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The Age of Enlightenment, one of the greatest periods of history for intellectual activity, showed a proclivity for sophistry and ________________ argumentation.
A) credible
B) specious
C) gossamer
D) effective
E) irrefutable

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The Age of Enlightenment, one of the greatest periods of history for intellectual activity, showed a proclivity for sophistry and ________________ argumentation.

A) credible

B) specious

C) gossamer

D) effective

E) irrefutable

GRE Question of the Day by Take GRE Team on October 5th, 2008 with 15 answers.
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15 Answers

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Addo
#1. May 16th, 2006, at 2:23 PM.

specious

giri
#2. May 16th, 2006, at 2:43 PM.

B.specious

shaishav
#3. May 16th, 2006, at 4:13 PM.

B). Specious

manojkavali
#4. May 16th, 2006, at 6:34 PM.

B) Specious

puneet_goel
#5. May 16th, 2006, at 7:01 PM.

b>>Specious

pragya
#6. May 16th, 2006, at 7:14 PM.

specious

sreer
#7. May 16th, 2006, at 8:32 PM.

specious

mahesh
#8. May 17th, 2006, at 12:46 AM.

specious

Chelo
#9. May 17th, 2006, at 4:50 AM.

unanimously…. specious

shashank
#10. May 18th, 2006, at 11:23 PM.

effective

ravi
#11. May 19th, 2006, at 11:34 AM.

specious

Gurleen
#12. June 4th, 2006, at 3:02 PM.

GRE Blogger
#13. June 4th, 2006, at 3:15 PM.

B is the correct answer.

Milan Shresha
#14. October 5th, 2008, at 8:38 AM.

I think the answer is “specious”.

Mahesh
#15. October 9th, 2008, at 8:30 AM.

for sure it is specious..cos the word sophistry should give u the clue..sophistry means fallacious argument ..in the same way specious means true statement but it is not…

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