Select the correct option: While the proposal appeared pragmatic on paper, its implementation proved ____ complicated than expected.
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The structure "____ complicated than expected" demands a comparative form. Only more and less are comparatives.
The contrast set up by "While… pragmatic on paper" signals that reality was harder than anticipated, so the implementation was more complicated, not less.
Much and rather do not take "than" in this construction.
Hence, the correct answer is more.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
Rarely ____ such an overwhelming consensus among critics.
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The reforms, while ostensibly motivated by economic exigencies, were in effect a veiled attempt to ____ dissent under the guise of austerity.
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The scientist's hypothesis was not only radical but also diametrically ____ to the foundational assumptions of her discipline.
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the word that best completes the sentence.
At times he gets very angry, and then no one can_______ him.
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response accordingly.
Many people today have fallen into utter confusion of values with the result that they cannot______ the good from the bad.
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response accordingly
If Mohan________ at 5 a.m., he would not have missed the train.
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response accordingly.
His property was divided ______ his daughters and sons.
Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response accordingly
His persistence in his misdemeanours has lowered him in the________ of everyone who knows him.