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Jan
14
2013
406,976 responses
Question of the Day Statistics
Number Answered
Correct 169,975
Incorrect 237,001
41% 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. 

Since the explanations offered are ------- to the exposition, it would be unfair to treat them as ------- parts of the studies under consideration.

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Hint

The logic of this sentence indicates that the word in the first blank must be inconsistent with the word in the second blank.

Question of the Day

Can you answer today's question?

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6/1

Jan
14
2013
406,976 responses
Question of the Day Statistics
Number Answered
Correct 169,975
Incorrect 237,001
41% 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. 

Since the explanations offered are ------- to the exposition, it would be unfair to treat them as ------- parts of the studies under consideration.

Answer Choices

Answer

The words filling the blanks are opposites, since if the “explanations” are one thing, it is “unfair to treat them” as the opposite. They are “incidental” and cannot be treated as the opposite of incidental, namely, “essential.”