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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 3.5 Vocabulary-In-Context. The word "synthesis" most nearly means...what?
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- 00:03
Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by unusual fighting styles the
- 00:08
passive-aggressive pillow fighter is strange but oddly effective. Check out the [A scope focusing on a man wearing glasses]
- 00:12
following passage Aikido is a Japanese martial art Aikido is often translated
- 00:17
as the way of unifying with life energy Morihei Ueshiba created Aikido as a
- 00:23
synthesis of his religious beliefs, philosophy and martial studies Aikido
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- 00:29
is intended to allow the practitioner to defend himself or herself without
- 00:32
harming his or her opponent like judo Brazilian jiu-jitsu hapkido and
- 00:37
wrestling Aikido is classified as a grappling art well the word synthesis
- 00:43
most nearly means what and here are the potential answers.....
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well we've been looking for a way to unify our life [Girl stood on the edge of a canyon]
- 00:53
energy while still being able to kick the snot out of people maybe Aikido is for us
- 00:58
it's a synthesis of religious beliefs, philosophy and martial studies but does this
- 01:03
mean religion, philosophy and martial studies are all competing at once to see [Fists from religion, philosophy and martial studies appear]
- 01:08
which comes out on top that doesn't sound very unified in fact it sounds
- 01:12
pretty chaotic so we can eliminate B and if we read the sentence aloud option
- 01:16
C just doesn't make any sense Aikido is a philosophy of religious beliefs
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philosophy and martial studies... philosophy of philosophy is getting a [Man holding a portrait of himself]
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little meda even for philosophers so C is out and while Aikido is classified as
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a grappling art this doesn't literally mean that it's an art form composed of
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religion philosophy and fighting that would be the book Fight Club great book [Brad Pitt preparing to fight]
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you should read it so it's not D here either instead going along with our
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theme of unifying themes Aikido brings together or combines multiple areas and
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seeing how synthesis means a blend or combination option A is correct but it
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still couldn't defeat the passive-aggressive pillow fight because well,
- 01:57
nothing can. [Scope focused on a girl]
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