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In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both bec [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2018, 02:02
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In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both because of and despite his (i)_________ witticisms; however, the cutting remarks that won him renown also led to his financial and physical ruin, and he died (ii)_________ and sickly in a shabby Parisian hotel.

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(A) innovative(D) pallid
(B) acerbic(E) aghast
(C) inimical(F) impecunious
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Re: In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both bec [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2018, 22:30
This is tough one
can someone please explain how F is correct option here
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Re: In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both bec [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2018, 16:25
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He died having little or no money. That is the meaning of F.

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Re: In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both bec [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2022, 07:25
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He died having little or no money. That is the meaning of F.

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how to choose the first blank sir, can u explain all the meaning as i was wondering all those words.
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Re: In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both bec [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2022, 09:33
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For the first blank, the clue is in here: the cutting remarks that won him renown

The sentence is basically saying that, although Oscar got sudden fame because of his harsh remarks, he was very poor in the last stage of his life.



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how to choose the first blank sir, can u explain all the meaning as i was wondering all those words.
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Re: In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both bec [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2022, 21:57
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For the first blank, the clue is in here: the cutting remarks that won him renown

The sentence is basically saying that, although Oscar got sudden fame because of his harsh remarks, he was very poor in the last stage of his life.



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how to choose the first blank sir, can u explain all the meaning as i was wondering all those words.
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thank you very much <3
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Re: In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both bec [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2022, 01:26
In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both because of and despite his (i)_________ witticisms; however, the cutting remarks that won him renown also led to his financial and physical ruin, and he died (ii)_________ and sickly in a shabby Parisian hotel.

The phrase "the cutting remarks that won him renown" tells us that the word for the first blank should be acerbic.

Next we are told that his cutting remarks also led to his financial and physical ruin. So the word for the second blank should be impecunious, since the physical ruin is covered by "sickly".
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Re: In his youth, Oscar Wilde catapulted to sudden fame both bec [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2022, 01:37
very difficult vocab used
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