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Chelsea · 05-21-2005, 04:00 PM

Power prep gave me the emboldened entries as the answers. but I marked the ones in italics as answers. please explain how they could be wrong.

1. labrynthine : simplicity

epic : scope
digressive : motive
heretical : sincerity
austere : design
jejune : interest

2. demography : population
agronomy : farm
astronomy : planets
chemistry : heat
meteorology : weather
genetics : adaptation

3. blurb : notice
gloss : explanation
ad-lib : speech
byline : article
song : repertoire
mural : painting

Chelsea

Chelsea · 05-21-2005, 04:06 PM

Also this analogy

1. pedestrain
concise
attractive
mobile
delicate
imagination

Why cant it be attractive?

Illusionz · 05-23-2005, 05:59 AM

Here's my reasoning

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Originally Posted by Chelsea

Power prep gave me the emboldened entries as the answers. but I marked the ones in italics as answers. please explain how they could be wrong.

1. LABRYNTHINE : SIMPLICITY:: (A lacks B)

epic : scope
digressive : motive (no connection- to digress is to go off topic)
heretical : sincerity
austere : design
jejune : interest ( A lacks/ cannot generate B)

2. DEMOGRAPHY : POPULATION :: ( A is the study of B)
agronomy : farm (In agronomy one studies agriculture, not farms)
astronomy : planets
chemistry : heat
meteorology : weather
genetics : adaptation

3. BLURB : NOTICE :: (A is a kind of B involving a statement or a commentary)
gloss : explanation
ad-lib : speech
byline : article
song : repertoire
mural : painting

PEDESTRIAN:
concise
attractive
mobile
delicate
imagination (wrong part of speech – imaginative?)

Why cant it be attractive?

Pedestrian (in this context) means lacking in imagination e.g. a pedestrian performance by an actor, a pedestrian plot for a movie.

If you try to verify your answer by converting the answer choice into its antonym:

The opposite of attractive is unattractive / repulsive and pedestrian is not the same as these. Working on the same lines, imaginative would be a better answer

Chelsea

orangesun · 06-01-2005, 06:04 PM

1. labrynthine : simplicity
epic : scope
digressive : motive
heretical : sincerity
austere : design
jejune : interest
(something X lacks Y. something digressive lacks a direction, not a motive)

2. demography : population
agronomy : farm
astronomy : planets
chemistry : heat
meteorology : weather
genetics : adaptation
(X is the study of Y. agronomy is not the study of farms. rather, it is the science of farm management)

3. blurb : notice
gloss : explanation
ad-lib : speech
byline : article
song : repertoire
mural : painting
(a X is a brief Y. a mural is a type of wall painting)

1. pedestrain
concise
attractive
mobile
delicate
imagination
(pedestrian means "lacking in vitality, imagination, or distinction". it doesn't mean unattractive)

orangesun · 06-01-2005, 08:41 PM

by the way what is PP2??

ish · 06-02-2005, 03:31 AM

powerprep2

orangesun · 06-02-2005, 03:01 PM

i know but what exactly is pp2? are there two versions? where can you get this?

05-21-2005, 04:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chelsea Eager! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 51	Please explain these frm PP2 Power prep gave me the emboldened entries as the answers. but I marked the ones in italics as answers. please explain how they could be wrong. 1. labrynthine : simplicity epic : scope digressive : motive heretical : sincerity austere : design jejune : interest 2. demography : population agronomy : farm astronomy : planets chemistry : heat meteorology : weather genetics : adaptation 3. blurb : notice gloss : explanation ad-lib : speech byline : article song : repertoire mural : painting Chelsea

05-21-2005, 04:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chelsea Eager! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 51	Re: Please explain these frm PP2 Also this analogy 1. pedestrain concise attractive mobile delicate imagination Why cant it be attractive?

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orangesun Eager! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 51	Re: Please explain these frm PP2 1. labrynthine : simplicity epic : scope digressive : motive heretical : sincerity austere : design jejune : interest (something X lacks Y. something digressive lacks a direction, not a motive) 2. demography : population agronomy : farm astronomy : planets chemistry : heat meteorology : weather genetics : adaptation (X is the study of Y. agronomy is not the study of farms. rather, it is the science of farm management) 3. blurb : notice gloss : explanation ad-lib : speech byline : article song : repertoire mural : painting (a X is a brief Y. a mural is a type of wall painting) 1. pedestrain concise attractive mobile delicate imagination (pedestrian means "lacking in vitality, imagination, or distinction". it doesn't mean unattractive)

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orangesun Eager! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 51	Re: Please explain these frm PP2 by the way what is PP2??

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orangesun Eager! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 51	Re: Please explain these frm PP2 i know but what exactly is pp2? are there two versions? where can you get this?

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