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.
Even from a distance, the man could see that the tornado had
[#permalink]
03 Oct 2017, 06:36
03 Oct 2017, 06:36
Expert Reply
3
Bookmarks
00:00
Question Stats:
54% (00:42) correct
45% (00:53) wrong based on 83 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
Even from a distance, the man could see that the tornado had _____________ from the site all but the most basic elements of his childhood home; nothing but traces of the original foundations remained.
A. tethered
B. extirpated
C. recapitulated
D. interred
E. effaced
F. hallowed
Show: :: OA
Extirpated, effaced
Practice Questions
Question: 113
Page: 119
Question: 113
Page: 119
Re: Even from a distance, the man could see that the tornado had
[#permalink]
14 Oct 2017, 16:00
14 Oct 2017, 16:00
Expert Reply
Explanation
This sentence is about as purely definition-based as you can get: the house was torn from the ground and utterly destroyed. You need words that signify “eradicated” or “obliterated”; extirpated and effaced are right.
Hence options extirpated, effaced are best fit!
This sentence is about as purely definition-based as you can get: the house was torn from the ground and utterly destroyed. You need words that signify “eradicated” or “obliterated”; extirpated and effaced are right.
Hence options extirpated, effaced are best fit!
Re: Even from a distance, the man could see that the tornado had
[#permalink]
17 Jul 2021, 07:55
17 Jul 2021, 07:55
Hello from the GRE Prep Club VerbalBot!
Thanks to another GRE Prep Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).
Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
Thanks to another GRE Prep Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).
Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
