1. What relationship do you see between perfunctory and punctilious?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/punctilious
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perfunctory
Check the definitions in number 2 and tell us what you think.
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1. perfunctory : Punctilious ::
A. kindly : gently
B. avoid : detect
C. practical : Feasible
D. Perdition : salvation
2. Perspicacity : Mind ::
A. reason : excuse
B. attorney : trial
C. sharpness : blade
D. rainstorm : spring
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So I think that 1. is Perdition : Salvation because that's an opposite and perfunctory and punctilious are opposites.
Perspicacity is keenness of judgement so I suppose perspicacity relates then to the mind for this is where perspicacity is developed. This doesn't seem to help me find a solution?
Perspicacity is keenness of judgement so I suppose perspicacity relates then to the mind for this is where perspicacity is developed. This doesn't seem to help me find a solution?
You're right about 1.
Good think about number 2.
Think about it this way -- for a mind to be really good and effective, it needs to have perspicacity. In what pair of your choices does the second term rely on the first for its efficiency?
Good think about number 2.
Think about it this way -- for a mind to be really good and effective, it needs to have perspicacity. In what pair of your choices does the second term rely on the first for its efficiency?
sharpness : blade
Right! :-)