Çözüldü Sentence Completion - GRE Vocabulary

Sophocles, who wrote the play Oedipus Rex, was one of the most _______ playwrights of ancient Greece, completing 123 plays in his lifetime—double that of any of his contemporaries.

A) famous
B) bombastic
C) critical
D) prolific
E) eclectic

Correct Choice: D (prolific)

Explanation in the Book:
"The adjective famous is certainly tempting. Sophocles was unquestionably one of the most famous playwrights of ancient Greece. But this has no connection to the clue, which is all about the number of plays he wrote. This is a trap laid by ETS writers. ETS writers may not be able to use outside knowledge to create their correct answer choices, but they certainly can add in an incorrect answer choice relying on outside knowledge and hope the student does the rest. Assumptions and extrapolations are dangerous. One and only one of the answer choices matches the clue—(D), prolific. The other four words may indeed describe Sophocles and sound fine if inserted into the sentence. But only one answer choice will ever match the clue, and that’s what counts."

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