What Gregmat strategies can be employed for below questions from Big book test 20, section3:
Reading the answer it makes sense, but the first time around its not easy for me to pick out the answer.
Could someone please break up the logic for me and indicate which strategies (math, grammar, extreme cases, etc. ) apply for each:
#6
The ------- of the early Greek philosophers’ attempts
to explain the operations of the cosmos led certain
later thinkers to inquire into the ------- of human
reason.
(A) difficulty … origin
(B) meaning … supremacy
© complexity . . reality
(D) equivocations … subtlety
(E) failures … efficacy > ANSWER
#7
Ever prey to vagrant impulses that impelled him to
------- his talents on a host of unworthy projects, his
very -------- nonetheless enhanced his reputation, for
the sheer energy of his extravagance dazzled
observers.
(A) undermine … enthusiasm
(B) isolate . . selectiveness
© display . . affability
(D) squander. .dissipation > ANSWER
(E) implicate … genius