as here, can be used figuratively.
(C) and (E) connote the opposite of the context.
Spherical geometry is no longer taught in colleges. Therefore, metaphorically speaking, it is has given up ground to calculus and algebra. (B) and (D) both mean to surrender territory, and, as here, can be used figuratively.
(C) and (E) connote the opposite of the context.
gmatclubot
Re: With an emphasis placed on calculus and the algebra necessary to under [#permalink]
15 Jan 2026, 05:00
Moderators:
