April 1 2021 Verbal POTD

GRE Verbal Problem Solving
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Politeness is not a ____ attributed of human behavior but rather a central virtue.

When i did the Math Strategy, I put the world but in the center looked right to the central virtue and realized it was a contrast. Seeing the not before the blank I thought we would be recycling the word central? Where did i go wrong in the Math Strategy

2

Hey,

The formation of sentence is sort of like this: It’s not bad, but rather good.

We cannot use : it’s not good, but rather good.