SE Question Groups 16-32

GRE Verbal Problem Solving
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Hi everyone,

How would you come to choose “Abrogate” and “Repeal” in the following SE question. I thought the evidence was ambiguous and was wavering in between the answer choices. To me, the laws were so outdated that they could not be replaced in today’s day and age because they just wouldn’t have a modern day analogue. Am I just telling myself stories here?

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Yes, there is some storytelling to your logic

Repeal and Abrogate are a better fit as they directly mean to revoke laws

They are out of touch hence there’s no need to blank - “remove” - them

There’s no evidence for replacing them i.e putting something else in place of

Example given of woman parachuting shows this