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The politician insisted that he did not seek to enrich
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15 Sep 2017, 17:57
15 Sep 2017, 17:57
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The politician insisted that he did not seek to enrich himself during the campaign, but the ethics committee concluded that he was motivated by _______.
A. charity
B. greed
C. estrangement
D. avarice
E. compassion
F. apprehension
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B and D
Re: The politician insisted that he did not seek to enrich
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03 Oct 2017, 11:40
03 Oct 2017, 11:40
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The sentence tells us that the politician claimed that he did not seek to enrich himself.
However, the trigger word but indicates that the blank will have the opposite meaning: He did attempt to enrich himself. Choices (B) and (D) work in this context. Choices (A) and (E) go in the wrong direction, as they describe what the politician claimed, and choices (C) and (F) have no relationship to the blank.
Hence B and D are correct!
The sentence tells us that the politician claimed that he did not seek to enrich himself.
However, the trigger word but indicates that the blank will have the opposite meaning: He did attempt to enrich himself. Choices (B) and (D) work in this context. Choices (A) and (E) go in the wrong direction, as they describe what the politician claimed, and choices (C) and (F) have no relationship to the blank.
Hence B and D are correct!
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