Manhattan Prep - 5 Lb. Book of Gre Practice Problems 1,800 Practice Problems in Book and Online (Manhattan Prep 5 lb Series (2019 Edition))-Manhattan Prep (2019)
Quotidian, mundane. The show “claimed to display the _________ side
of the starlet’s life,” but those claims cannot be true because “her daily
endeavors were far too sensational.” The blank needs to say something along
the lines of “unsensational.” The pair “unusual” and “exotic” means the
opposite. “Plastic” has many meanings, none of which apply very well here,
and it doesn’t have a pair. Finally, when down to “predictable,” “quotidian,”
and “mundane,” choose the best pair. “Predictable” is a near miss here. It
doesn’t necessarily mean “unsensational” because things could be predictably
sensational. “Quotidian” means unsensational, everyday, just like “mundane,”
so these are the best answer choices.
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Mistaken, untrue. Prognosticators are people who predict the future,
and, according to the sentence, listening to them is a “problem” because no
one holds them accountable for their predictions today. This idea is echoed in
the idiomatic phrase “for every X there are Y,” where X and Y contrast. So,
for every “accurate prediction” there are “several others” that are
not accurate. “Mistaken” and “untrue” fit this definition. A false or inaccurate
prediction might be unintentionally “misleading,” but describing a statement
as “misleading” typically implies lack of clarity or deliberate deception; this
goes too far, and “mistaken” and “untrue” pair better with each other than
either does with “misleading.” Both “unforeseen” and “surprising” mean
unexpected, so these form an answer pair. However, the context is wrong: an
inaccurate prediction might make the ultimate outcome unexpected, but this
blank describes the other predictions themselves. A hurried, or “hasty,”
prediction might or might not turn out to be inaccurate, but there are no
indications of prediction speed in the sentence.
126.