Question
Although his parents were worried, they did not try to
dissuade [A] / assuage [B] him. New Zealand’s iconic Yellow-eyed penguins may go instinct[A]/extinct [B] within the next 25 years due to rising ocean temperatures and climate change. The system, which uses a sophisticated logarithm[A]/ algorithm [B] to recreate a particular voice, could one day make editing podcasts and narration in videos much easier. In each question, there are three sentences. Each has a pair of words that are italicised and highlighted. From the italicised and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.Solution
Dissuade – deter, discourage, divert, faze, prevent Assuage - allay, alleviate, mollify, pacify Instinct - aptitude, intuition, feeling, talent Extinct – abolished, defunct, exterminated Logarithm – algebraic, arithmetic, exponent Algorithm – set of rules, process
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