barron's

[philipskaren]

the reasoning in this editorial is so --------- that we cannot see how anyone can be deceived by it .

a) coherent
b) astute
c) cogent
d) specious
e) dispassionate

acc to me a)
barron's d)

traffic speed limits are set at a level that achieves some balance between the danger of ------------ speed & the desire of most people to travel as quickly as possible.
a)marginal
b)normal
c)prudent
d)inadvertent
e)excessive

ans (E)

[eagle]

Originally posted by philipskaren

the reasoning in this editorial is so --------- that we cannot see how anyone can be deceived by it .

a) coherent
b) astute
c) cogent
d) specious
e) dispassionate

acc to me a)
barron's d)

traffic speed limits are set at a level that achieves some balance between the danger of ------------ speed & the desire of most people to travel as quickly as possible.
a)marginal
b)normal
c)prudent
d)inadvertent
e)excessive

ans (E)

The first-
specious means -deceptively attractive, something with a ring of truth but actually fallacious- as against coherent which means something logical /consistent.so, IMHO, if something is specious- we cannot see how anyone can be deceived by it .

The second-
the balance is between travelling as quickly as possible and exceeding speed limits i.e. excessive speed- hence excessive.