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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Summary. Which of the following best describes the purpose of this passage?
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?
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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Summary. Which of the following best describes the purpose of this passage?
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talking bowling here Which of the following best describes the
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purpose of this passage and here the potential answers All
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right Customs history political group twisted culture All right well
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remember it's important to distinguish between supporting details and the
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main purpose will the purpose of a toothbrush isn't to
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be long rectangular and bristly It's the brush your teeth
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consider option a All we learn about the era coy
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culture in geography is that they were based in new
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york and had ceremonial practices that's not even enough to
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distinguish them from the cast of jersey shore And those
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small bits of information are certainly not text main focus
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Option c is objectively wrong While the lyric oi confederacy
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did support the british during the revolutionary war the iraq
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oil were already established by the sixteenth century So unless
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the iraq oi we're planning way way in advance well
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this doesn't make any sense Let's Take a look at
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option d Yes the euro coins shared language is mentioned
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in the paragraphs first sentence but again this is just
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a single supporting detail in a passage that serves a
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larger purpose It's just a cog in a larger machine
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which leaves us with option b The passage provides a
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very brief history of the iraq oi people enough to
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feel like a tiny info pamphlet So v is the
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correct answer Our next brief lesson in history The civil 00:01:45.699 --> [endTime] war was that it wasn't so civil
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