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ACT Reading 1.7 Social Science Passage. Based on its context in the passage which of the following is the best synonym for the word enigmatical?
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- 00:03
And here is your shmoop de jour brought to you by the dream we had last night
- 00:07
we'd say more but it would probably freak you out.
- 00:23
Based on its context in the passage which of the following is the
- 00:26
best synonym for the word enigmatical in line 51?
- 00:30
And grammar police, go away. Possible answers, go.
Full Transcript
- 00:37
Enigmatical is an old timey way of saying enigmatic the root word in both is
- 00:42
in Enigma, which describes something that is puzzling or hard to understand.
- 00:46
While we're going through the answer choices we also have to remember that the sense conflates
- 00:50
Enigmatical with the word bizarre which means
- 00:54
strange. So, whatever the definition we choose it needs to jive with all that.
- 00:59
Lucid means that something is clear and easily understood.
- 01:03
This is obviously the opposite of what we want. Choice B is the wrong answer.
- 01:06
Sure something that's enigmatical could be disturbing,
- 01:10
like the enigmatical guy that stares at us through his blinds every time we walk passed his house.
- 01:15
Things that are enigmatical aren't always disturbing however,
- 01:19
so choice D is off the list. The prefix
- 01:22
In equals not, and explicable
- 01:26
equals able to be explained, so inexplicable
- 01:30
equals not able to be explained. For example,
- 01:33
we think it's inexplicable that the lady down the street eats cake in a kiddy pool every day.
- 01:40
Since this word could pass a synonym for
- 01:42
enigmatical, We'll keep it on the table as we look at the final contender.
- 01:46
Though inexplicable works, mysterious works a little bit better
- 01:50
in the context of the passage enigmatical seems to be more about what we
- 01:54
don't know
- 01:55
instead of what we can't explain. So Choice C wins this round,
- 01:59
but it was a close shave.
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