Saturday, March 10, 2007

"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"

The aspiring candidate’s performance in the
debate all but any hope he may
have had of winning the election.
(A) nullifies
(B) encourages
(C) guarantees
(D) accentuates
(E) contains

3 comments:

  1. CORRECT ANS IS A
    The phrase “all but” implies that the debate
    was a make-or-break event for the candidate.
    Suppose the candidate did well. Then his spirits
    would be high, and we would expect the missing
    word to be positive. However, a positive word in
    the phrase “all but any hope” is awkward.
    Hence, the candidate must have done
    poorly in the debate and had his hopes for election
    nixed. So we turn to the answer-choices
    looking for “nixed.” It’s not there, but a
    synonym—nullifies—is. The answer is (A).


    SO CONGRATS ADITYA

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