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.
That the historian's trawl through the archives has
[#permalink]
05 Oct 2026, 00:08
05 Oct 2026, 00:08
1
Expert Reply
1
Bookmarks
00:00
Question Stats:
25% (00:33) correct
75% (02:47) wrong based on 8 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
That the historian's trawl through the archives has (i) ______ nearly every surviving record of the nineteenth-century Pacific whaling trade is plain from the appendix alone, whose three hundred citations include logbooks long presumed lost. Her analysis, for its part, (ii) ______ that breadth, its readings marked throughout by (iii) _____ to match: each logbook is combed not merely for its catch tallies but for what its marginalia reveal about life aboard.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| A. prematurely foreclosed | D. supplants | G. expansiveness |
| B. systematically canvassed | E. rivals | H. acuity |
| C. summarily dismissed | F. belies | I. perfunctoriness |
- Part of the project: GRE Hard and Tricky Verbal Practice: NEW Questions Daily
- Also replying to the unanswered questions
- The Definitive GRE Vocabulary Masterclass - 3,000 Words List
- GRE Beginner: The Definitive Guide
GRE Prep Club Team Member
Joined: 20 Feb 2017
Posts: 2949
Given Kudos: 1287
GPA: 3.39
Re: That the historian's trawl through the archives has
[#permalink]
11 Oct 2026, 21:02
11 Oct 2026, 21:02
Expert Reply
Explanation
Blank (i): B. systematically canvassed
The historian has examined nearly every surviving record, including logbooks long presumed lost.
- Systematically canvassed means searched or examined thoroughly and methodically.
- Prematurely foreclosed means brought to an end too soon.
- Summarily dismissed means rejected without careful consideration.
Blank (ii): E. rivals
The sentence praises the breadth of the historian’s archival research and then says her analysis matches that breadth.
- Rivals means equals or comes close to matching something in quality or extent.
- Supplants means replaces something.
- Belies means contradicts or gives a false impression of something.
Blank (iii): H. acuity
The historian examines not only the catch tallies but also the marginal notes for insights into life aboard the ships. This demonstrates sharpness and depth of analysis.
- Acuity means sharpness of thought, perception, or analysis.
- Expansiveness means breadth or comprehensiveness, which is already emphasized in the preceding sentence.
- Perfunctoriness means superficiality or lack of care, contradicting the detailed examination described.
Answer: B,E,H
Blank (i): B. systematically canvassed
The historian has examined nearly every surviving record, including logbooks long presumed lost.
- Systematically canvassed means searched or examined thoroughly and methodically.
- Prematurely foreclosed means brought to an end too soon.
- Summarily dismissed means rejected without careful consideration.
Blank (ii): E. rivals
The sentence praises the breadth of the historian’s archival research and then says her analysis matches that breadth.
- Rivals means equals or comes close to matching something in quality or extent.
- Supplants means replaces something.
- Belies means contradicts or gives a false impression of something.
Blank (iii): H. acuity
The historian examines not only the catch tallies but also the marginal notes for insights into life aboard the ships. This demonstrates sharpness and depth of analysis.
- Acuity means sharpness of thought, perception, or analysis.
- Expansiveness means breadth or comprehensiveness, which is already emphasized in the preceding sentence.
- Perfunctoriness means superficiality or lack of care, contradicting the detailed examination described.
Answer: B,E,H
gmatclubot
Re: That the historian's trawl through the archives has [#permalink]
11 Oct 2026, 21:02
Moderators:
