Reading sentence completion question

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<p>its from the Sparknotes’ Critical Reading workbook.</p>

<p>The mathematician’s proof was so ____ executed that her colleagues had to concede that it was ____, yet another example of her powerful insight.</p>

<p>a. faultlessly, imprecise
b. hastily, judicious
c. sporadically, meticulous
d. cleverly, brilliant
e. improperly, disastrous</p>

<p>ans: d.</p>

<p>My question is, what should there be “yet” before another example…
doesn’t it mean a contrast?
It is really confusing…
Without the word yet, the problem would’ve made the perfect sense for me.
please help!</p>

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<p>the idiom “yet another” </p>

<p>is used the same as simply saying another, but implies that there are many others(in this case many other examples)</p>

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<p>Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>In this context, ‘yet’ essentially has the same meaning as ‘even’ – “even another example of her powerful insight.”</p>