Question of the Day

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12

2012

276,271 responses

Question of the Day Statistics
	Number Answered
Correct	155,384
Incorrect	120,887

56% correct

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The salmon's extraordinary ability to smell a single drop of its home river in almost two million gallons of seawater is only one of the fish's many ------- skills.

Answer Choices

Hint

The phrase "only one of" suggests that the "extraordinary ability" is an example of the type of "skills" the salmon has.

Question of the Day

Can you answer today's question?

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6/1

Dec

12

2012

276,271 responses

Question of the Day Statistics
	Number Answered
Correct	155,384
Incorrect	120,887

56% correct

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The salmon's extraordinary ability to smell a single drop of its home river in almost two million gallons of seawater is only one of the fish's many ------- skills.

Answer Choices

(A) sinuous
(B) encumbered
(C) colossal
(D) prodigious
(E) furtive

Answer

The sentence focuses on an ability that is "extraordinary," or very remarkable. It makes sense to suggest that this remarkable ability is just one of the salmon's "many prodigious skills," or only one of the salmon's many remarkable and impressive skills.