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GRE 33-Verbal Question 4

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One of the rarest of celestial events, the total solar eclipse only happens when the Moon, in its orbit around the Earth, fully ____(i)____
the view of the sun from a particular location on Earth. Because the Moon is relatively small, in celestial terms, and its umbra, the
central part of the Moon’s shadow caused by its blocking the sun, only traces a narrow path on the Earth, a total eclipse is such a
____(ii)____ occurrence that it typically draws hundreds of thousands of onlookers.

First Blank    Second Blank
Secularizes    Atypical
Epitomizes    Desultory
Occludes      mementos


occludes and atypical
The first blank describes what the Moon does to the Sun; the second sentence tells you that the Moon’s shadow is caused by blocking
the sun, so you are looking for a word that means blocks. Of the choices, only occludes means blocks; secularized means separates
from religious connection and epitomizes means typifies. The second blank describes the occurrence, and the clue is in the first line of
the passage: one of the rarest of celestial events. Therefore, you need a word that means rare. Of the choices, only atypical means rare;
desultory means random, but not necessarily rare, and momentous means of far-reaching importance—which may also describe the
event, but isn’t supported in the passage.
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