Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Antonym/equivocate
EQUIVOCATE:
(A) communicate straightforwardly
(B) articulate persuasively
(C) instruct exhaustively
(D) study painstakingly
(E) reproach sternly
(Choose a lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in the capital letters.)
Equivocate means to avoid making an explicit statement, so I think "C. instruct/explain exhaustively/explicitly" would serves best as the opposite. However some A-preference would argue only "straightforward" is the exact opposite to "equivocate". I agree. But I still don’t think "communicate" fits well here. What do you think? Thank you.
(A) communicate straightforwardly
(B) articulate persuasively
(C) instruct exhaustively
(D) study painstakingly
(E) reproach sternly
(Choose a lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in the capital letters.)
Equivocate means to avoid making an explicit statement, so I think "C. instruct/explain exhaustively/explicitly" would serves best as the opposite. However some A-preference would argue only "straightforward" is the exact opposite to "equivocate". I agree. But I still don’t think "communicate" fits well here. What do you think? Thank you.
Top answer
Hi again, I think A. 'Communicate' is not bad here, and it certainly fits better than 'instruct'. The key, as you suggest, is 'straightforwardly'.
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Hi again,
I think A. 'Communicate' is not bad here, and it certainly fits better than 'instruct'. The key, as you suggest, is 'straightforwardly'.
Clive
I think A. 'Communicate' is not bad here, and it certainly fits better than 'instruct'. The key, as you suggest, is 'straightforwardly'.
Clive
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Thank you Clive. Does "communicate" here mean "to convey an idea, or information to"?
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Hi,
'Equivocate' means to speak with two voices to someone, so that's where the communication comes in.
Clive
'Equivocate' means to speak with two voices to someone, so that's where the communication comes in.
Clive
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Hi,
EQUIVOCATE:
(A) communicate ...
(B) articulate ...
(C) instruct ...
(D) study ...
(E) reproach ...
What I meant was that, of these five verbs, 'communicate' seems the best choice to answer the original question. 'Equivocation' suggests making the meaning inclear, while 'communication' suggests clarity.
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EQUIVOCATE:
(A) communicate ...
(B) articulate ...
(C) instruct ...
(D) study ...
(E) reproach ...
What I meant was that, of these five verbs, 'communicate' seems the best choice to answer the original question. 'Equivocation' suggests making the meaning inclear, while 'communication' suggests clarity.
All four ot
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Actually, Jeff, I think the verbs act like decoys. They are not the determiners, since they can be exchanged amongst themselves with little impact on the answer.
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I believe Assertion is the correct word here.
Notice how I cleverly equivocated with "I believe" where I could have made a declaration (another good option) that Assertion is the opposite of equivocation.
-Department of redundancy department
Notice how I cleverly equivocated with "I believe" where I could have made a declaration (another good option) that Assertion is the opposite of equivocation.
-Department of redundancy department
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