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Zorluk: Çok zorSupport and Cause-Effect Clues

Read the passage below and determine the terms that best complete the blanks to preserve the causal and supporting logical relationships.

Cevap:Inasmuch as recent isotopic analysis of the ancient manuscript conclusively demonstrated that its vellum was harvested during the early ninth century, paleographers now assert that the text's marginal glosses, long dismissed as late medieval additions, were actually 【contemporaneous】 with the primary script, and consequently 【substantiated】 the hypothesis that the monastery's scriptorium maintained continuous scholarly activity through the Carolingian era.

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Blank 1 should be filled with 'contemporaneous' (or 'coeval' / 'synchronous') and Blank 2 should be filled with 'substantiated' (or 'bolstered' / 'undergirded').
The opening structural signal 'Inasmuch as' introduces a causal premise: isotopic testing dates the vellum to the ninth century. This finding provides direct support for the claim that the marginal glosses were created during the same period as the primary text, requiring a term meaning existing at the same time ('contemporaneous' or 'coeval') for the first blank. The transition 'consequently' signals a direct cause-and-effect progression, indicating that establishing the glosses' early origin serves to validate or strengthen the historical hypothesis, requiring a verb such as 'substantiated' or 'bolstered' for the second blank.

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Analyze the opening causal signal 'Inasmuch as' and its relationship to the first blank.
The clause establishes a premise: physical testing proves the vellum dates to the early ninth century. This evidence supports the conclusion that the marginal glosses originated in the same era as the main text rather than centuries later.
The support indicator 'actually' contrasts with 'long dismissed as late medieval additions', requiring a term signifying origin in the same time period.
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Analyze the cause-effect transition 'consequently' connecting the first clause to the second blank.
Because the glosses are established as contemporaneous with the main text, this empirical finding acts as direct evidence supporting the scholarly hypothesis.
The cause-effect marker 'consequently' indicates that proving the early date logically reinforces (rather than undermines or invalidates) the theory of continuous scriptorium activity.

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Decoding support and cause-effect structural signals to infer contextual vocabulary
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