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05-03-2008, 01:29 PM
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#31 | | Member
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| I put stingy too because the word, I think, was supposed to have some negative connotation.. everything else was like neutral.. average, dull, common... | 
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05-03-2008, 01:30 PM
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#32 | | Junior Member
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| same here timothy | |
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05-03-2008, 01:30 PM
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#33 | | Junior Member
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| i thought they were going for the opposite of noble so that's why i put average. who knows though | |
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05-03-2008, 01:30 PM
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| mean i put base..b/c it is the opposite of noble
it was like
intimidating? and mean intimidating? and noble...so i just put teh opposite of noble
and it wasn't average...that doesnt make sense | |
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05-03-2008, 01:31 PM
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| ^ Same!
It was a vocab-in-context question... What does the word 'mean' mean... (well not like that... but you know what I mean)... okay, choice:
1. Base.
2. Dull.
3. Average.
4. (Something ... definitely not the answer)
5. Stingy
I immediately eliminated 2, 3, and 4... (The sentence was something along the lines of... "sublime landscapes are powerful and mean, but we still admire them... blah blah'
Base didn't make any sense to me.
Edit: Okay, stingy is wrong... base is right. Stingy refers to a 'miser'... =/
Base works better. | |
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05-03-2008, 01:31 PM
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| yah but it was supposed to relate to mean so the only negative word that was there was stingy. | |
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05-03-2008, 01:31 PM
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| I put stingy! | |
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05-03-2008, 01:32 PM
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#38 | | Junior Member
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| lol @ everyones different answers. when i was contemplating that one i couldnt just pin down the answer because they all fit somehow...i was totally with average one minute, then with base the next, then stingy..then i was like screw it, OMIT! | |
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05-03-2008, 01:33 PM
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#39 | | Member
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| dang.. it was base..I was not sure about its secondary meaning when I was thinking about the question.. but I looked it up now and it seems like the word would fit.. .w/e.. can't do anything about it..
stupid secondary definition..
base² Definition
base (bās)
adjective bas′·er, bas′·est
1. having or showing little or no honor, courage, or decency; mean; ignoble; contemptible a base coward, base ingratitude | |
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05-03-2008, 01:33 PM
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| shoot, i think i got that one wrong since i put average. | |
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05-03-2008, 01:34 PM
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| @elsaphant - Mean -> Average means the Mathematical Average, not the plain/common -> average. | |
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05-03-2008, 01:35 PM
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| ooooh now i see. thanks timothy | |
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05-03-2008, 01:35 PM
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| crap
base:morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited; selfish; cowardly. | |
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05-03-2008, 01:36 PM
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#44 | | New Member
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| i put stingy because it was opposite of the words in the next sentence-- i saw it as comparing mean to nice, so what is "mean" in this situation
and the area one: there was one that listed all the countries, and another that listed the *area of all the countries, which i really think is the correct one.
crap i didn't put a literary reference in essay, but i did do 2 historical refs. it actually was an enjoyable topic
the only math one i had trouble on was the one with all those circles, and i'm not sure why it was hard for me at the time... | |
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05-03-2008, 01:36 PM
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| I put base? :\ | |
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