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This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   31 Jan 2019, 15:25
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This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ________ and receives no orders from the mother country. ​



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Re: This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   11 Jun 2019, 13:40
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b Should be 'independent'
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Re: This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   11 Jun 2019, 14:19
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Fixed. However, the book has some typo.

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Re: This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   05 Jul 2019, 01:31
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The island is a colony but it does not receive any order from the mother country. So what kind of colony it should be? It is independent and autonomous colony.
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Re: This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   11 Aug 2019, 12:59
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Re: This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2019, 20:04
We r looking for a choice that means free. It is the independent and autonomous.

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Re: This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2019, 21:04
Agree with the options B & D.
Could you help me understand why "disinterested" is not the right option ?
As I the understand the country should be neutral and unbiased (disinterested)

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Re: This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   12 Oct 2019, 08:36
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One portion of the island is controlled by the fatherland ...the other does not.

Which means that the portion is NOt controlled is autonomous or independent.

Disinterested is completely out of scope.

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Re: This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 21:54
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Re: This island is a colony; however, in most matters it is ____ [#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2019, 03:43
"receives no orders from the mother country" --> The word autonomous comes to mind
Luckily Autonomous is present and paired with independent

Hence BD is the Answer.
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