Congress faces serious difficulty reaching consensus on energy policy, primarily because the policy objectives of its various members rest on such _______ assumptions. (Select the best word. Note: two words produce sentences alike in meaning — choose the most accurate.)

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GRE Verbal Reasoning QUESTION #8152

Question 1

Congress faces serious difficulty reaching consensus on energy policy, primarily because the policy objectives of its various members rest on such _______ assumptions.
(Select the best word. Note: two words produce sentences alike in meaning — choose the most accurate.)

disparate✔️
commonplace
fundamental
trite

Correct Answer Explanation

The reason consensus is hard is that members' assumptions are very different from each other. Disparate means fundamentally different and incompatible. 'Divergent' is the synonym pair in the original. 'Commonplace' means ordinary — that wouldn't cause difficulty. 'Fundamental' means basic, not incompatible. 'Trite' means overused/dull, irrelevant to the argument.

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