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The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   08 Dec 2018, 02:11
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The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike prose, can at least not be begrudged the distinction of writing with (i) _______.


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(A) geniality
(B) naivety
(C) gusto
(D) anonymity
(E) lucidness
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   19 Jan 2019, 19:47
Any explanation please?
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2019, 10:49
Only word among the options that matches with the context writing is lucidness, so option E.
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   07 May 2021, 21:22
these sentences testing common sense of person.....
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   09 May 2021, 02:52
explaination plz
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   09 May 2021, 04:49
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The author's style is simple , almost childlike. So he can't be begrudged with writing something with clarity .
Begrudged with - to be envy of

As the author's style is simple, he can't be envious of writing simple(lucid). Hence lucidness

Answer E

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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   10 May 2021, 18:08
Hi!

Why can't he be envious of writting something clear?, .... he actually is writting something clear so people could envy that of him. It makes not sense for me that people will not envy something that he is actually writting in that way...
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   10 May 2021, 19:12
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Sir, the author is writing simply, now nobody can say that oh! you can't right in a simple manner.

It's like : Let's say you have a Mercedes, now you can't be envious of having a Mercedes as you already have it.

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Why can't he be envious of writting something clear?, .... he actually is writting something clear so people could envy that of him. It makes not sense for me that people will not envy something that he is actually writting in that way...
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   10 May 2021, 19:27
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   10 May 2021, 21:03
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Hey,

The author's style is simple , almost childlike. So he can't be begrudged with writing something with clarity .
Begrudged with - to be envy of

As the author's style is simple, he can't be envious of writing simple(lucid). Hence lucidness

Answer E

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The analysis is correct.

The sentence is odd, though
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   01 Oct 2021, 11:04
how could writer been envied for lucidness rather than geniality or gusto
I can write childish stories but they are in same time original or vivid but clear ,for my self I prefer complex intractable stories
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Re: The author, mocked by many for his simple, almost childlike [#permalink] New post   24 Nov 2021, 01:06
hello is my line of thought correct, naviety and lucid are close but lucid works best here as u cant write with innocence (doesnt work) so the best choice is lucid.rx10
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