His ___________ for liberal economic theory was well-known, but that didn’t preclude Dr. Jones from ranting endlessly about its flaws to the few who would listen at conferences.
Here: The Answer I went for is “Proclivity”
But the right answer is “Antipathy”
The way I approached the question:
“but” was my cue for contrast
later part of the sentence has “ranting endlessly” which is a negative term
So, Proclivity was my positive option
Hey Kunal, perhaps you’re missing the word PRECLUDE!
Hey, thanks for answering
Doesn’t preclude just mean “prevent” ?
so in this case, that didn’t stop (prevent) him from ranting endlessly?
Yes.
Simply put:
but (-1) x didn’t (-1) x preclude (-1) x ranting endlessly (-1) = (+1).
(+1) means there’s no contrast between idea 1 and idea 2. Since his ranting was endless, he must have hated it.
The “but” here is a word that’s diverting the tone of the first idea but you have considered it as a part of the second idea and by doing so, you interpreted the second idea as a positive( calculating 4 negatives in the second idea, whereas in reality there are 3 negatives). Therefore, the second idea has a negative connotation (I know its subjective to consider the tone of the idea) but the presence of the “but(-)” results in the first idea to be a positive one.
I think this is what is going on here according to me :
well known(+)—> but(-)---->still resorts to ranting(-)
Exactly!
Can someone please help me understand how “Demanding” is positive here? And how to deduce that?
Source: Dedicated TC and SE Session 1
I don’t know - I’m not the right person with verbal queries.
What matters here is that you identify “likewise” as the only “positive”. You can assign demanding to be either positive or negative in this case, and the second blank will be that same (when multiplied by the “positive” likewise, sign stays the same).
Greg actually directly states that it doesn’t matter if you assign demanding to be positive or negative here, as the logic will be the same (at 17:08 or so).
yes, Greg says that - I was a little lost as to why he said that then too.
But now I got this. Thanks for the help!
I got it now. Thank you for the help!
Hey Could you Help me to understand Math’s Strategy Please ? I will be so grateful .
I am interested too.
I watched a video of Greg giving an example "He is smart but he is not Genius "
The Question you’re struggling with works the a similar way.
Can someone help apply the math strategy in the below sentence.
When speculating that every idea worth any intellectual merit has been thought up long before, cultural critics are all too aware that their position is its own _______—yet they express it anyhow.
What are the Options and is it from official ETS material.
It is from Magoosh. Do you suggest I only follow ETS material?
When it comes to Verbal Greg recommends only ETS material with Quant you can use different material.
Because with this Question the logic is not clear enough and ETS would never do that.
Thanks.
I have another text completion. What must i be looking for as the keyword in this sentence? Also, I am bewildered when applying math strategy to 2 blank and 3 blank sentences. Would be great if you could help with the below sentence by showing how to apply the math strategy.
It is a sad but just indictment of some high school history textbooks that they
frequently report as (i)_____ claims that historians hotly debate or that are even
completely (ii)____ by (iii)____ primary sources.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
A factual D resolved G dubious
B controversial E corroborated H incomplete
C sensational F contradicted I reliable