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Difficulty: EasyIdentifying Synonym and Near-Synonym Pairs

Despite the author's reputation for writing dense and convoluted prose, her latest essay is surprisingly ________, allowing even casual readers to grasp her arguments effortlessly. Which two of the following answer choices, when inserted into the sentence, produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning?

  1. lucidAnswer
  2. pellucidAnswer
  3. C
    recondite
  4. D
    abstruse
  5. E
    engaging
  6. F
    concise

Answer

The correct selections are the choices meaning clear and easily understood ('lucid' and 'pellucid').
The sentence relies on the contrast signal 'despite' to set up an opposition between the author's reputation for 'dense and convoluted prose' and her latest essay, which allows readers to grasp arguments 'effortlessly'. Thus, the blank requires words meaning clear or easy to understand. The options meaning clear and easily understood ('lucid' and 'pellucid') correctly complete the sentence and yield equivalent meanings.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze sentence structure and contextual clues.
The pivot word 'despite' indicates a contrast between the author's typical 'dense and convoluted' style and her latest essay, which allows readers to understand arguments 'effortlessly'.
Identifying structural pivots determines the required semantic tone of the blank.
2
Determine the required meaning of the blank.
The blank requires a word meaning clear, transparent, or easily understood.
The blank must describe writing that contrast with 'convoluted' and enables effortless reading.
3
Evaluate answer choices to find matching synonym pairs.
'Lucid' and 'pellucid' both mean clear and easy to comprehend, producing two sentences with identical meaning.
Sentence Equivalence requires selecting two words that fit the context and create logically equivalent sentences.

Key Concept

Identifying Contextual Synonym Pairs in Sentence Equivalence
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Identifying Synonym and Near-Synonym Pairs

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