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Zorluk: OrtaVocabulary and Word Meaning in Context

Read the passage excerpt below carefully:

"Despite the overwhelming empirical evidence supporting the new climatic model, several senior researchers continued to discount the preliminary findings, attributing the observed anomalies to temporary sensor errors rather than genuine environmental shifts."

In the passage above, what is the contextual meaning of the highlighted word discount?

  1. dismiss as unimportant or irrelevantCevap
  2. B
    reduce the price or monetary value of
  3. C
    deliberately falsify or alter research data
  4. D
    miscalculate numerical measurements

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dismiss as unimportant or irrelevant
In the passage, the word 'discount' functions as a verb meaning to disregard or treat as insignificant. The researchers believed the data was caused by faulty sensors, leading them to dismiss the preliminary findings despite the strong supporting evidence.

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1
Analyze the sentence structure and surrounding clues.
The researchers attributed the findings to 'temporary sensor errors' despite 'overwhelming empirical evidence'.
Understanding the contrast indicated by 'despite' helps reveal the researchers' skeptical stance toward the data.
2
Substitute potential meanings of 'discount' into the context.
Saying researchers 'dismissed as unimportant' the findings fits both the syntax and semantic tone of the passage.
Contextual vocabulary relies on finding the substitute word that preserves the author's intended meaning.

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Determining word meaning through surrounding context rather than standard dictionary definitions
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