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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Vocabulary-In-Context. In this passage, the word "illustrious" most nearly means...what?
ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.3 Vocabulary-In-Context. The word "preposterous" most nearly means what?
ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 2.3 Summary. Which of the following best describes the main idea of this passage?
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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 4.2 Vocabulary-In-Context. The word "alleged" most nearly means...what?
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Thank you We sneak and who's your shmoop too sure
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about to you by hackneyed political stunts For instance avoid
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writing in tanks are checking the following passage the supreme
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court ruled ninety four the states must integrate their public
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schools but few began to do so voluntarily Although arkansas
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had begun to segregation elsewhere in its school system in
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september nineteen fifty seven governor orval fouled us hoping to
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gain political favor Use national guardsmen to block entry of
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nine black students who are supposed to attend little rock
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central high school That school term val This alleged that
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without such action violence would have erupted All right word
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alleged most nearly means what and hear the potential answer
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All right when people don't like a court ruling well
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they can go to some crazy extremes governor fouled us
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didn't want to desegregate and he blocked students from entering
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a public school He alleged this was to avoid violence
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What can we infer from alleged Well it wasn't comparing
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anything Although much of the country was probably comparing himto
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things and contradicted makes no sense within the sentence he
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contradicted that without his action violence would erupt Contradicting oneself
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probably isn't the best way to make a point promoted
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basically means supported now foul This was supporting the idea
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that without true to violence could occur But what's important
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to remember is that this was a claim with no
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proof it's not like he was promoting the theory of
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gravity Alright alright alleged basically means to claim something with
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no proof there was no reason to believe integration would
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lead to violence Palace just wanted to gain political favor
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So ay is the correct answer for our next political
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stunt We'll discuss any time a politician has ever said 00:01:50.208 --> [endTime] y'all
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