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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Vocabulary-In-Context
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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
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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.3 Vocabulary-In-Context. The word "preposterous" most nearly means what?

ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 2.3 Summary
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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 4.5 Inference 43 Views


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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 4.5 Inference. From the passage, you might infer that Emma is...what?

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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by entitlement

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because we're awesome and we deserve nice things yeah alright check out the [Man in entitlement cafe]

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following passage, Emma Woodhouse...

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[mumbles]

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Alright well from the passage you might infer that Emma is what...and here are the

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potential answers.... All right well for some people the

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[Boy stood in the pouring rain] Sun just seems to shine a bit brighter Emma Woodhouse as some might say had a

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pretty sweet deal now what else do we know about her, well she had a father so

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that pretty much precludes the whole orphan thing that's pretty much the

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first rule of orphan club right after don't talk about orphan club, so C)'s' [Brad Pitt asking girl to hit him]

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definitely not the right answer and it says right in the text that for 21 years

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Emma's life had been pretty great everything was coming up Emma so it

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certainly doesn't sound like she was unlucky in life and there's no mention [Cards with Emma's face on the ace of hearts]

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anywhere of an unrequited romance the passage states there was very little in

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Emma's life to distress or vex her unrequited love well usually we fall [Smart phone with conversation with Romeo]

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under the category of vexing but what do we know about Emma well the text

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mentions she had an affectionate indulgent father like the kind that buys

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their daughters two cars on my super sweet 16 so it's probably safe to assume [Emma driving a car]

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she was a little bit spoiled making option A) the correct answer and don't we

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just deserve the right answer because we're special also our parents own a [Man serving girl at entitlement cafe]

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big law firm...

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